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Thursday, 19 February 2015

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UGS Official News Release: New Report Highlights Potential Impacts to Utah’s Snake Valley if Planned Nevada and Utah Water Development Moves Forward 

Utah Geological Survey - blog [23:31:30]  recommend  recommend this post  (136 visits) info
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 AU,US
February 19, 2015 Groundwater Levels in Western Juab and Millard Counties are Declining; Additional Pumping Will Accelerate Depletion and Hurt Sensitive-species Habitat and Vegetation Salt Lake City – A seven year hydrogeologic study to monitor groundwater in Utah’s Snake Valley was recently released by the Utah Geological Survey (UGS), a division of Utah’s Department of

“A Focus on Crystallography” – a new publication by FIZ Karlsruhe 

Gunnars Geo-Blog [21:13:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (190 visits) info
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 DE
     What part does knowledge about crystalline compounds play in research? How are crystallography databases designed, and what are their fields of application? Which relationships exist between crystallographic information and mathematics? Experts answer these and many more interesting questions in the new scientific publication “A Focus on Crystallography”. Karlsruhe, February

Hemos descubierto un nuevo yacimiento de icnitas de dinosaurio en el Parque Cultural del Río Martin 

WeBlog Aragosaurus [19:55:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (127 visits) info
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 El nuevo yacimiento de icnitas de dinosaurio se encuentra en rocas de hace unos 130 millones de años cerca del núcleo urbano de Obón (Teruel) en el Parque Cultural del Río Martin. Su nombre es Río [...]

Duke Energy Dan River Spill Fine could reach $100 million 

I think mining [19:17:54]  recommend  recommend this post  (159 visits) info
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UtilityDIVE reports at this link as follows: Duke Energy reported its Q4 2014 earnings this week and company officials say it is preparing to pay a $100 million fine to settle the ongoing investigation into [...]

MPA Alum Focuses on Solar Energy 

State of the Planet [18:11:52]  recommend  recommend this post  (128 visits) info
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 US
In her role as a New York State Solar Ombudsman for the City University of New York at Sustainable CUNY , Erica Helson (MPA-ESP '14) is applying skills she learned in the program to further her career in [...]

Rost konserviert Mikrofossilien aus der Frühzeit der Erde 

Gunnars Geo-Blog [18:02:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (138 visits) info
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 AT
     Tübinger Geomikrobiologen überprüfen im Experiment, wie die Überreste von Bakterien Druck- und Temperaturextreme bei der Gesteinsbildung überstehen können Seit das Leben auf der Erde [...]

Nightwish - Sagan NEW SONG 2015 

Gunnars Geo-Blog [17:55:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (138 visits) info
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The mystery of the offset chronologies: Tree rings and the volcanic record of the 1st millennium 

Real Climate [16:29:25]  recommend  recommend this post  (159 visits) info
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Guest commentary by Jonny McAneney Volcanism can have an important impact on climate. When a large volcano erupts it can inject vast amounts of dust and sulphur compounds into the stratosphere, where they [...]

Aquadata - A Web Based Water Quality Public Portal 

GeoPrac.net [13:55:31]  recommend  recommend this post  (200 visits) info
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 AU
EarthScience Information Systems (ESCIS) is pleased to announce the release of the Shoalhaven City Council Aqua Data website, a branding of the ESdat Public Portal. Aqua Data is a web-portal providing [...]

A vida agitada e perigosa de Allosaurus fragilis 

Lusodinos- Dinossauros de Portugal [13:10:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (126 visits) info
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 Cretaceous,Jurassic; FR,US,UM
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O novo artigo publicado no PeerJ reforça a vida agitada e perigosa do dinossauro carnívoro Allosaurus fragilis.Esqueleto original de Allosaurus fragilisEscápula de Allosaurus fragilisNovas perspectivas [...]

Mentoring-Programm BDG 

Netzwerk für geowissenschaftliche Öffentlichkeitsarbeit [09:29:17]  recommend  recommend this post  (150 visits) info
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Die nächste Staffel startet im Oktober 2015: Informationen Bewerbungsschluss:  30.04.2015

Prehistopulp II 

Koprolitos [09:13:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (140 visits) info
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Más información haciendo clic en las imágenes, aquí la primera

Atactotoechus fruiticosus bryozoan from the Moscow Formation 

Views of the Mahantango [09:01:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (161 visits) info
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 Devonian; DE,RU,US
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I found two little "stumps" of a bryozoan at the Deep Springs Rd. quarry in Madison County, NY. There is not too much to examine as they are fairly small but they resemble the species Atactotoechus [...]

The Pinnacle of Evil Volcano Lairs – At Least in This Solar System 

Rosetta Stones [07:32:15]  recommend  recommend this post  (121 visits) info
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A while back, we had a meme traveling around the geoblogosphere regarding evil volcano lairs. Many geologists came up with excellent lairs, as you shall see. But I decided we needed to think big as... -- Read [...]

Bertha TBM Begins Moving 

GeoPrac.net [06:44:17]  recommend  recommend this post  (180 visits) info
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 US
WSDOT reported that Bertha has slowly began moving again. It must tunnel through 20 feet of unreinforced concrete with its broken seal to break through into the rescue shaft. Once that happens, the repairs [...]

Viaduct Inspections Show Settlement Problems Long Before Tunneling 

GeoPrac.net [06:42:32]  recommend  recommend this post  (127 visits) info
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 US,IN
The Alaskan Way Viaduct tunneling project was in the news late last year when settlement of the Viaduct was reported during the dewatering efforts for the Bertha TBM rescue shaft. A recent post by WSDOT makes [...]

Ohio Supreme Court Strikes Down Local Oil & Gas Regulations – How State Law Preemption Is Shielding the Oil and Gas Industry 

Mineral Law Blog [02:02:24]  recommend  recommend this post  (121 visits) info
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 US
In a closely watched, 4-3 decision issued yesterday, February 17, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled that the ‘Home Rule Amendment’ to the Ohio Constitution does not grant the city of Munroe Falls the power to [...]

Northeast U.S. Shivers, as Nation Experiences 6th Warmest Winter 

Dan\'s Wild Wild Science Journal [19:43:32]  recommend  recommend this post  (145 visits) info
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 US
More cold air is coming to the Midwest and East next week as well, with long-range numerical guidance indicating temps. will stay WELL below normal for most of next week. The intense cold over the north, [...]

Bodenkunde im März - Boden und Landwirtschaft 

Gunnars Geo-Blog [18:23:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (206 visits) info
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Diversidade de ouriços-do-mar na Bacia Lusitânica durante o Mesozóico 

Lusodinos- Dinossauros de Portugal [18:10:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (173 visits) info
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 Mesozoic; GB,PT,US,IN
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Neste novo artigo liderado por Bruno Pereira (Univ. de Bristol + Univ. Nova de Lisboa) publicado na revista Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, foi compilada a curva de diversidade de [...]

Hamburger Forscherteam optimiert Nanokristalle für Solarzellen 

Gunnars Geo-Blog [17:59:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (161 visits) info
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 DE
     Um Licht effizient in Strom umzuwandeln und eine flexible und leistungsfähige Erzeugung von Solarenergie zu ermöglichen, suchen Wissenschaftler nach neuen Materialien für Solarzellen. Nun hat eine [...]

New Freshwater Bacteria Implicated In Eagle Deaths 

Lake Scientist [17:19:51]  recommend  recommend this post  (137 visits) info
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 US
Scientists at the University of Georgia have identified for the first time a toxic cyanobacterium that has been implicated in the deaths of once-endangered American bald eagles, according to a[...] The post [...]

The Saviour of Print Media 

Ontario-geofish [16:10:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (178 visits) info
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Poor old newspapers, they aren't having a good life in the new world.  Well, I have seen their happy future, if only they would grasp it. This is what the Times calls an op-doc.  It's simple shadow-type [...]

★ Not so Jurassic a World as We Might Prefer 

Hydrarchos [13:39:06]  recommend  recommend this post  (175 visits) info
A big-budget film about dinosaurs will always make the headlines, particularly if it is the follow-up of Steven Spielberg’s wildly successful Jurassic Park, from 1991. Dinosaurs, at least those visible to us [...]

28th February and 1st March - Geoconservation at Brown's Folly and Leigh Delamere 

Geology in the West Country [12:49:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (134 visits) info
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 GB,US
Saturday 28th February - Brown's FollyThis is our annual clear-up of the Geological sites on this SSSI reserve. Come along with gardening tools or just take the opportunity to visit the sites and talk about [...]

Paglajhora: another progressive road failure video 

The Landslide Blog [09:15:59]  recommend  recommend this post  (173 visits) info
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A video on Youtube shows a road collapse event that destroyed a truck at Paglajhora in Darjeeling. The landslide was a part of a much larger and very active slope failure that seems to have been initiated and [...]

Croczilla 

Dinosaurios (el cuaderno de Godzillín) [09:04:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (142 visits) info
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Ni para tí ni para mí, esta nueva escasa reflexión toca el tema de los cocodrilos. En concreto el protagonista de este post es un caiman que habitó la región norte de América del Sur hace unos 11-5 [...]

The Pinnacle of Evil Volcano Lairs – At Least in This Solar System 

Rosetta Stones [07:32:15]  recommend  recommend this post  (115 visits) info
A while back, we had a meme traveling around the geoblogosphere regarding evil volcano lairs. Many geologists came up with excellent lairs, as you shall see. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

February 19, 2015 

Geology.com News [07:10:40]  recommend  recommend this post  (101 visits) info
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 US,DO
Video: Creepy Crawly Cave CrittersCaving News/Dominican Republic Speleological Society Animals that Live in a CaveGeology.com Cave Catfish Discovered in BrazilCaving.com NASA Video of Tuesday’s Fireball [...]

How to Use Thermal Integrity Profiling to Assess Soil Nail Integrity 

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 US
National Driller magazine recently republished a paper by authors from GRL Engineers Inc. and Pile Dynamics Inc. (PDI) describing a demonstration project for the Texas Department of Transportation involving [...]

Museum bill advances in state Senate 

Arizona Geology [03:21:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (147 visits) info
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Senate Bill 1200, which would transfer the former Mining & Mineral Museum from the Arizona Historical Society (AHS) to the Arizona Geological Survey (AZGS), passed 5-0 in the Arizona Senate Rural Affairs [...]

POTD February 18, 2015: House Range, Millard County, Utah 

Utah Geological Survey - blog [01:22:53]  recommend  recommend this post  (136 visits) info
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House Range, Millard County, Utah Photographer: J. Lucy Jordan; © 2014 Where’s winter? On the upside, today feels a little like this photo—it is gorgeous out there. The mid-week peak is here with [...]
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