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Wednesday, 02 July 2014

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Glad You Asked: July 3, 2014 

Utah Geological Survey - blog [23:10:09]  recommend  recommend this post  (92 visits) info
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 US
We reflect on our American heritage with July 4th on the horizon and our weekend adventures coming up. How about a little Utah history to go with it? Sedimentary rocks are telling teachers in piecing together Utah’s geologic history. Check it out in our “Glad You Asked” article

Dinosaur hunter is making prehistory 

Utah Geological Survey - blog [22:49:21]  recommend  recommend this post  (78 visits) info
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latimes.com Scott Richardson is up at dawn, standing atop a rocky ridgeline near his base camp, a solitary figure in the slanting light. He surveys a primordial wilderness of dry creek beds and stands of juniper and pinyon pine. READ

The Urvogel’s Old, New Clothes 

Laelaps [22:28:17]  recommend  recommend this post  (123 visits) info
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 DE
On May 5th, 1877, the German paleontologist Karl Zittel first laid eyes on one of the most stunning

Chris Johnson and the case of the amazing disappearing post 

James’ Empty Blog [20:38:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (69 visits) info
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 JP
As if this blog wasn't quiet enough, someone has been trying to reduce the post count even further. Reader may recall a brief blogstorm concerning a so-called journalist Christopher Johnson, who was [...]

Hidden Stories: John Nunn and the Wreck of the Favorite 

Cambriangirl - Science! Geology! Writing! [20:19:18]  recommend  recommend this post  (31 visits) info
Most of my favourite stories come from real life. Hidden gems, tucked away in annuals and magazines centuries-old. Unbelievable tales from friends that you would not believe if you saw it in a film or read it [...]

Students: Submit Your Design or Video to the 2014 AGU Student T-Shirt Design and Video Contests 

The Plainspoken Scientist [19:53:30]  recommend  recommend this post  (1206 visits) info
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Do you think you have what it takes to create the next viral video or geo-style trend? Prove it by taking part in the 2014 Student T-shirt Design and Student Video contests. The winner of each contest will [...]

On Change #7: A Brooklyn Subtlety 

Friends of the Pleistocene [19:09:49]  recommend  recommend this post  (51 visits) info
category→business
 US
* all images FOP 2014 An inhalation of overwhelming toasted sweetness coincides with something sticking to the bottom of your shoes. It’s as though you are suddenly swimming in air filled with sugar. At [...]

Interactive Natural Hazards Map of Arizona 

Earthly Musings [18:20:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (90 visits) info
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This interactive map is really fun. It is produced by the Arizona Geological Survey, the Arizona Division of Emergency Management, Arizona Emergency Information Network, and FEMA. It shows the locations of [...]

Branching out at the New Horizons In Science Symposium (Mexico City) 

Magma Cum Laude [18:00:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (61 visits) info
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 MX,US
A little while ago, as some of you may have guessed from my tweets, I was in Mexico City on a business trip. My reason for the whirlwind visit was to present a talk about volcanic hazards to the New Horizons [...]

Cottage report -- Long Weekend 

Ontario-geofish [17:38:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (52 visits) info
Beautiful weather. The blueberries are just starting and they are abundant. Nobody is here for the short week, I guess they all want to meet the new

Cottage report -- Long Weekend 

Ontario-geofish [16:50:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (50 visits) info
Beautiful weather. The blueberries are just starting and they are abundant. Nobody is here for the short week, I guess they all want to meet the new

Unforced variations: July 2014 

Real Climate [15:55:31]  recommend  recommend this post  (61 visits) info
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This month’s open thread. Topics of potential interest: The successful OCO-2 launch, continuing likelihood of an El Niño event this fall, predictions of the September Arctic sea ice minimum, Antarctic [...]

Geological Society of America announces a new early career award 

Lounge of the Lab Lemming [15:33:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (105 visits) info
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 US,IN
The Geological Society of America’s (GSA) Mineralogy, Geochemistry, Petrology, and Volcanology (MGPV) division has announced a new Early Career award.  Details are available here. Any GSA member can [...]

Mick Davis and resource investing: 2 

The Economic Geologist [15:23:15]  recommend  recommend this post  (96 visits) info
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As promised, here is the second article on Mick Davis. Again, it is a great read for a little glimpse into the investing and business development side of the mining industry. This article focuses more on his [...]

Fault breccia in the Helderberg Group, Corridor H 

Mountain Beltway [14:18:55]  recommend  recommend this post  (85 visits) info
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 Devonian,Silurian; ZA
Here’s a breccia that Dan Doctor and I found in a tabular zone within the Helderberg Group (Devonian limestones) in one of the massive new roadcuts along Corridor H. link Is it a fault breccia or a [...]

How Are Hurricanes Named? 

Geology.com News [13:58:07]  recommend  recommend this post  (51 visits) info
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Names are assigned as tropical storms are discovered, using a list of names developed by the World Meteorological

New book on Earthquakes and Coseismic Surface Faulting in Iran 

Paleoseismicity [12:25:40]  recommend  recommend this post  (180 visits) info
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 IR
A new book on paleoseismology, archaeoseismology and earthquakes on the Iranian Plateau has been published in the Developments in Earth Surface Processes series. Volume 17 is dedicated to Earthquakes and [...]

Los últimos preparativos de la exposición "Dinosaurios maravillosos de España" en los medios 

Dinosaurios (el cuaderno de Godzillín) [10:43:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (49 visits) info
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En las últimas semanas hemos estado informando a través de nuestro Facebook y nuestro Twitter de todos los preparativos de la exposición "Dinosaurios maravillosos de España", que llevará [...]

Seeing Actual Daylight at Emerald Pools in Zion National Park 

Geotripper [10:32:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (79 visits) info
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 US
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There is a somewhat odd relationship between me and Zion National Park. I love the place, I've been there probably 20 times in the last two decades, but I haven't seen a whole lot of the park. The problem is [...]

Mammoth Trees 

Koprolitos [09:46:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (36 visits) info
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Diseño de camiseta del alemán Sven Palmowski, artista nacido en Stuttgart. Allí estudió Bellas Artes y en 2004 se mudó a Barcelona (España), donde trabaja como ilustrador freelance. Esta prenda puede [...]

Twas Hot and a Waterfall Was Necessary 

Rosetta Stones [09:42:21]  recommend  recommend this post  (36 visits) info
When Seattle gets too hot for comfort, we head for the mountains. Which is why your miniseries on shiny esplodey things that aren’t fireworks will be slightly delayed – we headed out for... -- [...]

Global Impacts of U.S. Shale Production 

Energy Policy Blog [09:00:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (27 visits) info
The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) recently published a series of reports assessing how rapid growth in U.S., and possibly global, oil and gas production from shales may impact various [...]

Sand mining is going to be new battleground. 

Environment and Geology [08:25:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (93 visits) info
category→science_technology
 NO,AE,IN,US,CA,CN,ID,MA,MV,PH,SL,SG,VN,,GR,AU
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Illegal and indiscriminate river sand mining is going to cause a large number of environmental and social problems in World.ByDr. Nitish PriyadarshiGeologist. This is Kanchi river which provides sands to [...]

Get your geek on - GeoSciML working group in Tucson developing digital data structures 

Arizona Geology [06:20:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (68 visits) info
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 US
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Geoscience researchers from a dozen countries have been meeting at the Lodge on the Desert in Tucson since Sunday, working on the latest developments for the geoscience markup language, GeoSciML.   We're [...]

Geology in Space: Meteorites and Cosmic Dust 

Gunnars Geo-Blog [20:57:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (69 visits) info
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El Niño: The Basics 

State of the Planet [20:32:18]  recommend  recommend this post  (55 visits) info
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Forecasts suggest we’re looking ahead to an El Niño event this year—a warming of the eastern and central Pacific Ocean around the equator that can affect weather patterns around the globe. But what [...]

The ABCs of the Fourth of July: America, Bulgari, Cher (and Houston) 

BEYONDbones [20:06:20]  recommend  recommend this post  (70 visits) info
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 US
What do America, Bulgari, Cher (and Houston) have in common? Well, since you asked: BULGARI launched an AMERICA-inspired collection of jewelry in the 1970s called “Stars and Stripes” — which was modeled [...]

POTD July 2, 2014: Wasatch Range, Utah County, Utah 

Utah Geological Survey - blog [19:20:34]  recommend  recommend this post  (52 visits) info
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 US
Wasatch Range, Utah County, Utah Photographer: Stevie Emerson; © 2013 Glacially carved Timpanogos Basin in the Wasatch Range, Utah

Geology Through Literature - The Travels of Marco Polo 

The Geology P.A.G.E. [18:26:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (116 visits) info
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 LK,IN,
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The next story up in the Geology Though Literature thread is The Travels of Marco Polo by Marco Polo. As with my other entries, answers can be either worked out or I can send them. Posting the answers I [...]

ALGUNAS RECOMENDACIONES_Y SÓLO SON PATOS (II) 

episcophagus [18:19:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (158 visits) info
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 BR
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Barks no sólo era un maestro en los relatos largos. También dibujaba historias breves, y sabía aprovechar ese espacio. Dado que no podía desarrollar argumentos complejos, iba directamente a la acción, en [...]

Cottage report -- Long Weekend 

Ontario-geofish [17:48:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (45 visits) info
Beautiful weather. The blueberries are just starting and they are abundant. Nobody is here for the short week, I guess they all want to meet the new

Time lapse video of 2014 Arizona earthquakes 

Arizona Geology [17:19:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (81 visits) info
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 US
This 20-second time lapse video shows the distribution and relative magnitude of earthquakes in Arizona from Jan. 1 to June 30, 2014. Saturday night's magnitude 5.2 earthquake on the Arizona-New Mexico [...]

Not my problem 

Koprolitos [15:56:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (90 visits) info
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Ryan Duggan: POTW

[jules' pics] ocean 

James’ Empty Blog [15:48:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (105 visits) info

 GB
Went to the seaside for the wedding anniversary. It would have been very nice had not the sellers of the house we are trying to buy pulled out of the sale the day before. The sale is, apparently, now back on [...]

Research Summary: Relict Sumps From Oil and Gas Exploration Impacting Lakes in the Mackenzie Delta Region, Western Canadian Arctic 

Lake Scientist [15:29:22]  recommend  recommend this post  (66 visits) info
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 Ordovician; CA
Oil and gas exploration in remote Arctic regions has many inherent challenges. Foremost among these is the need to develop strategies to dispose of wastes associated with the drilling of[...] The post Research [...]

Should I be charged up about groundwater recharge? 

SOILS MATTER, GET THE SCOOP! [15:00:50]  recommend  recommend this post  (47 visits) info
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Question: What does the term “groundwater recharge” mean and why is it important? Answer: Let’s start with the term “groundwater.” Groundwater is defined as the water that is obtained by

July 2, 2014 

Geology.com News [14:03:24]  recommend  recommend this post  (58 visits) info
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 US,
NOAA on Rip CurrentsNOAA NOAA Describes the Great Pacific Garbage PatchNOAA Alaska’s Historic Natural Gas EquityFuelFix.com Towns in New York Can Prohibit FrackingNew York Times Worker at Siberian Mine Finds [...]

Tropical Storm Arthur 

Geology.com News [13:44:02]  recommend  recommend this post  (55 visits) info
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 US
The National Hurricane Center has continuously-updated maps that show the location and expected paths of tropical storms. They also show the portions of United States coastlines that are under storm watches [...]

ECR Conference on Biodiversity, Ecosystem Services and Sustainability – our progress so far! 

Geography Postgrads [12:23:23]  recommend  recommend this post  (42 visits) info
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 GB
We’re making good progress in our preparations for the NRG BESS Conference 2014 at the University of Southampton! Our first keynote speaker is confirmed – Prof Georgina Mace, Professor of [...]

Engagierter Moorschutz für Klima und Umwelt 

Netzwerk für geowissenschaftliche Öffentlichkeitsarbeit [10:35:42]  recommend  recommend this post  (48 visits) info
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Die NABU-Moorschutzkonferenz ludt zu Moorschutzdialog mit Politik, Wissenschaft und Verbänden

Detlev Hill im Interview 

Natursteine-Blog [10:11:09]  recommend  recommend this post  (55 visits) info
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Über die Vorteile von Natursteinböden gegenüber anderen Bodenbelägen Natursteinexperte Detlev Hill hat im Interview mit uns über unser gemeinsames Lieblingsthema geredet und uns dabei [...]

Coming Soon: Size (estimation) matters 

Theropoda [09:43:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (88 visits) info
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Sondaggio: guardate l'immagine qui sopra, e ditemi quale ritenete che sia, come prima impressione e senza fare calcoli, la lunghezza della barra orizzontale sopra cui sono allineati i 17 uomini che vedete. [...]

Leiorhynchus multicostus brachiopods from the Levanna Shale 

Views of the Mahantango [09:01:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (99 visits) info
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 Devonian; US
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I came upon this plate of shale in a small quarry near the town of Fayette in New York. It comes from the Levanna Shale of the Skaneateles Formation and is covered with brachiopod fossils called Leiorhynchus [...]

Global Impacts of U.S. Shale Production 

Energy Policy Blog [09:00:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (21 visits) info
The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) recently published a series of reports assessing how rapid growth in U.S., and possibly global, oil and gas production from shales may impact various [...]

Arthur’s Ripples 

Dan\'s Wild Wild Science Journal [07:48:05]  recommend  recommend this post  (49 visits) info
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  You may need to click on the image above to really see the ripples across the top of Arthur, so do that first, before I tell you why they are there. You are looking at gravity waves, but a better way of [...]

Mine Waste Facility Sideslope Covers 

I think mining [04:11:22]  recommend  recommend this post  (77 visits) info
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  The exterior surface of most tailings, waste rock, and heap leach facilities include: A top deck which is the flatter surface that forms the top surface of the facility. This is usually sloped at between [...]
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