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Friday, 23 January 2015

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Sandstein Mint Fossil-Platten 

Natursteine-Blog [10:08:42]  recommend  recommend this post  (1073 visits) info
Strahlende Farben und eine lebhafte Wirkung Mediterran, natürlich und dennoch elegant: Sandstein-Platten sind in ihrer Wirkung so facettenreich, wie kaum ein anderer Naturstein. Ihre vielfältige Farbgebung macht jeden Sandstein und jede Platte zu einem unverwechselbaren Unikat. Diese außergewöhnliche Wirkung kommt bei unseren neu eingetroffenen Sandstein-Platten Mint Fossil besonders deutlich zur Geltung. Natur pur Die naturgespaltene […] Der Beitrag Sandstein Mint [...]

Sandstein Mint Fossil-Platten 

Natursteine-Blog [10:08:42]  recommend  recommend this post  (731 visits) info
category→business
Strahlende Farben und eine lebhafte Wirkung Mediterran, natürlich und dennoch elegant: Sandstein-Platten sind in ihrer Wirkung so facettenreich, wie kaum ein anderer Naturstein. Ihre vielfältige Farbgebung macht jeden Sandstein und ... mehr

Sideshow Apatosaurus sans background 

Sauropod Vertebra Picture of the Week [08:07:51]  recommend  recommend this post  (190 visits) info
category→arts_entertainment
I made these for my own use in talks, and then thought, why be selfish? Like everything else on this blog, these images are now released to the world under the CC-BY license. Have fun with them. You can read [...]

Fracking is Dead, Long LIve Oklahoma 

Ontario-geofish [22:25:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (177 visits) info
category→business
 US
It is time to say good-bye to that great experiment that would have proven all my theories about New Madrid and Eastern earthquakes.  All the fracking companies are about to default on their bonds, and the [...]

A first-timer’s guide to the 2015 General Assembly 

GeoLog-The official blog of the European Geosciences Union [13:00:26]  recommend  recommend this post  (167 visits) info
category→culture_politics
 AT,CN
Will this be your first time at an EGU General Assembly? With 12,000 participants in a massive venue, the conference can be a confusing and, at times, overwhelming place. To help you find your way, we have [...]

A vueltas con Antropoceno 

WeBlog Aragosaurus [10:26:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (154 visits) info
category→recreation
 MX
Nuestro compañero Juan Carlos Gutiérrez Marco del Instituto de Geosciencias (CSIC-UCM) ha escrito una contribución sobre el Antropoceno, que os adjuntamos. Fue escrita en una lista de discusión sobre [...]

Images of Guatemala (9) – Conflict and Disasters 

Geology for Global Development [10:00:20]  recommend  recommend this post  (149 visits) info
category→recreation
 GT,GB
Until 1996, Guatemala was in the midst of a brutal Civil War. This sculpture in the Presidential Palace of Guatemala City is a reminder of that troubled past and symbolic of a hopeful peaceful future. In the [...]

Playing Around With ArcPY… 

Digital Geography [22:57:21]  recommend  recommend this post  (141 visits) info
I was playing around with ArcPY and tried to recreate a version of the qgis2leaf plugin just for ArcGIS just to get to know that ArcGIS doesn’t seem to have native support for GeoJSON. So I’ll not [...]

January 23, 2015 

Geology.com News [07:10:45]  recommend  recommend this post  (137 visits) info
category→recreation
Jewel Cave: New Known Length at 173.89 MilesCavingNews.com Troglobites: Animals that Live in a CaveGeology.com Bulgaria’s Magurata Cave Nominated for UNESCO’s World Heritage SiteCavingNews.com Bats [...]

Peter Carragher! 

Seismos [22:04:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (135 visits) info
category→recreation
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El 3D mola: reconstrucción del endocráneo de Sinosaurus 

Dinosaurios (el cuaderno de Godzillín) [08:49:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (130 visits) info
category→arts_entertainment
 PH
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Las reconstrucciones digitales molan, esto es así. Es impresionante encontrarnos con una figura bien hecha en un artículo, con sus fotos, bocetos, detalles... pero cuando nos encontramos una modelización, [...]

2015 – the Year of Mud! 

Geological Society of London blog [11:14:13]  recommend  recommend this post  (125 visits) info
category→recreation
We’re kicking of a series of themed years, by declaring 2015 the year of mud, mud, glorious mud! Geological Society Council Member Lucy Slater explains…           “In [...]

Bárðarbunga volcano update for 23-January-2015 

Iceland Volcano and Earthquake blog [22:14:34]  recommend  recommend this post  (111 visits) info
category→science_technology
Current activity in Bárðarbunga volcano remains the same. The eruption in Holuhraun continues, at bit slower rate now than it was some ten days ago according to latest news. This is not surprising, since [...]

The Secret Handshake: Presenting Business Cards in Japan 

BEYONDbones [01:00:51]  recommend  recommend this post  (99 visits) info
category→business
 JP,US
Editor’s Note: This post was provided by Kuraray, local sponsor to the special exhibition Samurai: The Way of the Warrior on display now at HMNS. “Do you have a card?” is a phrase uttered daily in [...]

“Glad You Asked” January 22, 2015 

Utah Geological Survey - blog [00:35:06]  recommend  recommend this post  (87 visits) info
This soil might just look like some crusty dirt. However it’s the crust on the dirt that makes this soil so very important. Tread lightly through this “Glad you Asked” article on soil crusts [...]

Bolsas em Geociências 2014 com recuperação e distribuição mais justa 

Lusodinos- Dinossauros de Portugal [14:01:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (183 visits) info
category→sports
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Após o descalabro do ano passado, com apenas 4 bolsas atribuídas em Geociências pela FCT e praticamente a uma só universidade, este ano assistimos a uma recuperação (10 bolsas) e a uma distribuição [...]

Un pensiero su Stephen Czerkas 

Theropoda [13:14:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (170 visits) info
category→health
Leggo oggi che Stephen Czerkas è morto a causa di un tumore al fegato. Figura controversa nel mondo della "dinosaurologia"; è un grande dispiacere che sia scomparso così prematuramente. Artista [...]

Friday fold: Rainy Bay, Nova Scotia 

Mountain Beltway [13:35:49]  recommend  recommend this post  (161 visits) info
category→recreation
 CA
Elizabeth Kosters contributed this week’s Friday fold: It’s from Rainy Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada. Click through to read Elizabeth’s post on the site. Happy

Schmelzwasserseen gefährden Grönlands Gletscher 

Netzwerk für geowissenschaftliche Öffentlichkeitsarbeit [05:27:02]  recommend  recommend this post  (151 visits) info
category→business
Geologisch bemerkenswert und zugleich katastrophal: Schmelzwasser sickert unter die Gletscher

DiNERDsaur Love 

Koprolitos [09:17:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (148 visits) info
category→arts_entertainment
 IN
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Hasta los más raritos de la clase en el Mesozoico necesitan amor. Al menos eso parece pensar la ilustradora Jessie Sima, que ha diseñado esta camiseta para RedBubble que refleja los coqueteos de dos [...]

Captivating Conversations with the Caption: Part II, by JR Caption Terry Skinner 

JOIDES Resolution blogs [16:42:29]  recommend  recommend this post  (138 visits) info
category→recreation
How does the evacuation process work when dealing with a dangerous scenario? read

SMAP – “Soil Moisture Active Passive” generates high resolution soil data 

Digital Geography [11:38:40]  recommend  recommend this post  (136 visits) info
category→science_technology
Since we are still in the International of Year of Soils , another Digital Soil Science post is ready. Some of you might already know that I’m addicted to soil. As a guy who works in the field of soil [...]

You must watch this! An amazing new landslide video from Dagestan 

The Landslide Blog [10:59:13]  recommend  recommend this post  (135 visits) info
category→recreation
A new video appeared on Youtube yesterday showing a quite remarkable landslide in

Erdrutsch in Dagestan (Video) 

Mente et Malleo [18:14:47]  recommend  recommend this post  (126 visits) info
Gestern wurde ein Video von einem Erdrutsch in Dagestan bei Youtube hochgeladen. Es zeigt einen Erdrutsch, möglicherweise in der Form eines Erdschlipfes, auch wenn hier die Vegetation den abrutschenden Block [...]

What’s up? The Friday links (68) 

Paleoseismicity [11:02:54]  recommend  recommend this post  (120 visits) info
category→science_technology
Welcome back! Fewer links, a bit more to read! Do roads mean landslides are more likely? What were the Great Survey geologists wrong about? Today is Friday and here are your links! Do roads mean landslides are [...]

Mt Polley Protest is not Mozart 

I think mining [04:41:43]  recommend  recommend this post  (110 visits) info
category→business
 US
A small, sad band of ragged people protested in front of our building today.  Our building houses Imperial Metals and the Mt Polley Mining Company.  The front doors were locked; three security guards held [...]

Wooster’s Fossil of the Week: A predatory gastropod from the Pliocene of Cyprus 

Wooster Geologists [06:25:21]  recommend  recommend this post  (98 visits) info
category→science_technology
 Neogene; CY
This week we have another fossil from the Nicosia Formation (Pliocene) of the Mesaoria Plain in central Cyprus. It is again from a Keck Geology Consortium project in 1996 with Steve Dornbos (’97). This [...]

Have you registered for PaleoFest 2015 yet? 

Burpee Museum of Natural History Blog [20:45:29]  recommend  recommend this post  (35 visits) info
If you haven’t had a chance to register for PaleoFest 2015 use this fillable form and return it to Burpee Museum via mail or email! PaleoFestRegistration Want to know more about PaleoFest 2015 before you [...]
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