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Monday, 30 March 2015

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Evidence of Interaction between Two Late Triassic Apex Predators 

Chinleana [06:57:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (897 visits) info
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 Triassic
I've been away for a bit, but am interested in trying to get back into the swing of things here so please bear with me.  This is a paper from late last year that I haven't mentioned before. Drumheller, S. K., M. R. Stocker, and S. J. Nesbitt. 2014. Direct evidence of trophic interactions among apex predators in the Late Triassic of western North America. Naturwissenschaften 101:975-987.

Driving Across the Most Dangerous Plate Boundary in the World: These Rocks are All Wrong! 

Geotripper [09:23:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (640 visits) info
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 US,
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The view from Muir Beach Overlook, midway between San Francisco and Point Reyes National Seashore Point Reyes National Seashore: Is it land's end, or ocean's end? From a human point of view, it is the former. This is the far west of North America, and you can't go any farther without a boat or plane. But if we consider the oceanic crust that was being subducted beneath the continent

Monday Geology Picture: Cross-Bedding Near Bondi Beach, Australia 

Georneys [10:00:22]  recommend  recommend this post  (604 visits) info
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 AU
I’m visiting Australia at the moment and will have a few blog posts to write up once I’m back at home. For now, though, here’s a sneak peek at some geology in Sydney. I took this picture [...]

Help a Mammoth, Win a Shirt! 

Love in the Time of Chasmosaurs [16:13:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (199 visits) info
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Just about every crowdfunding campaign I've seen has included some form of this refrain: Even if you can't afford to donate, helping spread the word is a great form of support. It's true. You may have seen my [...]

Geological Eras First Proposed (1759) 

Palaeoblog [19:02:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (191 visits) info
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 Quaternary,Neogene,Paleogene; IT
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Geological Time ScaleIn 1759, Italian geologist Giovanni Arduino (1714-1795) dated a letter to Professor A.Vallisneri the younger, in which Arduino proposed a classification of Earth's surface rocks according [...]

Georgia Tech Crab Lab: guest post on the art of sidewinding 

Through the Sandglass [15:22:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (183 visits) info
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 US
Over the life of this blog, I have written a number of times on the remarkable and innovative work carried out at Georgia Tech’s Crab Lab, investigations into hoe critters get around in loose sand and how [...]

New William Smith website 

Geology in the West Country [18:17:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (161 visits) info
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Collignoniceras woollgari Ammonite Fossil 

Louisville Area Fossils [15:34:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (154 visits) info
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 Cretaceous; US
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This Collignoniceras woollgari juvenile ammonite fossil is on display at the Mesa Verde National Park as of August 2014. The ammonite existed in the Late Cretaceous Period (Campanian). The area is rich in [...]

March 30, 2015 

Geology.com News [08:10:52]  recommend  recommend this post  (151 visits) info
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 US,
A Shrinking River Threatens the U.S. SouthwestVoice of America Gem & Mineral Shows this SpringTheVug.com Bills Piling Up for WV Airport with Landslide ProblemsCharleston Daily Mail Landslide Threatens [...]

IODP expedition 355 - one day to go... 

JOIDES Resolution blogs [19:59:32]  recommend  recommend this post  (131 visits) info
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My first time in Colombo. My first time in IODP expedition. My first time in the Indian Ocean.  I am very excited to meet new people and begin a [...]

Mark Your Calendars for these events happening at HMNS 3/30-4/5 

BEYONDbones [05:00:56]  recommend  recommend this post  (122 visits) info
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Bust out your planners, calendars, and PDAs (if you are throwback like that), it’s time to mark your calendars for the HMNS events of this week! Lecture – Samurai: Men Of War In An Age Of Peace By [...]

Imaggeo on Mondays: Drumlins Clew Bay 

GeoLog-The official blog of the European Geosciences Union [13:30:52]  recommend  recommend this post  (222 visits) info
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 CN,IE,GB,
During ice ages landscapes are sculpted by the power of advancing glaciers. From rock scratches, to changing mountains and the formation of corries, cirques and aretes, through to the formation of valleys and [...]

April 2nd - Nanoparticles in Sandstone Groundwaters 

Geology in the West Country [18:25:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (197 visits) info
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 US,GB
Bath Geological SocietyThursday April 2nd Nanoparticles in Sandstone GroundwatersProfessor John Tellam, Water Sciences (Hydrogeology), School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of [...]

Bouncing back after the Ice Age 

Earth Learning Idea [14:42:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (189 visits) info
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Today's new Earthlearningidea activity is 'Isostasy 2; 'bouncing back' after the ice. This idea demonstrates the effects on a continental land mass of a large ice sheet growing and then melting. This ELI can [...]

A hypothesis about the cold winter in eastern North America 

Real Climate [15:31:05]  recommend  recommend this post  (182 visits) info
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 US,
The past winter was globally the warmest on record. At the same time it set a new cold record in the subpolar North Atlantic – and it was very cold in the eastern parts of North America. Are these things [...]

Ötzi – der Mann aus dem Eis 

Netzwerk für geowissenschaftliche Öffentlichkeitsarbeit [14:21:55]  recommend  recommend this post  (160 visits) info
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 DE
Eröffnung der Sonderausstellung: Wo: Schleswig-Holsteinisches Eiszeitmuseum, Nienthal 7, Lütjenburg Eröffnung

Indian Sundarban 

State of the Planet [19:34:40]  recommend  recommend this post  (151 visits) info
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 IN,BD
We arrived in Kolkata, and filmed by the Hooghly River. While it is no longer the main channel of the Ganges, it is still the Holy Ganges and we saw a funeral procession spreading ashes of a loved one while [...]

Las esculturas dinosaurianas de bronce de Alain Bellino 

Koprolitos [13:56:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (139 visits) info
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 FR
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Alain Bellino nació en 1955 en Niza (Francia) y desde niño acudía al taller de restauración y ornamentación de metales de su padre, entrando de lleno en ese mundo en los años 80. Tras muchos años de [...]

Super excited to board JOIDES Resolution for IODP expedition 355 

JOIDES Resolution blogs [13:05:30]  recommend  recommend this post  (131 visits) info
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Just arrived in Colombo to board the JOIDES Resolution as shipboard science party for IODP expedition 355.  read

On Our Way: Avoiding the Storm 

State of the Planet [16:24:19]  recommend  recommend this post  (95 visits) info
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 AU,
We are now aboard the R/V Palmer and on our way to East Antarctica. Due to two storms in our direct way we are heading west first to go around the storms and we’ll then head south on their backside. [...]
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