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Monday, 27 October 2014
Imprimete tu cabezal de ducha tiranosauriano
DinosaurChannel.tv Needs You!
Love in the Time of Chasmosaurs [23:25:00]
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Bob Walters and Tess Kissinger, known for their terrific paleoart studio, have launched a multimedia educational website called DinosaurChannel.tv. In order to pack it full of cool content, they need a bit of help, and have launched a Kickstarter campaign. Here's their video. The site is up, though not updated with a lot of content, but the Kickstarter project video here gives a good taste of what they'd like to do. I especially liked the illustrated title cards for the different series, which [...]
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Minor earthquake swarm on the Reykjanes ridge
Iceland Volcano and Earthquake blog [23:11:16]
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Last night (27-October-2014) a minor earthquake swarm took place on the Reykjanes Ridge. Around 10 earthquakes where recorded and the largest one had the magnitude of 3,7. The earthquake swarm on the Reykjanes [...]
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Pararaucaria, una piña fósil del Jurásico
DinoAstur. Blog sobre La Costa de los Dinosaurios [21:00:15]
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La revista de acceso abierto PeerJ publica la descripción de una nueva especie de piña de conífera del Jurásico Superior de Inglaterra. Aspecto externo de las dos piñas de Pararaucaria collinsonae, NHMUK [...]
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Monday Geology Picture: Peridot at the Smithsonian
For this week’s “Monday Geology Picture” I thought that I would share another image from my recent (June 2014) trip to the Smithsonian Natural History Museum. Peridot is my favorite [...]Of Dragons and Geology
Johann Jakob Scheuchzer (1672-1733) was a Swiss physician, but also quite interested in travels and natural sciences. He published his observations on the culture and natural world of the Alps as [...]State tries to tempt tourists with petrified tree
Utah Geological Survey - blog [18:38:00]
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Check out this read for your mid-morning break—last week Utah State Paleontologist James Kirkland and UGS Paleontologist Don DeBlieux lead the move of a 150-million-year-old petrified tree from nearby BLM [...]
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Geothermal Article
Terry Steinborn sent over a article on the future of geothermal power.LA Times ArticleHarryMt Polley Timelapse and Foundation Conditions
Along with the picture above, I received by email today the following text. Take a look at the YouTube timelapse. Interesting. What do you think is the likelihood of inaccurate ground investigation leading [...]How do trees change the climate?
Guest commentary from Abby Swann (U. Washington) This past month, an op-ed by Nadine Unger appeared in the New York Times with the headline “To save the climate, don’t plant trees”. The author’s main [...]WerkstattNachmittag Dinosaurier
Netzwerk für geowissenschaftliche Öffentlichkeitsarbeit [13:45:48]
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Das Naturkundemuseum Münster bietet einen generationenübergreifenden Nachmittag: Wo: Naturkundemuseum Münster/Westfalen
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Soil wind erosion is influenced by soil inherent properties
Carlos M. Asensio Grima casensio@ual.es Department of Agronomy University of Almería, Spain Soil wind erosion is influenced by soil inherent properties, different wind characteristics and surface vegetation [...]1st circular out now for the 6th INQUA paleoseismology workshop in Fucino, Italy, 18-24 April 2015
The 6th INQUA workshop on Active Tectonics, Paleoseismology and Archaeoseismology will be held from 19-24 April, 2015, in Pescina, Fucino Basin, Italy. This is the next meeting in our PATA Days series, [...]Ilústranos... Ely Kish
Dinosaurios (el cuaderno de Godzillín) [09:25:00]
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GEI Consultants Hires Dr. Jesus E. Gomez
Dr. Jesus E. Gomez has joined GEI Consultants as a vice president and will lead their geotechnical and geostructural practice in the Philadelphia region. Dr. Gomez has over 30 years of experience, and was [...]DIGGSML.org website revamped
DIGGSML is an XML-based schema designed for transfer of geotechnical and geoenvironmental data between different organizations. In 2013, the ASCE Geo-Institute was awarded a 2-year contract by the Ohio DOT to [...]Ein kosmischer Doppelschlag, der keiner war
Die beiden fast kreisrunden Clearwater-Kraterseen im kanadischen Québec sind nicht, wie lange Zeit angenommen, im Zuge eines Doppel-Einschlags von zwei gravitationsgebundenen Asteroiden gleichzeitig [...]Cross bedding and ancient currents
Faculty Profile: Sara Tjossem
For Sara Tjossem, a Senior Lecturer at the School of International and Public Affairs, the MPA in Environmental Science and Policy program is an exciting opportunity for her to engage with tomorrow's [...]Quick, To The Bat Cave: Four Reasons to Celebrate Bats This Week
This week is an important week for the winged mammals! The Rafinesque’s big-eared bat is making its debut in the new Farish Hall of Texas Wildlife at HMNS (Hint: you have to look up to find it) Houston’s [...]Dinosaurier-Federn im neuen Licht
Warum trugen Dinosaurier ein Federkleid lange bevor der Urvogel Archaeopteryx erste Flugversuche unternahm? Ein Forscherteam der Universitäten Bonn und Göttingen geht dieser Frage im Artikel „Beyond the [...]Alma Mater’s Other Secret: a Way Forward on Climate
Sitting on the iconic front steps of Low Library, Alma Mater opens her arms to all who would learn. The plinth on which she rests sends a different message -- clues to one possible method of carbon [...]On the Road: Geo-challenge 2
In the Company of Plants and Rocks [16:32:00]
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Yamnuska
Mountain Beltway [13:46:37]
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Cretaceous,Cambrian,Ordovician; CA
Driving west from Calgary, your first evidence of entering the Canadian Rockies’ Front Ranges is the startling sheer cliff of Yamnuska, north of the Trans-Canada Highway: Yamnuska’s shape is a [...]
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Imaggeo on Mondays: Polygon ponds at sunset.
GeoLog-The official blog of the European Geosciences Union [12:30:02]
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Thinking of the Arctic conjures up images of vast expanses of white icy landscapes punctuated by towering icebergs and a few dark rocky masses; certainly not a green landscape with a series of water pools [...]
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Images of soil erosion
Frans Kwaad, physical geographer Soil erosion is the removal of soil from cultivated land at a rate that is (much) higher than the rate that would occur under the natural vegetation at the considered site. [...]Desde Rusia con amor, por Danila Komlev
Missing Maps – A London Event
Geology for Global Development [09:00:20]
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Information about an external event that may be of interest to some of our readers: “You are warmly invited to attend the launch of the Missing Maps Project, a collaboration between the Humanitarian [...]
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Shotcrete Made From Tailings Could Insulate Underground Mines
Underground metal mines can have extremely high temperatures, making it hazardous for employees to work there for more than a few minutes at a time. Researchers from my alma mater, the University of Arizona, [...]October 27, 2014
Standing on the San Andreas FaultMagma Cum Laude Visit the San Andreas FaultSanAndreasFault.com What is the San Andreas Fault?Geology.com Agates Found in Kentucky (nice photos)Kentucky Geological Survey Dalan [...]Top concepts:
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