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Tuesday, 27 January 2015

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POTD January 27, 2015: Bryce Canyon National Park, Garfield County, Utah 

Utah Geological Survey - blog [23:52:52]  recommend  recommend this post  (89 visits) info
Bryce Canyon National Park, Garfield County, Utah Photographer: Danielle Lehle; ©

Der Vetlesen Preis 2015 geht an Stephen Sparks 

Mente et Malleo [23:05:07]  recommend  recommend this post  (140 visits) info
category→science_technology
 GB,FR,US
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 [...]

Echinoblog In Japan Pt. 2: A Visit to JAMSTEC!! 

Echinoblog [22:56:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (135 visits) info
category→recreation
 JP
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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 [...]

'Sophie' 

Love in the Time of Chasmosaurs [21:25:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (181 visits) info
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 US
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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 [...]

Entstehung des Lebens - Am Anfang war der heiße Stein 

Gunnars Geo-Blog [20:53:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (149 visits) info
category→business
     Wasserdurchspülte Poren in heißem Gestein könnten der Brutkasten allen Lebens auf der Erde gewesen sein: Temperaturunterschiede innerhalb der Poren erzeugen geeignete Bedingungen für die [...]

Great Geology in Google Maps: dunes 

Metageologist [19:21:45]  recommend  recommend this post  (154 visits) info
category→recreation
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 [...]

Its the 11th installment of Fossil Sirenia of the West Atlantic and Caribbean Region! 

Caribbean Paleobiology [17:06:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (157 visits) info
category→recreation
 Paleogene; PR,CU,US,,PH
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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 [...]

Two Subglacial Lakes In Greenland Disappear 

Lake Scientist [16:00:23]  recommend  recommend this post  (128 visits) info
category→recreation
 GL,US
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 [...]

Post-doc Opportunity in Watershed Modeling at Kent State University 

Watershed Hydrogeology Blog [14:19:28]  recommend  recommend this post  (160 visits) info
category→recreation
 IN,US
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 [...]

Miette Group gritstone showing scours, mudchip rip-ups, cross-bedding, and dropstones 

Mountain Beltway [12:45:24]  recommend  recommend this post  (437 visits) info
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

New satellite images of the Tsarap landslide in the Zanskar Valley 

The Landslide Blog [09:10:51]  recommend  recommend this post  (100 visits) info
category→recreation
 IN
Two new sets of satellite images have been released of the Tsarap landslide in the Zanskar Valley of Northern

Ilústranos... John Sibbick 

Dinosaurios (el cuaderno de Godzillín) [09:00:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (151 visits) info
category→arts_entertainment
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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 [...]

New Version of RockWorks16 

GeoPrac.net [07:22:17]  recommend  recommend this post  (209 visits) info
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 [...]

January 27, 2015 

Geology.com News [07:10:39]  recommend  recommend this post  (132 visits) info
category→recreation
 US
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 [...]

Unidentified Fish Fossils 

Louisville Area Fossils [03:32:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (653 visits) info
category→recreation
 US
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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 [...]

New director named for Arizona Dept. of Water Resources 

Arizona Geology [01:50:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (684 visits) info
category→recreation
 US
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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 [...]

Bárðarbunga volcano update 27-January-2015 

Iceland Volcano and Earthquake blog [22:06:40]  recommend  recommend this post  (112 visits) info
category→science_technology
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 [...]

Science Word of the Day: Mastodon 

Laelaps [21:15:42]  recommend  recommend this post  (138 visits) info
category→arts_entertainment
 US
I have a soft spot for the American mastodon. The beast lived at the same time as the

Died This Day: Adam Sedgwick 

Palaeoblog [20:26:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (101 visits) info
category→religion
 Cambrian; GB
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 [...]

Der Weg des Lasers 

Gunnars Geo-Blog [18:44:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (128 visits) info
category→arts_entertainment
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 [...]

Deutsche Rohstoff: Beteiligung Almonty Industries gibt geplante Fusion mit Woulfe Mining bekannt 

Rohstoff Blog [16:20:14]  recommend  recommend this post  (83 visits) info
category→business
 DE
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 [...]

Educator How-To: Crystals, Geometry and Chemistry 

BEYONDbones [15:00:55]  recommend  recommend this post  (168 visits) info
category→science_technology
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 [...]

Oklahoma City's Doomsday Clock Resumes its Normal State of Disrepair 

Ontario-geofish [13:45:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (130 visits) info
category→business
 US
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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 [...]

Un equipo internacional investiga las huellas de dinosaurios del yacimiento Las Sereas (Burgos). 

Tierra de Dinosaurios [11:45:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (182 visits) info
category→science_technology
 ES
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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 [...]

La vida jurásica de Belhoula Amir 

Koprolitos [09:05:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (131 visits) info
category→arts_entertainment
 Jurassic; FR,US
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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 [...]

GeoReise: Schwäbisch-Fränkischer Jura 

Netzwerk für geowissenschaftliche Öffentlichkeitsarbeit [07:25:14]  recommend  recommend this post  (127 visits) info
category→business
Matthias Geyer führt im April eine Georeise ins Schwäbische durch:

Free CPT Webinar on February 2 from ISSMGE 

GeoPrac.net [07:21:08]  recommend  recommend this post  (133 visits) info
category→science_technology
 Ordovician; US,CA,LT
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 [...]

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Earthly Musings [04:43:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (178 visits) info
category→arts_entertainment
 US
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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 [...]

2014 Survey U.S. Metal and industrial Mineral Mines Wages, Salaries and Benefits. 

I think mining [03:00:14]  recommend  recommend this post  (127 visits) info
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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 [...]
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