Mente et Malleo [23:05:07]
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Der Vetlesen Preis 2015, quasi das Pendant der Geowissenschaften zu den Nobelpreisen, geht an den Vulkanologen Stephen Sparks von der Universität Bristol. Jedes Jahr im Herbst wird in vielen Medien und Blogs spekuliert, wer die aktuellen Nobelpreise gewinnen könnte. Und nach der Bekanntgabe werden viele Artikel dann viele Beiträge über die preiswürdigen wissenschaftlichen Erkenntnisse und ihre Wissenschaftler verfasst. Vermutlich wird man mir gerne zustimmen, dass ein Nobelpreis einem [...]
Greetings to everyone from Japan! Yes. I missed last week.. transit and jet lag just wiped me out..but this week.. something a little longer and .. SPECIAL!!
An exclusive look at specimens and technology at [...]
Love in the Time of Chasmosaurs [21:25:00]
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The unveiling back in early December of the world's most complete Stegosaurus skeleton at London's Natural History Museum won't have escaped many folks within the palaeo community. Naturally, as the UK [...]
Wasserdurchspülte Poren in heißem Gestein könnten der Brutkasten
allen Lebens auf der Erde gewesen sein: Temperaturunterschiede innerhalb
der Poren erzeugen geeignete Bedingungen für die [...]
Google Maps is a great resource, particularly in satellite view. My favourite way to enjoy it is via the Chrome extension “Earth View from Google Maps“. This pops up a gorgeous image in every new [...]
Caribbean Paleobiology [17:06:00]
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Today sees the publication of the most recent addition to the series on fossil sirenians from the Western Atlantic and Caribbean (WAC) region (Velez-Juarbe and Domning, 2015). In our new paper we describe [...]
With the help of high-resolution satellite images, scientists at Ohio State University have found that two subglacial lakes in the Greenland ice sheet have effectively disappeared, according to Live [...]
Watershed Hydrogeology Blog [14:19:28]
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Post-doctoral Associate in Watershed Modeling A post-doctoral position focusing on hydrologic modeling of urban watersheds is available in the Department of Geology, Kent State University, in the lab of Anne [...]
Mountain Beltway [12:45:24]
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(437 visits) category→science_technology Ordovician; CA
The coarser strata of the Neoproterozoic Miette Group in the Canadian Rockies of Alberta record changing water current strength over time, and maybe an iceberg or
Two new sets of satellite images have been released of the Tsarap landslide in the Zanskar Valley of Northern
Dinosaurios (el cuaderno de Godzillín) [09:00:00]
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Hay toda una serie de paleoartistas a los que no hemos hecho caso de momento. Y muy mal por nuestra parte, todo sea dicho, porque son enormes talentos que han marcado un antes y un después en el mundo de la [...]
RockWare has released an update to their popular geological and geotechnical software package, RockWorks 16. It's pretty clear these folks are not sitting back on their heels but continuing to develop and [...]
Mineral Resource of the Month: AntimonyEarth Magazine How to Survive the BlizzardCBS News Video: Ice in Alabama’s Neversink PitCaving News Video: Cave Diving with Freshwater American Eels Caving News [...]
When I go on trips I sometimes try to find fossils or minerals from that area as a memento. My last trip to Arizona I found this plate in a museum gift shop. Unfortunately, it had no identification label so I [...]
A news release from Governor Doug Ducey's office today announced the appointment of Thomas Buschatzke [photo credit, ADWR] as Director of the Arizona Department of Water Resources (ADWR).
Mr.
Buschatzke has [...]
Iceland Volcano and Earthquake blog [22:06:40]
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Nothing major is to report from last update on Holuhraun eruption. It continues at the same phase as before. It has been slowly diminishing over the past few weeks and continues to do so. There are complex [...]
I have a soft spot for the American mastodon. The beast lived at the same time as the
Adam Sedgwich (March 22, 1785 - January 27, 1873) was an English geologist who first applied the name Cambrian to the geologic period of time, now dated at 570 to 505 million years ago. In 1818 he became [...]
Wer wie ich mit den Filmen der Star Wars Trilogie und vergleichbarer Filme aufgewachsen ist, kennt die Bilder. Eine Laserkanone feuert und man kann den Weg des Laserstrahles auf sein Ziel hin verfolgen. Was im [...]
Führender Wolfram-Produzent außerhalb Chinas entsteht Heidelberg. Almonty Industries hat heute bekannt gegeben, dass sie eine Absichtserklärung mit Woulfe Mining abgeschlossen hat, die die Fusion der beiden [...]
Math is beautiful and inescapable. Especially in nature, patterns and equations just keep showing up. The path of an orbiting planet, the growth of a nautilus, arrangements of leaves on a stem, the efficient [...]
It has stopped ticking. Such a beautiful mechanism and probably gone forever. Either they have secretly shifted frack waste injection, or have started treating the water with silica. The northern section [...]
Tierra de Dinosaurios [11:45:00]
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Los yacimientos 6, 7 y 8 de icnitas de dinosaurios de Las Sereas de Quintanilla de las Viñas se han convertido en eje del trabajo conjunto que investigadores de varios países están llevando a cabo. Lugar [...]
Koprolitos [09:05:00]
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(131 visits) category→arts_entertainment Jurassic; FR,US
Belhoula Amir es un ilustrador y diseñador gráfico francés que vive en Lyon. Gran parte de su trabajo se basa en conceptos como la soledad o la introspección y por ello mezcla instrumentos [...]
Netzwerk für geowissenschaftliche Öffentlichkeitsarbeit [07:25:14]
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Matthias Geyer führt im April eine Georeise ins Schwäbische durch:
GeoPrac.net [07:21:08]
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The International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE) is launching its first Webinar of the year on February 2. This upcoming webinar on Cone Penetration Testing will be given by [...]
This past weekend, I partook in a Photography Workshop at the Grand Canyon. It was a class offered by the Grand Canyon Field Institute and taught by Sedona-based photographer Larry Lindahl. It was outstanding [...]
I have just received the CostMine 2014 Survey Results for U.S. Metal and Industrial Mineral Mine Salaries, Wages, and Benefits. In this and future blog postings I will provide some data from the survey and [...]