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Tuesday, 18 November 2014

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The Case for BIM in Geotechnical Data 

GeoPrac.net [14:32:47]  recommend  recommend this post  (935 visits) info
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Getting the Message Across Applying Building Information Modelling principles to geotechnical data will reinforce the message that geotechnics is an integral part of every phase of a project – not just site investigation, argues Gary Morin, Technical Director, Keynetix. [Editor] In this contributed article, Gary describes the justification for using BIM for geotechnical data.  Among those benefits are the ability to perform detailed alternatives analysis and optioneering, [...]

Bolide Events Map 

Geology.com News [13:18:23]  recommend  recommend this post  (605 visits) info
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A map released by NASA’s Near Earth Object Program reveals that small asteroids frequently enter and disintegrate in the Earth’s atmosphere with random distribution around the

Geosonnet 19 

Lounge of the Lab Lemming [15:09:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (200 visits) info
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 Permian
The Permian extinction was severe, though only callous geos call it "great." Sulfur and carbon choked the atmosphere Siberian eruption exhalate. A lava-coal explosion, it’s surmised Spread fly [...]

My 6th Pair of Reviews 

ART Evolved: Life's Time Capsule [01:41:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (179 visits) info
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 Cretaceous; US,CN,HK,IN
As an Art Evolved member, I post a pair of my reviews here every so often, the 1st being positive & the 2nd being negative. I'd greatly appreciate you reading & voting "Yes" for said reviews in the [...]

Living with a Volcano 

Geological Society of London blog [15:51:47]  recommend  recommend this post  (172 visits) info
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 VC
What is it like to live in the shadow of an active volcano? Since its last eruption in 1979, La Soufriere on the island of Saint Vincent has been quiet. But it is an ever present threat for those who … [...]

Free Mosasaurus 

Koprolitos [09:50:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (168 visits) info
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Los mosasaurios están de moda en la web de camisetas Yiptee. En poco más de un mes, es el segundo diseño que traemos por aquí sobre estos animales. En este caso, rinden homenaje a "Liberad a Willy" ("Free [...]

Hamburg begrüßt die neue SONNE 

Gunnars Geo-Blog [21:55:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (159 visits) info
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 DE
     „Open Ship“ auf dem Tiefseeforschungsschiff SONNE Das neu gebaute Forschungsschiff SONNE ist zu Gast in Hamburg und lädt Interessierte ein, einen Blick hinter die Kulissen eines hochmodernen [...]

Naturkonstanten: immer noch konstant 

Gunnars Geo-Blog [21:53:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (153 visits) info
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     Atomuhren zeigen die Stabilität des Massenverhältnisses von Proton und Elektron Sind Naturkonstanten wirklich konstant? Neue Untersuchungen in der Physikalisch-Technischen Bundesanstalt [...]

Rabenstein, South Tyrol: a great new landslide video (and a quick update on the Mannen landslide) 

The Landslide Blog [09:05:38]  recommend  recommend this post  (141 visits) info
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 IT,DE
On Sunday a 20,000 cubic metre landslide occurred at Rabenstein in South Tyrol, Italy. It was captured on a dramatic

La armadura de los titanosaurios europeos en el 74th Annual Meeting of the SVP 

Dinosaurios (el cuaderno de Godzillín) [09:40:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (137 visits) info
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 DE
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Otro de los posters presentado en la 74th Annual Meeting de la Society of Vertebrate Paleontology en Berlin ha sido la propuesta titulada "Armoring the titans: Studying the variability on the morphology [...]

Changing Winds Key To Studying Lake Tahoe’s Currents 

Lake Scientist [17:50:42]  recommend  recommend this post  (134 visits) info
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 US
Scientists at the Tahoe Environmental Research Center say that Lake Tahoe is all but calm underneath the surface, according to the Nevada Appeal. And though its currents are broadly fickle,[...] The post [...]

Phymatoderma del Jurásico Inferior de Europa 

DinoAstur. Blog sobre La Costa de los Dinosaurios [09:00:15]  recommend  1 recommendations  (132 visits) info
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 US,DE
La revista Sedimentary Geology publica, dentro de su número correspondiente a octubre de 2014 (volumen 312) un trabajo que describe trazas fósiles de alimentación de invertebrados bentónicos del Jurásico [...]

Evolutionary History Of Insects 

Reporting on a Revolution [10:54:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (127 visits) info
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 NZ
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When the biologist J B S Haldane was asked if anything can be learned about the Creator from studying natural history, he is said to have quipped that "God has an inordinate fondness of beetles". [...]

Seattle Map 6 – Lake Washington 1905 

New Stories in Stone [16:49:05]  recommend  recommend this post  (114 visits) info
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 US
The best map showing Lake Washington before the locks and ship canal ... [ continue

Penjelasan Kenaikan Harga BBM Yang SALAH. 

Dogeng Geology [12:48:11]  recommend  recommend this post  (111 visits) info

 BR,ID
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Penjelasan Yang SALAH. Hari ini banyak penjelasan tentang harga BBM yang bersubsidi yang dihubungkan dengan fluktuasi/menurunnya harga minyak mentah. Salah satu alasan yang paling sering diberikan adalah [...]

Sutherland Sky: Part VII – Scenes from the Cape Fold Belt 

Georneys [15:18:28]  recommend  recommend this post  (196 visits) info
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 ZA
At long last, I’m finishing up 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 [...]

Seeing with Your Own Eyes- What You Can’t See with Your Own Eyes 

Dan\'s Wild Wild Science Journal [02:15:24]  recommend  recommend this post  (177 visits) info
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This is a pretty amazing video from NASA Goddard. Worth a

Blume des Jahres 2015 – der Gemeine Teufelsabbiss 

Mente et Malleo [21:26:58]  recommend  recommend this post  (168 visits) info
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 DE,AT
So langsam neigt sich das Jahr dem Ende zu, und damit wird es auch wieder Zeit, die verschiedenen Tiere, Pflanzen und Dinge des nächsten Jahres zu betrachten. So was ist ja auch eine nette Gelegenheit, auf [...]

Died This Day: Carl Akeley 

Palaeoblog [00:07:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (163 visits) info
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Read his story over at Atomic Surgery The Hall of African Mammals at the American Museum of Natural History exists thanks to the efforts of Carl Akeley (May 19, 1864 - Nov 17, 1926) who was the kind of [...]

In the Dust of this Planet 

Friends of the Pleistocene [03:30:25]  recommend  recommend this post  (155 visits) info
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 US
dust storm near the Nevada Test Site, smudge studio 2009 If you haven’t heard Radiolab’s recent episode mapping the transformative journey of theorist/philosopher/teacher Eugene Thacker’s [...]

Canadian Dam Association Guidelines for Mine Dams (aka Tailings Facilities) 

I think mining [04:12:21]  recommend  recommend this post  (152 visits) info
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 Ordovician; US
This picture and the others in this posting were taken by me at Knotsberry Farm in California. A great place to visit and enjoy a terrifying ride along the raging river of insanity. If you seek a thorough and [...]

Menantang Lembaga Survey untuk Menghitung Kebutuhan BBM 

Dogeng Geology [02:24:55]  recommend  recommend this post  (140 visits) info

 ID
Kalau memang para lembaga survey mengklaim mampu memprediksi hasil pemilu dengan margin error dibawah 3% dengan tingkat kepercayaan 95% lebih tentunya memperkirakan kebutuhan dan konsumsi BBM-pun juga lebih [...]

Testing the strength of rocks 

Earth Learning Idea [00:22:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (135 visits) info
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Have you tried the ELI 'Testing rocks - 1 bouncing back testing the strength of rocks'? When engineers build structures such as dams, roads and tunnels, they need to investigate the properties of the rocks [...]

Crocodiles vs. elephants 

Sauropod Vertebra Picture of the Week [09:40:05]  recommend  recommend this post  (133 visits) info
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 AU
I’ve been reading The Guinness Book of Animal Facts and Feats (Wood 1982) again. Here’s what he says on pages 98-99 about the strength of crocodiles, and what happens when they bite off more than [...]

SEA OTTER: WEST COAST MOMENT 

ARCHEA [07:58:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (128 visits) info
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 US
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Markagunt Slide in Utah 

Central Arizona Geology Club [00:37:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (122 visits) info
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 US
The AGU blog tells of a gigantic gravity slide in UtahMarkaguntHarry

Wissenschaftler röntgen winzige Organellen von Bakterien - Röntgenlasermethode erfolgreich getestet 

Gunnars Geo-Blog [22:00:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (112 visits) info
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 US,AT
     Ein internationales Team unter der Leitung von Wissenschaftlern der Universität Uppsala hat eine Röntgenlaser-Methode zur Abbildung biologischer Partikel entwickelt. Mit dieser Methode gewonnene [...]

25 Jahre gesamtdeutsche Bodenkunde 

Netzwerk für geowissenschaftliche Öffentlichkeitsarbeit [12:17:11]  recommend  recommend this post  (99 visits) info
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Die Wiedervereinigung brachte weitreichende Folgen für die sich seit der
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