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Tuesday, 22 April 2014

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Where are the Ten Most Incredible Places You've Ever Stood? My Number 10: The Alaka'i Swamp on the Island of Kaua'i 

Geotripper [23:43:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (87 visits) info
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It is Earth Day 2014, which seems as good a day as any to start a new series about ten of the most extraordinary places on Planet Earth, as based on my own personal experiences. Everyone has such places in their memories, and I encourage you to add your most profound experiences in the comments or on your own blog if you have one. Mine aren't necessarily the most extraordinary places in

Matches Of The Cenozoic: Marsupial Lion (Thylacoleo) Vs. Dromornis 

Dinosaur Home - Blogs [22:58:30]  recommend  recommend this post  (125 visits) info
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 Cenozoic
Thylacoleo advantages: 1. Had teeth (To slice through flesh easier) 2. Had claws (To scrape at its prey) disadvantage: 1. Was smaller (Made it an easier enemy to focus on) Dromornis advantages: 1. Had a more powerful mouth and beak (To slice through bodies easier) 2. Was bigger (Made it harder to take down) Verdict: Dromornis wins. Dromornis (9 feet tall, 500 pounds) Thylacoleo (5 feet

Ceratosiphon ovatus (Münster in Goldfuss, 1844) 

kreidefossilien.de - Bilder [22:00:44]  recommend  recommend this post  (63 visits) info

 DE,CH
, - Turon, oberes Turon bis unteres Coniac (Schrammstein-Formation) - Ort: Brücke über den Bonnewitzer Grund (S177), Pirna-Bonnewitz (Sächsische

Sutherland Sky: Part IV 

Georneys [21:42:30]  recommend  recommend this post  (59 visits) info
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 ZA
Today I’m continuing with my series of posts about my October 2013 visit to the small town of Sutherland in South Africa’s Northern Cape province. Sutherland is home to a South African Astronomical [...]

Grand Canyon from Space 

Geology.com News [21:29:13]  recommend  recommend this post  (81 visits) info
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 US
“The Grand Canyon in northern Arizona is a favorite for astronauts shooting photos from the International Space Station, as well as one of the best-known tourist attractions in the world. The steep walls [...]

POTD April 22, 2014: Sandstone Mountain, Red Cliffs Desert Reserve, Washington County, Utah 

Utah Geological Survey - blog [19:37:23]  recommend  recommend this post  (79 visits) info
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 Jurassic; US
Happy Earth Day, everyone! Sandstone Mountain, Red Cliffs Desert Reserve, Washington County, Utah Photographer: Tyler Knudsen; © 2012 Shifting sands partially bury an unusually large (about 1 foot in [...]

Sweden’s Lake Vanern is Largest in European Union 

Lake Scientist [18:56:52]  recommend  recommend this post  (70 visits) info
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Sweden’s coastal islands, sweeping hills and tiny towns enhance its extensive natural beauty. Much of the country’s idyllic landscape was shaped by retreating ice at the end of the last[...] The post [...]

Crossing 400ppm: Welcome to the Pliocene 

State of the Planet [18:11:16]  recommend  recommend this post  (97 visits) info
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 Neogene; US
“Right now, we’re living in a world of a Pliocene atmosphere,” scientist Maureen Raymo of the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory tells the Yale Forum on Climate Change and the Media. “But the whole rest [...]

Solar and Micro-Hydro at Skidmore 

Geology.com News [17:46:30]  recommend  recommend this post  (60 visits) info
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 US
“Skidmore College could generate 30 percent of its annual electricity through a solar farm and a micro-hydro

Earth Day, the Geological Perspective 

About Geology [15:30:23]  recommend  recommend this post  (77 visits) info
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I love Earth Day as much as the next guy, but I have little use for it. To the geologist, every day is Earth Day, and the rest of the crowd seems to be singing from a different hymnal. So let me offer for your [...]

Pooling Oil and Gas Royalties in West Virginia 

Geology.com News [14:29:50]  recommend  recommend this post  (85 visits) info
category→business
 US
A bill to allow pooling around oil and gas wells is expected to resurface in the West Virginia Legislature. “Pooling allows the majority of landowners to benefit from gas royalties while still protecting [...]

National Land Cover Database 

Geology.com News [14:02:05]  recommend  recommend this post  (102 visits) info
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USGS has released the latest edition of the The National Land Cover Database. The nation’s most comprehensive look at land-surface conditions from coast to coast shows the extent of land cover types from [...]

Challenges of the Monterey Shale 

Geology.com News [13:51:06]  recommend  recommend this post  (86 visits) info
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 Neogene; US
Although the Monterey Shale contains vast amounts of oil the cost of leasing is very high, much of the oil is very deep and a new approach at fracking might be needed to liberate the

HGG-Vortrag: Klimaflüchtlinge? 

Netzwerk für geowissenschaftliche Öffentlichkeitsarbeit [13:33:25]  recommend  recommend this post  (82 visits) info
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 DE
Dr. Patrick Sakdapolrak von der Universität Bonn berichtet über Klimaflüchtlinge

GeoEd: I’m a geoscientist, get me back in there! 

GeoLog-The official blog of the European Geosciences Union [13:00:18]  recommend  recommend this post  (79 visits) info
There are a lot of ways to learn new things, but little beats putting your questions to the expert and finding out the latest science, straight from the source, which is why we’re running an event to do just [...]

Objective probability or automatic nonsense? 

James’ Empty Blog [12:08:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (75 visits) info
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A follow-up to the previous probability post. Perhaps this will provide a clearer demonstration of the limitations of Nic's method. In his post, he conveniently provided a simple worked example, which in [...]

Naturstein und Nachhaltigkeit 

Natursteine-Blog [09:58:59]  recommend  recommend this post  (73 visits) info
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Ein paar Gedanken anlässlich des internationalen Earth Days Nachhaltigkeit und Klimawandel sind Schlüsselbegriffe der Moderne und tagtäglich trifft jeder einzelne von uns Entscheidungen, die [...]

Bertha TBM Won't Resume Drilling Until March 2015 

GeoPrac.net [08:52:14]  recommend  recommend this post  (111 visits) info
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 US
Seattle Tunnel Partners released a new schedule this week for the repair of the damaged seals on the Bertha Tunnel Boring Machine. This revised schedule shows that the TBM won't be digging again until March of [...]

Two Geoprofessional Among 2014 Recipients of Grade of Distinguished Member of ASCE 

GeoPrac.net [08:34:17]  recommend  recommend this post  (62 visits) info

 US
Two well-known geoprofessionals were among the eleven given ASCE's highest honor this year, the title of Distinguished Member. Jean-Louis Briaud and Thomas D. O'Rourke were both in this year's class. There is [...]

Mejor que sobre que no que falte: Fotogrametría Histórica 

Dinosaurios (el cuaderno de Godzillín) [08:00:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (86 visits) info
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 US
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El registro fósil y, por extensión, el registro geológico consta de ejemplares de dificultad de preservación muy variable. En muchas ocasiones los yacimientos son enormes, de varios kilómetros cuadrados [...]

EduMine Advanced Tailings Webcast 

I think mining [05:59:05]  recommend  recommend this post  (126 visits) info
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There is still time to join us for the upcoming EduMine webcast Advanced Tailings and Mine Waste Facility Design, Operation, and Closure.  Here is the link to the course. Even if you have taken other courses [...]

Mytiloides labiatoidiformis (Tröger, 1867) 

kreidefossilien.de - Bilder [21:59:24]  recommend  recommend this post  (71 visits) info
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 CU,DE,CH
, am Fundort wurde ebenfalls Cremnoceramus rotundatus (unt. Coniac) gefunden; - Turon, oberes Turon (Schrammstein-Formation) - Ort: Brücke über den Bonnewitzer Grund (S177), Pirna-Bonnewitz (Sächsische [...]

Tuscaloosa Marine Shale 

Geology.com News [21:36:11]  recommend  recommend this post  (96 visits) info
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 US
There could be as much as 7 to 9 billion barrels of oil in the Tuscaloosa Marine Shale of central and southern Louisiana and southwest Mississippi. Goodrich Petroleum now has two successful wells in the rock [...]

La lezione ecologica dell´Isola di Pasqua 

Storia della Geologia [19:57:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (75 visits) info
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 Quaternary; ES,RU,US,SI,GR,,CL
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La storia dell´ecocidio - il collasso di un'intera civiltà a causa del degrado ambientale e delle risorse naturali - dell´isola di Rapa Nui, meglio conosciuta come Isola di Pasqua - è stato reso popolare [...]

You saved our ‘scope at the George Observatory! And this is how it happened. 

BEYONDbones [19:01:14]  recommend  recommend this post  (84 visits) info
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CliffsNotes: Thanks to all of you, we have done exactly what S.O.S. intended, and we saved our ‘scope! HMNS is proud to own the largest telescope in the country that is open to the public on a regular [...]

Daily Geology Photos – April 22 

Geology News [18:24:13]  recommend  recommend this post  (91 visits) info
A summary of photos posted on flickr today, tagged with “geology.” Displayed below are 46 geology-related photos were added to flickr today. Similar Posts on Geology News: Daily Geology Photos [...]

Celebrate Earth Day with Extreme Science 

State of the Planet [18:02:16]  recommend  recommend this post  (106 visits) info
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 NZ,US,IN
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory scientist Robin Bell will participate in a Google+ Hangout hosted by the White House on Tuesday, April 22 at 4:00 pm EDT. Bell, who will join the Hangout from New Zealand, is a [...]

Nuevos datos del dinosaurio Europasaurus holgeri 

DinoAstur. Blog sobre La Costa de los Dinosaurios [15:55:32]  recommend  1 recommendations  (118 visits) info
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 DE
La revista Journal of Systematic Palaeontology publica dos trabajos sobre el dinosaurio saurópodo “enano” Europasaurus, procedente del Jurásico Superior de Alemania. Uno aparece en papel en el último [...]

Sea Life Extraordinaire! 

JOIDES Resolution blogs [15:10:35]  recommend  recommend this post  (104 visits) info
Jules Verne has a lot to answer for! When he wrote the book ‘20,000 Leagues Under the Sea’, about the exploits of Captain Nemo and his submarine [...]

Natural Gas Boom Misconceptions 

Geology.com News [14:06:59]  recommend  recommend this post  (54 visits) info
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 US
USA Today has a brief article that presents three misconceptions about the natural gas boom that has occurred in several parts of the United

Drilling the Mancos Shale in New Mexico 

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 Cretaceous; US
Encana Corporation has plans to drill up to 50 wells in the Mancos Shale in New

House Torn in Half by Landslide 

Geology.com News [13:50:09]  recommend  recommend this post  (98 visits) info

 US
A house straddling the scarp of a small landslide near Jackson, Wyoming was torn apart as the slide moved.

Welttag des Buches – Geo ist überall 

Netzwerk für geowissenschaftliche Öffentlichkeitsarbeit [13:32:18]  recommend  recommend this post  (82 visits) info
Steine und Schriften haben eine lange gemeinsame Geschichte. Viele bekannte

FMC: a Python program to manage, classify and plot focal mechanism data 

José A. Álvarez-Gómez [12:56:04]  recommend  recommend this post  (97 visits) info
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Download the program here; it is released under the GNU GPL license. The manual is distributed under the Creative Commons License: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). [...]

Five conversations 

Sauropod Vertebra Picture of the Week [10:29:23]  recommend  recommend this post  (77 visits) info

 CN,IN
5. Brian Kraatz, 2004 In the spring of 2004, I was killing time over in Tony Barnosky’s lab at Berekeley, talking to Brian Kraatz about something–mammals, probably. Brian told me that I should [...]

Where are the Ten Most Incredible Places You've Ever Stood? A New Blog Series... 

Geotripper [09:36:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (81 visits) info

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What is the most incredible place you have ever stood? That thought occurred to me this last weekend when I got up to Glacier and Washburn Points in Yosemite National Park. For those who are less familiar with [...]

Repair of Earthquake Damaged Concrete Bridge Piers with PileMedic 

GeoPrac.net [08:49:07]  recommend  recommend this post  (83 visits) info
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Blancallosaurus y los 7 enanitos por Jacob Jamile King 

Koprolitos [08:00:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (90 visits) info
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El ilustrador norteamericano Jacob Jamile King va un paso más allá con el personaje de Blancanieves con esta ilustración que titula "Allosaurus White & the 7 Dwarves". Por un lado, puedes visitar su [...]

Reencuentro con los amigos de ISURUS 

Paleobiologia del Neogen Mediterrani [08:00:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (88 visits) info
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 ES,US,MX
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El pasado 5 de abril la Asociación Paleontológica Alcoyana ISURUS llevó a cabo un homenaje en memoria de nuestro colega y amigo el Dr. Jordi M. de Gibert. La relación de ISURUS con Jordi Maria, y en [...]

Utah Park is a Gold Mine for Dinosaur Hunters 

Utah Geological Survey - blog [00:42:45]  recommend  recommend this post  (596 visits) info
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 US
An exciting spotlight on some of Utah’s finest dino-country featuring James Kirkland, Utah State Paleontologist. nbcnews.com If you know where to walk and what to look for, dinosaur bones are easy to [...]
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