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Friday, 11 April 2014

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So this is where capers come from 

Wooster Geologists [09:44:14]  recommend  recommend this post  (711 visits) info
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MITZPE RAMON, ISRAEL–Early Wednesday morning Yoav had a special mission to perform before we began our fieldwork. He had been asked by a botanist to get a sample of a new species of plant endemic to Makhtesh Ramon. The botanist needed it for a DNA study to confirm the species designation and link it to

Friday Five: Lakes of East Africa 

Lake Scientist [17:50:19]  recommend  recommend this post  (128 visits) info
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In geological terms, a “rift” is an area of Earth where the planet’s crust is separating from the mantle beneath. One of the most extensive rift systems is found in[...] The post Friday Five: Lakes of East Africa appeared first on Lake

‘ShakeOut’ earthquake drill planned for April 17 

Utah Geological Survey - blog [02:12:36]  recommend  recommend this post  (99 visits) info
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 US
Are you earthquake ready? The Great Utah ShakeOut hopes to lend some education in the event of “the big one.” Check out the article for more info! davisclipper.com It’s been said “It’s not [...]

Cretaceous fieldwork around Mitzpe Ramon 

Wooster Geologists [18:32:33]  recommend  recommend this post  (84 visits) info
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 Cretaceous
MITZPE RAMON, ISRAEL–Today Yoav and I worked on the outskirts if his hometown. This was a field trip that began in his garden and then we wandered into the hills behind his house, eventually circling [...]

Eucalyptocrinites rosaceus crinoid from Germany 

Views of the Mahantango [09:01:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (79 visits) info
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 Devonian; DE
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Today I have the calyx of a crinoid called Eucalyptocrinites rosaceus to show you. It comes from the Loogh Formation (Devonian, Givetian stage) near Berndorf, Germany. The calyx is round and squat with a bit [...]

Friday Photo (123) – St. Joseph Cathedral (Antigua, Guatemala) 

Geology for Global Development [11:00:07]  recommend  recommend this post  (73 visits) info
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 GT,PH
   Ruins of St. Joseph Cathedral (Antigua, Guatemala) This Cathedral was destroyed in the significant 1773 earthquake. Part of the Cathedral has been rebuilt, and the ruins are now opened for tourists to [...]

Daily Geology Photos – April 11 

Geology News [18:24:46]  recommend  recommend this post  (70 visits) info
A summary of photos posted on flickr today, tagged with “geology.” Displayed below are 95 geology-related photos were added to flickr today. Similar Posts on Geology News: Daily Geology Photos [...]

Actas del 5º Congreso Internacional de huevos y bebés de dinosaurio 

DinoAstur. Blog sobre La Costa de los Dinosaurios [13:07:51]  recommend  1 recommendations  (68 visits) info
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 CN
El último número publicado de la revista Historical Biology (26/2) recoge las actas del 5º Congreso Internacional de huevos y bebés de dinosaurio (Fifth International Symposium on Dinosaur Eggs and [...]

Bet You Did Not Know This 

Dan\'s Wild Wild Science Journal [03:02:24]  recommend  recommend this post  (64 visits) info

100 Great Geosites Nomination – Cayton Bay, North Yorkshire 

Geological Society of London blog [15:00:59]  recommend  recommend this post  (63 visits) info
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 GB
A 100 Great Geosites nomination from Pamela Ross. My favourite geosite (of very many along the North Yorkshire coast!) is Cayton Bay in North Yorkshire.   Since is cut by two faults, both ends of the Bay [...]

Wohnstil-Serie Außenbereich: So erstrahlt die heimische Terrasse in moderner Eleganz 

Natursteine-Blog [09:41:35]  recommend  recommend this post  (57 visits) info
Der Trend der letzten Jahre lässt keinen Zweifel mehr übrig, dass Terrassen für das Gesamtbild des Eigenheims eine immer größer werdende Rolle spielen. Während früher noch [...]

Atreta sp. 

kreidefossilien.de - Bilder [19:19:57]  recommend  recommend this post  (55 visits) info
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 CZ,US,IN
Epibionten auf paläozoischem Diabas, - Cenoman, oberes Cenoman ( Peruc-Korycany Formation - Korycany Member ) - Ort: Steinbruch Chrtníky, Chrtníky bei

?Mytiloides labiatus (Schlotheim, 1813) 

kreidefossilien.de - Bilder [00:01:31]  recommend  recommend this post  (52 visits) info

 DE,US,BE,CH
, Maßstab: 1 cm - Turon (Schmilka-Formation) - Ort: Langenhennersdorf bei Bad Gottleuba-Bergießhübel (Sächsische

Lewesiceras sp. 

kreidefossilien.de - Bilder [19:14:54]  recommend  recommend this post  (52 visits) info
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 DE
Grabgemeinschaft, nebst Nautilide (Eutrephoceras sp.) und Inocerame (Mytiloides labiatus) - Turon, unteres Turon (Brießnitz-Formation Zone) - Ort: Brücke über den Gebergrund (A17),

Los raps paleontológicos de Andy Day 

Koprolitos [08:00:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (50 visits) info
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Desde 2007, Andy Day es uno de los presentadores de CBeebies, conocido programa infantil de la BBC. En su sección "Andy's Dinosaur Adventures", rapea canciones centradas en animales del pasado, desde [...]

Geocaching – moderne Schatzsuche 

Netzwerk für geowissenschaftliche Öffentlichkeitsarbeit [09:22:30]  recommend  recommend this post  (49 visits) info
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Der Begriff setzt sich zusammen aus dem griechischen Wort geo,

Ship Shape and in Bristol Fashion! 

JOIDES Resolution blogs [13:34:43]  recommend  recommend this post  (44 visits) info
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 GB,US
There is a common saying in the UK that comes from a nautical root – ‘everything is ship-shape and in Bristol fashion’! Bristol refers to the [...]

Canadian Contaminated Site Cleanup Bill Soars—Mining Not to Blame. 

I think mining [05:02:39]  recommend  recommend this post  (84 visits) info

 Ordovician; CA
Below is a report that hit my email inbox today.  I repeat in full, not because mines are the main culprit, but because mines are probably NOT the main culprit.  This report is a sobering reminder that [...]

Postdoctoral fellowship en la Smithsonian Institution en USA 

WeBlog Aragosaurus [20:24:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (84 visits) info
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POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP, EVOLUTION OF TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM (ETE)PROGRAM, PALEOBIOLOGY DEPARTMENT, SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, NATIONALMUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, WASHINGTON, D.C.APPLICATION DEADLINE: MAY 15, [...]

Lords of the Past 

State of the Planet [16:21:33]  recommend  recommend this post  (79 visits) info
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 Ordovician
With life, legged and finned, Earth had been teeming, Slitherers, predators, graceful trees tall … Now, of these species, we are only dreaming: Glossopteris, trilobites, eurypterids,

100,000 barrels a day being injected into Oklahoma fault system 

Ontario-geofish [00:10:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (70 visits) info
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 US
State Impact Looking that this map with some detail, you can come to this estimate.  The Azle sequence was caused by something like the same amount.  We don't know the percentage of fracking waste, but [...]

Friday fold: kink from the Billy Goat Trail 

Mountain Beltway [14:52:27]  recommend  recommend this post  (70 visits) info
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 US,IT
My student James O’Brien took this image of a kink band along the Billy Goat Trail, downstream of Great Falls in Maryland’s metamorphic Piedmont province. A lovely little structure, don’t you [...]

POTD April 11, 2014: The Rimrocks, Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument, Kane County, Utah 

Utah Geological Survey - blog [02:08:08]  recommend  recommend this post  (66 visits) info
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 Cretaceous,Jurassic; US,NL
Here’s a rockin’ scenic view to jump start another weekend! The Rimrocks, Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument, Kane County, Utah Photographer: Taylor Boden; © 2012 Spire-like formations [...]

Your Inner Fish now available to stream until 4/23/2014 

Why I hate Theropods [05:51:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (64 visits) info
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Until April 23, 2014, "Your Inner Fish" is available to stream online from PBS's website.Click here to watch"Our arms, legs, necks and lungs were bequeathed to us by a fish that lumbered onto land some 375 [...]

Palaeoartworks, the case studies, part 1: Giant pterosaurs 

markwitton.com blog [17:02:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (59 visits) info
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 GB
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If you're heading to Lyme Regis this weekend, or indeed at any point until May 4th, you should stop by the Town Mill: a dedicated gallery of palaeoart lies within. It contains more than just a bunch of [...]

La vall penjada de la Rambla de Sant Nebridi (Vallès Occidental) 

Bloc de camp [23:16:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (56 visits) info
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L’Andrés Aragoneses és un físic terrassenc que treballa a la UPC i que duu a terme una intensa i valuosa tasca de divulgació científica: amb l’Agrupació Astronòmica de Terrassa, les seves activitats [...]

Large collection of minerals, rocks and fossils 

Geology in the West Country [10:58:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (55 visits) info
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 GB
Is anyone interested in this collection? It is currently contained in more than 30 large drawers, meticulously indexed and labelled and covers a wide variety of rock and mineral samples and a multitude of [...]

Exhibits at EGU 2014 – The Face of the Earth 

GeoLog-The official blog of the European Geosciences Union [13:00:29]  recommend  recommend this post  (52 visits) info
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This year, the conference will have a theme: The Face of the Earth. Much like a human face, our planet exhibits a huge diversity of shapes and forms, and the 2014 theme celebrates this diversity in geoscience [...]

Estrazione di idrocarburi e terremoti emiliani del 2014: forse (molto forse) c'è una connessione? 

scienzeedintorni [19:23:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (51 visits) info
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 IT,EE,HK,US,FR,CH,JP,BR,NO
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Visto che sui giornali oggi si legge che su Science è stata lanciata la notizia che secondo la commissione di esperti ci sarebbe un legame fra attività di estrazione di idrocarburi e i terremoti emiliani del [...]

? Nerita sp. 

kreidefossilien.de - Bilder [13:02:37]  recommend  recommend this post  (49 visits) info

 DE
, teilweise in Calciterhaltung, s.a. "fossile Wasserwaage" - Cenoman, oberes Cenoman (Dölzschen-Formation) - Ort: Ratssteinbruch-Nord,

unbestimmter Ammonit 

kreidefossilien.de - Bilder [12:37:31]  recommend  recommend this post  (49 visits) info

 US,DE
unbestimmter Ammonit, Maßstab: 1 cm - Turon, unteres-mittleres Turon (Brießnitz-Formation) - Ort: Ausbau der Weißeritz, Emerich-Ambros-Ufer,
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