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Wednesday, 10 September 2014

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Earthquakes, High Tech and Tinkerers 

Seismo Blog [23:58:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (110 visits) info

 NZ

Interactive Space Image Map of ISS-Pictures 

Digital Geography [23:21:43]  recommend  recommend this post  (115 visits) info

 DE,RU,US
The Sojus TMA-13M started on May 28th 2014 from Baikonur to bring the German Alex Gerst, the Russian Maxim Surajew and the American Reid Wiseman to the ISS (International Space Station). Besides the task of the crew to make some experiments etc. on ISS, they show the public how vulnerable and beautiful our blue planet is. There are different ways they try to do it: Regular public calls and interviews to the crew members bring the earth population in contact with the members. If you’re [...]

Status update on Bárðarbunga volcano at 21:21 UTC 

Iceland Volcano and Earthquake blog [23:20:57]  recommend  recommend this post  (113 visits) info
This information is going to get outdated quickly. About how I work my data I do all my data work in my head. Since I don’t have the computer power or the programming skills do so in normal … [...]

Clash Of Aquatic Titans: Kronosaurus Vs Brygmophyseter 

Dinosaur Home - Blogs [21:55:33]  recommend  recommend this post  (78 visits) info
Kronosaurus vs Brygmophyseter Kronosaurus- Kronos lizard Kronosaurus by Dmitry Bogdanov, via Wikimedia Commons Fighter Size- 10.5 meters long and 15 tons Weapons- 3 meter jaws, teeth(up to 6 [...]

Vintage Dinosaur Art: The Doctor Who Dinosaur Book - Part 2 

Love in the Time of Chasmosaurs [21:10:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (108 visits) info

 Cretaceous; GB,US
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So it turns out that Doctor Who is quite popular - who'da thought? As such, there was much demand for a second instalment of The Doctor Who Dinosaur Book (1976), featuring everyone's favourite Doctor* - the [...]

Napa earthquake strong ground motion 

Ontario-geofish [17:04:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (120 visits) info

 US
Remember, this is the earthquake that I caused by visiting the Bay Area for a day.  :)  It was an M6 strike-slip earthquake, which shouldn't cause any damage in California, but it did, simply because there [...]

Research Summary: Effects Of Nutrient Limitation On The Release And Use of Dissolved Organic Carbon From Benthic Algae In Lake Michigan 

Lake Scientist [15:05:19]  recommend  recommend this post  (123 visits) info
category→science_technology
 US
In recent years, benthic macroalgae have become increasingly abundant in nearshore areas of the Laurentian Great Lakes, frequently forming nuisance blooms and mats of dead and decaying algae that harbor[...] [...]

Soils at Imaggeo: fall into litter 

G-Soil [12:55:35]  recommend  recommend this post  (212 visits) info

 ES
Antonio Jordán University of Seville, Spain Description Wet forest soil surface after a rainfall simulation experiment in Los Alcornocales Natural Park, southern Spain. When pores are saturated with water, [...]

Conference Highlights (Part 1) 

Geology for Global Development [11:00:17]  recommend  recommend this post  (113 visits) info
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Over on our Facebook page, we’ve recently been publishing a series of images showing some of the likely highlights of our annual conference next week (Friday 19th September, tickets still available). [...]

GPS-Stadtralley 

Netzwerk für geowissenschaftliche Öffentlichkeitsarbeit [09:48:43]  recommend  recommend this post  (86 visits) info
Grenzgang führt die moderne Schatzsuche durch Köln: Wann: 19.09.2014, 17

Mucrospirifer prolificus brachiopod from the Silica Shale 

Views of the Mahantango [09:01:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (178 visits) info
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 Devonian; US,CA,TH
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After M. mucronatus, the next most common species of Mucrospifier in the Silica Shale (Devonian, Givetian stage) is M. prolificus. It has a somewhat ornate shell exterior like M. mucronatus but the interarea [...]

Five Reasons Why the Okeanos Needs to Return to Indonesia 

Echinoblog [06:34:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (143 visits) info

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So, over the weekend, the livestream of Okeanos Explorer briefly mentioned and entertained the idea that they might head back to Indonesia for a revisitation of their inaugural expedition from 2010! (The [...]

Mengapa Shale Gas di Indonesia Sulit Berkembang ? 

Dogeng Geology [03:39:46]  recommend  recommend this post  (98 visits) info

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Setiap mendiskusikan shale gas, para eksplorasionis lebih banyak berbicara sisi potensi gas ini yang sangat besar dan tersebar di beberapa cekungan. Posisi shale gas yang tersebar itu berbeda dengan gas [...]

She Moves! Bertha in Seattle 

New Stories in Stone [02:07:51]  recommend  recommend this post  (140 visits) info
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 US
After months of sitting idle, Seattle’s multi-million dollar tunnel boring machine, Bertha, ... [ continue

Soils at Imaggeo: Soil erosion-desertfication, Iceland 

G-Soil [00:00:35]  recommend  recommend this post  (88 visits) info
category→science_technology
 IS
Picture by Ragnar Sigurdsson / Artic Images.com. Soil banks show the former appearance of areas with dwindling vegetation and soil cover. Higher resolution images available from rth@arctic-images.com (there is [...]

Thinking About Restarting Blog 

Afarensis [22:19:32]  recommend  recommend this post  (49 visits) info
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AEG-BWH Meeting, September 18 

DC Geology Events [21:29:29]  recommend  recommend this post  (860 visits) info

 US
Geologists and students: I want to personally invite you and your colleagues to the September 18, 2014 AEG-BWH meeting featuring David Spears, the State Geologist of Virginia. His topic is one that every [...]

New Species Of Massive Dinosaur Discovered In Africa 

Utah Geological Survey - blog [20:26:26]  recommend  recommend this post  (133 visits) info
  huffingtonpost.com It’s been a big week for ginormous dinosaurs. First, one group of scientists announced they had uncovered one of the largest dinosaurs known to man, and now another has [...]

Geosonnet 9 

Lounge of the Lab Lemming [15:46:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (163 visits) info

 US
The vast caldera of the Yellowstone Erupts siliceous ash from time to time. It’s far from the Cascade subduction zone Therefore, a mantle plume’s the suspect prime. But magma conducts electricity [...]

British Science Festival 2014: Operation Stonehenge 

Geological Society of London blog [14:22:01]  recommend  recommend this post  (129 visits) info
category→arts_entertainment
 GB
One of our nominated 100geosites took centre stage yesterday at the British Science Festival, as Professor Vincent Gaffney and colleagues unveiled the latest from the Stonehenge Hidden Landscapes Project, led [...]

Finally! The Perfect Book for Geology-Loving Comic Book Fans! 

Rosetta Stones [11:05:34]  recommend  recommend this post  (109 visits) info
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Have you dreamt of a richly-illustrated, geology-themed superhero comic for kids? One that not only gets the science right, but encourages great study habits, turns ordinary encounters into... -- Read more on [...]

GXXV Jornadas Científicas de la SEDECK. Grandes Cavidades del Alto Asón y Gándara 

WeBlog Aragosaurus [10:33:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (103 visits) info
category→science_technology
 ES,AR
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XXV Jornadas Científicas de la SEDECK. Cantabria 2014Grandes Cavidades del Alto Asón y GándaraRamales de la Victoria (Cantabria), 26 al 28 de septiembre de 2014Lugar:Salón de Actos de la Oficina de [...]

Wonder Woman: Amazon Baby Sitter, por Charles Moulton 

Koprolitos [09:47:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (106 visits) info
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En Wonder Woman #90 (DC Comics, mayo de 1957) la Mujer Maravilla era desafiada por el maloso de turno a... cuidar de tres bebés. ¿Que vaya un reto chorra para una supeheroína? A ver, que eran bebés de [...]

September 10, 2014 

Geology.com News [08:10:47]  recommend  recommend this post  (100 visits) info
category→science_technology
 GL
A Ruby Deposit in Greenland ? BEMining Corundum: The Mineral of Ruby and Sapphire Geology.com Plate Tectonics on Europa ? NASA Iceland’s Volcano Under Northern Lights Time Dreadnoughtus: The Largest [...]

Andy Revkin in Audubon Is Well Worth A Read 

Dan\'s Wild Wild Science Journal [06:26:36]  recommend  recommend this post  (85 visits) info
category→science_technology
The Audubon Society has released a well done report about climate change. Part of their report is a great piece by NY Times Dot Earth blogger Andy Revkin (Click the image below to read it). One thing worth [...]

Subptychoceras yubarensis and Gaudryceras Ammonite Fossils 

Louisville Area Fossils [03:00:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (135 visits) info

 Cretaceous; IT,JP
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Here is a picture of two ammonite fossils Subptychoceras yubarensis and Gaudryceras sp. at the Museo di Paleontologia at Sapienza University of Rome Italy. Creatures like this existed at the time of the [...]

Geology of Utah’s Far South 

Utah Geological Survey - blog [01:34:08]  recommend  recommend this post  (141 visits) info
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Edited By: John S. MacLean, Robert F. Biek, and Jacqueline E. Huntoon This CD contains 35 geological papers and 2 road guides describing the geology of Utah’s Far South. The papers are arranged by [...]
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