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Sunday, 26 October 2014

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The Blind Men and the Elephant, as Told by Geologists: The Channeled Scablands of Washington 

Geotripper [08:19:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (736 visits) info
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 US
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A dry channel in basalt on the Columbia Plateau in central Washington (photo by Mrs. Geotripper) I'm sure most are familiar with the parable of the blind men and the elephant. Several men investigate an elephant, but each touches a different part, so one describes it as being like a snake (the trunk), and others as a wall (the body), a rope (the tail), a fan (the ear), or a tree (the

The Anthropocene? 

Geology in the West Country [12:54:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (670 visits) info
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 DE
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If an alien civilisation lands, millions of years from now when humans are a distant memory, what will they find? Our cities will be long gone; our sturdiest monuments and greatest buildings will be dust. But if they bring a geologist with them, they may be able to read the story of our existence from the stones they walk on. In Berlin, recently, a group of scientists met to discuss just what that story will tell – and how important a story it is. Humans have existed in [...]

Couple Of Dinosaur Teeth, Mud Wasp Cocoon, Mosasaur Vertebrae 

Dinosaur Home - Blogs [14:20:57]  recommend  recommend this post  (413 visits) info
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 US
                     bought the vertebrae for ten bucks but the others are Travis County finds. Included one small bone showing predation, cocoon is [...]

An Epic Geologic Competition in Cuyahoga Valley National Park 

Wooster Geologists [22:05:56]  recommend  recommend this post  (175 visits) info
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 US
VIRGINIA KENDALL, CUYAHOGA VALLEY NATIONAL PARK (CVNP) — What an absolutely awesome day for geology in the field!!  One of my geologic mentors once told me that “every day in the field is a day of [...]

Bedding / cleavage relations in the Stephen Formation, Yoho NP 

Mountain Beltway [17:43:57]  recommend  recommend this post  (168 visits) info
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 Cambrian; US,CA
Good afternoon! Here are a few photos, both plain and annotated, showing the relationship between primary sedimentary bedding and tectonic cleavage in the “tectonised Stephen” Formation atop the [...]

Anastrophia deflexa brachiopod from the Wenlock Formation 

Views of the Mahantango [08:01:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (157 visits) info
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 Silurian; GB
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This is Anastrophia deflexa from the Silurian aged Wenlock formation, near Dudley, England. The shell looks very similar to Plecatrypa in size and shape but does not have the prominent growth lines. It has [...]

Spineless Giants Track Oceanic Revolutions 

Laelaps [19:08:21]  recommend  recommend this post  (152 visits) info
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 Carboniferous
We’re fascinated by superlative size. That’s why humungous dinosaurs regularly make headlines, and Carboniferous arthropods – dragonflies and

UKs Best Geosites 

Geology in the West Country [12:49:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (149 visits) info
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Click here for moreApologies for late

Update: Geology Underfoot in Western Washington 

Northwest Geology Field Trips [00:43:57]  recommend  recommend this post  (133 visits) info
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 US
Today I received the editor’s revisions to my manuscript, Geology Underfoot in Western Washington. James Lainsbury of Mountain Press Publishing did a fabulous job of condensing my pompous verbiage. I am [...]

November 1st - Festival of Geology 

Geology in the West Country [12:57:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (129 visits) info
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After a busy summer, we have returned to the blogosphere… 

Geology Jenga [12:59:19]  recommend  recommend this post  (115 visits) info
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Well, it has been a while since either of us has produced a GeologyJenga post, so first of all apologies on this front. We both have the same excuse – finishing our PhD theses! Our mutual deadline was 30 [...]

AZGS geologists will lead field trip to Sabino Canyon debris flows 

Arizona Geology [17:28:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (113 visits) info
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 US
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Soils on the hills of granite gneiss near Ranchi also support medicinal plants and flowers. 

Environment and Geology [11:09:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (237 visits) info
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 CI,IN,US,MM,LK,ID,,NZ
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They are Orchid, Zingiber purpureum and Asparagus racemosus.By Dr. Nitish Priyadarshi Geologist. Email: nitish.priyadarshi@gmail.comHill near Bundu on Ranchi-Jamshedpur road. Introduction: Medicinal plants [...]

Recuperan un molino de Regumiel de la Sierra, patrimonio industrial de principios del siglo XX. 

Tierra de Dinosaurios [23:55:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (170 visits) info
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Hoy, el Diario de Burgos ha publicado una noticia sobre un proyecto en el que está trabajando Asier Pascual Marquínez, arqueólogo miembro del Colectivo Arqueológico-Paleontológico Salense (C.A.S.). Os [...]

Non-standard use of Web GIS on the example of OpenWebGIS functionality 

Digital Geography [19:37:04]  recommend  recommend this post  (162 visits) info
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In this article we consider the use OpenWebGIS, as one of the free Web GISs for analyzing of buildings drawings, as well as mapping and measurement of small-scale objects that are demanded in archeology, [...]

2014 Monsoon Cloud Watch 

Central Arizona Geology Club [01:43:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (156 visits) info
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For the cloud watchers here is a great time lapse  of 2014 stormsCloud watchSee it to the end.harry

3 Quick Examples Of Cretaceous Marine Reptile Bone 

Dinosaur Home - Blogs [18:46:58]  recommend  recommend this post  (150 visits) info
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 Cretaceous
            The brown dense rectangle south of the dollar pic1 is most of a turtle limb bone. Boring, difficult to see bone texture without magnifying glass. The next two [...]

Parvamussium cristatellum 

Louisville Area Fossils [18:13:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (143 visits) info
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 Neogene; IT
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Here is a picture of a Parvamussium cristatellum (Dautzenberg & Bavay, 1912) bivalve fossil at the Museo di Paleontologia at Sapienza University of Rome Italy. Creatures like this existed in the Miocene [...]

Sauropod Pelvis Showing Claw Marks, Big Ones 

Dinosaur Home - Blogs [16:19:13]  recommend  recommend this post  (132 visits) info
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             wanteg      Wanted to get this one up. This is the bottom of a sauropod pelvis and on back of piece all over the back are holes conical in [...]

Belisario, Donizetti’s Opera and Procopius on Politicians 

I think mining [04:51:06]  recommend  recommend this post  (117 visits) info
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Procopius wrote the most startling revelation of official incompetence and veniality. He wrote venerable histories about Belisariaus.   But he also wrote about the scandals of Justinian’s court.  Here [...]

The Breathing of the Oklahoma Earthquake Mechanism 

Ontario-geofish [16:55:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (115 visits) info
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 US
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We're on an exhale right now, so I thought I'd dig something up. The OK mechanism is one big organism, and it breathes - one day busy, one day light, etc.  By this I mean it is composed of discrete [...]

Constellaria Bryozoan Fossil 

Louisville Area Fossils [02:30:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (111 visits) info
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 Ordovician; US
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Here is a picture of a Constellaria bryozoan fossil. It is known for its star like patterns on the fossil surface. Recently, it was found in Maysville, Kentucky, USA. The Upper Ordovician Period formations [...]
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