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Wednesday, 10 December 2014

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Making a modern geologist 

Geological Society of London blog [23:49:01]  recommend  recommend this post  (134 visits) info
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More #geocrafting, from the person who previously brought you mini Darwin…       In a bid to completely take over this blog with my crafty ways, this time I plundered the image of a modern geology figure well known to … Continue reading

Geologische Wanderung um den Eibsee 

Mente et Malleo [22:06:32]  recommend  recommend this post  (118 visits) info
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Letztens hatte ich ja den großen Bergsturz beschrieben, dem die Landschaft unterhalb der Zugspitze ihren letzten Schliff verdankt (und dem die Zugspitze sicher einige Meter ihres Gipfels geopfert hat). Dieses Ereignis hat etliche Spuren hinterlassen, die man bei einer Wanderung um den Eibsee schön sehen kann. Der Weg einmal rund um den See ist knappe 7 Kilometer lang und stellt mit seinen gut 200 Höhenmetern keine außergewöhnlichen Anforderungen. Am einfachsten fängt man einfach vom [...]

Seattle Map 8 – Other ship canals 

New Stories in Stone [21:54:34]  recommend  recommend this post  (124 visits) info
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 US
Following up my map showing the planned for but never executed South ... [ continue

Ten years of RealClimate: Thanks 

Real Climate [21:32:49]  recommend  recommend this post  (130 visits) info
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As well as the current core team – David Archer, Eric Steig, Gavin Schmidt, Mike Mann, Rasmus Benestad, Ray Bradley, Ray Pierrehumbert, Stefan Rahmstorf – this blog has had input from many others [...]

What to Buy a Geologist for Christmas: 2014 Edition 

Georneys [20:42:34]  recommend  recommend this post  (161 visits) info
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Well, it’s that time of year again… it’s time for the annual Georneys “What to Buy a Geologist for Christmas” (or Chanukah or Newtonmas, etc.) list! Do you have a geologist (or [...]

Introducing Aquilops! 

Love in the Time of Chasmosaurs [19:27:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (133 visits) info
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 Cretaceous; CN,US
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The early history of ceratopsians is mostly known from Asia, so it's with great fanfare that Andy Farke et al. present Aquilops americanus, a 106 million-year-old animal from the Cloverly formation (unit VII) [...]

December 10, 2014 

Geology.com News [17:56:49]  recommend  recommend this post  (143 visits) info
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 US,CN
New Horizons Ready for Pluto EncounterTheGuardian Chesapeake Bay Region Streams are WarmingUnited States Geological Survey Has China Reached “Peak Graphite” ?Mining.com Mountain Bike Trails on [...]

Research Summary: Spatial And Temporal Trends In Invertebrate Communities Of Great Lakes Coastal Wetlands 

Lake Scientist [15:55:28]  recommend  recommend this post  (200 visits) info
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 US
1Institute for Great Lakes Research and Department of Biology, Central Michigan University Throughout the Laurentian Great Lakes, lacustrine wetlands form where coastal geomorphology provides protection from [...]

Earthquake Water 

Ontario-geofish [15:12:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (164 visits) info
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Today, the water main down the street really blew, flooding everywhere.  This is a perfect time to review our earthquake procedures. Any city has hundreds of spots where the water mains are on the verge of [...]

Nuevas (pero clásicas) tortugas de Bernissart 

Dinosaurios (el cuaderno de Godzillín) [14:44:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (142 visits) info
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Recientemente se ha celebrado, en la Facultad de Ciencias Geológicas de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid, la 57 reunión científica de la Sociedad Geológica de España. En esta reunión se ha presentado [...]

Guest Blog: Water of Life Project – Safe Drinking Water in Burkina Faso 

Geology for Global Development [12:00:46]  recommend  recommend this post  (142 visits) info
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 BF,NP,US,GB,
Christopher Barry was the winner of our Blog Competition in 2012, with this article on safe drinking water in Burkina Faso. Christopher was privileged to be able to visit Burkina Faso prior to writing this, a [...]

Erdöl-Erdgas-Museum 

Netzwerk für geowissenschaftliche Öffentlichkeitsarbeit [10:56:32]  recommend  recommend this post  (139 visits) info
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Am Rand des Rühlermoores in Twist bietet das Museum seit

Sustainable Mining: Escobal, Guatemala 

I think mining [05:20:40]  recommend  recommend this post  (190 visits) info
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 GT,MX
I am in Guatemala and at the Tahoe Resources Escobal Silver Mine. I have previously noted that I and my daughter are the engineers who designed and now give advice on the operation of the filter-pressed [...]

The stars at night are big and…. falling: Geminid Meteor Shower Returns December 13! 

BEYONDbones [03:00:25]  recommend  recommend this post  (179 visits) info
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Of the many meteor showers that occur throughout the year, the Geminid Meteor Shower in December may be the most reliably active. This meteor shower occurs when the Earth passes near 3200 Phaethon, a Palladian [...]

Ten years of Realclimate: By the numbers 

Real Climate [21:51:46]  recommend  recommend this post  (126 visits) info
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Start date: 10 December 2004 Number of posts: 914 Number of comments: ~172,000 Number of comments with inline responses: 14,277 Minimum number of total unique page visits, and unique views, respectively: 19 [...]

Ten Years of RealClimate 

Real Climate [21:08:10]  recommend  recommend this post  (154 visits) info
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In the spring of 2004, when we (individually) first started talking to people about starting a blog on climate science, almost everyone thought it was a great idea, but very few thought it was something they [...]

Please welcome Aquilops americanus 

Sauropod Vertebra Picture of the Week [20:19:07]  recommend  recommend this post  (148 visits) info
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 Cretaceous; US
Today sees the description of Aquilops americanus (“American eagle face”), a new basal neoceratopsian from the Cloverly Formation of Montana, by Andy Farke, Rich Cifelli, Des Maxwell, and myself, [...]

New book: Geology of the San Juan Islands 

Northwest Geology Field Trips [18:27:25]  recommend  recommend this post  (134 visits) info
category→religion
 US
San Juan Islands geologist Ned Brown brings us a wonderful new geology guide- just in time for holiday gifts. Geology of the San Juan Islands is a full color guide to the geology of these beautiful islands. [...]

Post Doctoral Position in Paleobiology/Paleoclimatology 

WeBlog Aragosaurus [16:16:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (193 visits) info
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 US
The Center for Integrative Geosciences at the University of Connecticut invites applications for a postdoctoral researcher in the area of paleobiology, paleoclimatology and/or earth-system modeling. [...]

Pond Embankment Stabilization with Geopolymer Injection 

GeoPrac.net [15:27:52]  recommend  recommend this post  (661 visits) info
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 US,GB
  [Editor] An effluent pond in southeast Texas was suffering from years of erosion.  Recently, an escalation of subsurface water seepage through the pond’s embankment threatened the [...]

Capstone: Hands-on Solutions to Real-World Challenges 

State of the Planet [15:08:12]  recommend  recommend this post  (112 visits) info
category→business
 AR,US
Each semester, M.S. in Sustainability Management students must draw on both the practical skills and the analytical knowledge they have gained in order to address crucial sustainability management issues as [...]

Connecting Earth scientists and school students – Apply to take part in I’m a Geoscientist! 

GeoLog-The official blog of the European Geosciences Union [13:05:26]  recommend  recommend this post  (107 visits) info
category→recreation
 ES,CN,UG,GB,
What and when Imagine a talent show where contestants get voted off depending on their skills in their area of choice. Then imagine that this talent show is populated by scientists with school students voting [...]

Door 10: Ghosts of the Museum – extra content 2 

Geological Society of London blog [11:45:28]  recommend  recommend this post  (148 visits) info
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Our second extract from the 1837 Magazine of Natural History concerns an armadillo, the zoological gardens, and a person with a penchant for pilfering….   THE ATTEMPT LATELY made by one of the [...]

Prehistorics & Primevals 

Koprolitos [10:02:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (106 visits) info
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Los amantes de la literatura de paleoficción tienen en la recopilación "Prehistorics & Primevals: Short Stories of Dinosaurs, Mammoths, and Other Extinct Creatures" una buena excusa para revisitar a [...]

Siapa yang memimpin ? 

Dogeng Geology [04:52:47]  recommend  recommend this post  (119 visits) info
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Leadership. Suatu saat para Top Management suatu kantor berkumpul. Membahas masalah penting tentunya. Berdiskusi, rame, eyel-eyelan, berargumentasi, bertele-tele. semua menginginkan dirinya didengar, diikuti, [...]

If These Cliffs Could Talk: Wa-ha'-ka, the Three Brothers Who Are All Out of Joint 

Geotripper [02:40:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (673 visits) info
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Actually the Three Brothers are just full of joints, and that's the problem. If any legends exist concerning the rocks known as the Three Brothers in Yosemite Valley, they have not come to me via the [...]
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