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Sunday, 01 March 2015

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Wild Weather on the Wildcat Canyon Trail 

WATCH FOR ROCKS - Travels of a Sharp-Eyed Geologist [07:28:59]  recommend  recommend this post  (665 visits) info
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 Jurassic,Triassic; CA,US,TC,IT,TH
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Generally, “February” and “Wildcat Canyon” are not words you hear in the same sentence around southwest Utah, except for maybe in this sentiment: “Wildcat Canyon? You can’t hike there in February. There’s too much snow!” Or perhaps in this little nugget: “Wildcat Canyon? On the Kolob Terrace road? You need a snowmobile to get up there!” No snow on the Kolob Terrace Road in February?Ordinarily you would. Yes indeed, you would need at least a snowmobile, and probably [...]

TYRANNOSAURUS: Warrior Or Wimp? 

Dinosaur Home - Blogs [00:24:20]  recommend  recommend this post  (659 visits) info
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The imagination has captured our mind,a 7 ton predator.Is this always correct?this is a argument that should of been over 25 years ago. Jack Horner at The Museum of The Rockies suggests that T.rex was an all time scavenger after looking at T.rex,s 1 meter long arms.He said:”T.rex,with its tiny arms could not do anything with

Where the River No Longer Runs, Life Persists: Fossil Falls in the Eastern Sierra Nevada 

Geotripper [10:05:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (658 visits) info
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Red Hill near Fossil Falls, with the crest of the Sierra Nevada in the distance. The Sierra Nevada is the largest single block of rock in the United States. It takes the shape of a huge 400 mile long [...]

Solar farm on mine lands is biggest in region - expect more to come 

Arizona Geology [04:09:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (257 visits) info
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I had the pleasure of giving brief remarks at the formal ribbon cutting of the 35 megawatt Avalon Solar facility near Sahuarita on Friday [photo credit, TEP].    The plant will reach 56 MW later this year, [...]

Asarco to layoff 160 in Arizona due to copper price plunge 

Arizona Geology [18:11:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (190 visits) info
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Asarco is laying off 160 workers, with 130 at the Hayden and Ray operations and 30 at the Mission mine [right, credit, Asarco], due to the drop in copper prices.   Asarco's announcement stated: Last week [...]

March 5th - Geological Exploration of the Moon 

Geology in the West Country [16:59:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (150 visits) info
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 GB
Bath Geological Society The Geological Exploration of the MoonProfessor Ian Crawford, Professor of Planetary Science and Astrobiology, Birkbeck, University of LondonProfessor Crawford will summarise what is [...]

The Biology Of Paleontology 

Dinosaur Home - Blogs [23:57:42]  recommend  recommend this post  (144 visits) info
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 Of course, one needs to realize the importance of Comparative Biology when exploring the world of Paleontology. The basics such as skeletal, internal organs structure and function are really a quick [...]

Earthquake Corruption in Oklahoma 

Ontario-geofish [22:54:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (91 visits) info
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 US
Article This will divert my Russian readers.  Saying there is corruption in OK is like saying Poutine bags another one. Local seismic monitoring units cannot make up magnitudes willy-nilly.  The local guy [...]

Too High and Too Steep – The Trailer 

New Stories in Stone [23:33:26]  recommend  recommend this post  (636 visits) info
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Arizona SciTech Fest underway with events statewide 

Arizona Geology [23:19:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (201 visits) info
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This year's SciTech Festival launched on January 30, with  a splash of events around the state.    A sampling of upcoming events is below. The full list online at azscitech.com/events. - Gila [...]

Endocostea simpsoni Clam Fossil from Colorado 

Louisville Area Fossils [07:48:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (187 visits) info
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 Cretaceous; US
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This Endocostea simpsoni inoceramid clam fossil is on display at the Mesa Verde National Park as of August 2014. The clam existed in the Late Cretaceous Period (Campanian). The area is rich in geological [...]

Die Sonnenfinsternis am 20. März 

Netzwerk für geowissenschaftliche Öffentlichkeitsarbeit [17:10:57]  recommend  recommend this post  (148 visits) info
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Vortrag über die partielle Sonnenfinsternis,  die am 20. März 2015

La Geologia di Star Trek: II. Vita come Non la Conosciamo o Comprendiamo 

Storia della Geologia [19:10:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (138 visits) info
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 PL,ES,US,IT,CH,IN,FI
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Può sorprendere che non esiste una definizione inequivocabile per il concetto di vita – una possibile definizione lo caratterizza come un sistema complesso, non in equilibrio termodinamico con l´ambiente [...]
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