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Friday, 22 May 2015

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Monsoon brewing 

JOIDES Resolution blogs [21:34:40]  recommend  recommend this post  (607 visits) info
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The clear sunrises that we have been enjoying for most of the expedition have suddenly become rather rare. Instead the sun arises into a bank of clouds which yesterday had a rather dark and menacing look about them. As you can see in this photograph the clouds are black and low and full of rain. read

Nuestra primera Jornada de Puertas Abiertas vespertina 

Investigación GeoPaleoBiológica en Somosaguas [21:16:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (225 visits) info
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Hoy ha tenido lugar la primera de las dos Jornadas de Puertas Abiertas que celebraremos durante esta campaña (la siguiente es mañana por la mañana). Nuestro equipo, en colaboración con los monitores de Geosfera y Geodivulgar, ha realizado un trabajo extraordinario para mostrar lo interesante que es la Paleontología en general y nuestro yacimiento en particular. Y teniendo en cuenta

The Echoes of Toothed Birds 

Laelaps [18:50:57]  recommend  recommend this post  (183 visits) info
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Whenever I spot a grebe, I try to imagine the bird with teeth. This is another symptom of

The Lyme Regis Fossil Festival – make your own fossil cast! 

Geological Society of London blog [18:04:44]  recommend  recommend this post  (173 visits) info
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 GB
A couple of weeks ago, we headed to Lyme Regis for the annual geological extravaganza that is the Lyme Regis Fossil Festival, armed with fossils, badges, geological colouring in and a brand new activity. This [...]

T. rex vs. Prey: Imagining battles between ancient gladiators 

BEYONDbones [17:55:19]  recommend  recommend this post  (102 visits) info
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When I was super young, say around five or so, I remember playing in the bath tub with my plastic toys. Some were super heroes like He-Man or Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, others were monster trucks and [...]

Contemporary Home Office Desk 

Liberty, Equality, Geology [15:04:08]  recommend  recommend this post  (123 visits) info
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In my opinion the term “contemporary” – when accustomed to describe a particular style has for lengthy been misinterpreted. I’d like to clear upward this debacle before we access it [...]

What’s up? The Friday links (80) 

Paleoseismicity [14:06:23]  recommend  recommend this post  (163 visits) info
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 NP,KM,DE,
Here are some links I collected on today’s Kent Earthquake, the impossible task of earthquake prediction and some videos on Structure From Motion and Pacific tsunami propagation. Today is Friday and here [...]

Born This Day: Oliver Perry Hay 

Palaeoblog [14:01:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (112 visits) info
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 Quaternary; US,
Hay (May 22, 1846 – Nov. 2, 1930) was an American paleontologist whose catalogs of fossil vertebrates greatly organized existing knowledge and became standard references. Hay's primary scientific interest [...]

GeoEd: Why So Serious? 

GeoLog-The official blog of the European Geosciences Union [13:00:09]  recommend  recommend this post  (177 visits) info
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 KM,US,GB,,DE
In this edition of GeoEd, Sam Illingworth, a lecturer in science communication at Manchester Metropolitan University, explores the benefits of a more informal teching style and how the incorporation of play [...]

Estimado fémur de tiranosáurido 

Dinosaurios (el cuaderno de Godzillín) [10:45:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (135 visits) info
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La ausencia de datos en el registro paleontológico son el día a día con el que se enfrenta los científicos. Esto limita desde la estimación de las afinidades filogenéticas, hasta disminuir la precisión [...]

Volute Gastropod Fossil 

Louisville Area Fossils [09:19:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (192 visits) info
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 Cretaceous; US
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This Volute gastropod fossil is on display at the Mesa Verde National Park as of August 2014. The area is rich in geological history going back 2 billion years. The national park was founded in 1906 to [...]

Wooster’s Fossils of the Week: A Silurian encrinite from southwestern Ohio 

Wooster Geologists [06:51:42]  recommend  recommend this post  (93 visits) info
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 Silurian; GB,US
The above rock was collected on our Sedimentology & Stratigraphy class field trip last month. It is an average piece of weathered Brassfield Formation (Early Silurian, Llandovery) from Oakes Quarry Park [...]

Nature Photography’s Wonder 

Liberty, Equality, Geology [04:26:56]  recommend  recommend this post  (172 visits) info
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Character is everywhere, and its own girls are endless. Without any consideration, way too many people consider the wonder of character within this fast paced world of mocha- lattes at rush-hour. Fortunately, [...]

Wooster Geologists (and a Wooster Chemist) visit Brown’s Lake Bog 

Wooster Geologists [01:07:38]  recommend  recommend this post  (113 visits) info
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 US,DE
I was privileged today to visit Brown’s Lake Bog, a Nature Conservancy preserve, with Greg Wiles, Nick Wiesenberg, and Kim Carter (Chemistry ’16). Greg and Nick have been here many times with [...]

Pteranodon from Disney's Fantasia 

Palaeoblog [18:47:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (120 visits) info
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Today in Earthquake History: Chile 1960 

Seismo Blog [17:59:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (122 visits) info
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 CL

Medellin Mountains – Beautiful, Green, and Friendly 

Liberty, Equality, Geology [15:04:42]  recommend  recommend this post  (127 visits) info
category→culture_politics
 CO,US
The beautiful eco-friendly mountains provide amazing view, descending them produce a rush like absolutely no other, climbing them is better still. This city isn’t any longer an unfamiliar, come [...]

Kunst & Geologie: Eduard von Grützner - Der Mineraloge 

Geschichte der Geologie [14:26:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (91 visits) info
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Eduard von Grützner wurde am 26. Mai 1846 in ärmliche Verhältnisse in der schlesischen Stadt Groß-Karlowitz geboren. Früh wurde das Talent und Interesse des Buben an Naturwissenschaften geweckt. Für den [...]

Friday fold: Welsh carbonates 

Mountain Beltway [14:02:29]  recommend  recommend this post  (116 visits) info
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 US,GB
Kate Littler sent in this Friday fold, via Twitter: lovely parasitic folds in the Carb limestone,  West Angle Bay south Wales. Awesome. Looks like a great place. Thanks, Kate! Happy

Los dinosaurios de Paul Heston 

Koprolitos [13:45:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (91 visits) info
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 US
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Paul Heston es un ilustrador de Denver, Colorado, al que le apasionan los dinosaurios y las criaturas prehistóricas en general. Podéis ver más trabajos de Heston en su flickr y

Guest Blogs: Forest loss in Guatemala 

Geology for Global Development [11:00:30]  recommend  recommend this post  (148 visits) info
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 Cambrian; GT,ES,AU,MG,PE,SL,GB,NL
Jane Robb is GfGD’s University Groups Training Programme Officer, and a new PhD student at the Natural Resources Institute, University of Greenwich. Jane has just returned from Guatemala, where she was [...]

I’m Not A Politician But… I Think The Answer is 1 in 27 Million 

Dan\'s Wild Wild Science Journal [09:22:59]  recommend  recommend this post  (141 visits) info
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The Washington Post (and other news outlets) reported Thursday that Jeb Bush believes it is arrogant to claim that it’s settled science that humans are primarily responsible for the warming of the [...]

May 22, 2015 

Geology.com News [08:10:33]  recommend  recommend this post  (152 visits) info
category→recreation
 JM,US
Hundreds of Natural Gas Leaks Under Los Angeles StreetsLos Angeles Times Tiny Marine Plants Play Major Role in Phosphorus CycleNational Science Foundation Dikes in the Fish River Canyon of NamibiaGoogle Maps [...]

Nice Quake Swarm At Salton Buttes Volcano 

Volcano Science And News Blog [06:45:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (294 visits) info
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 Quaternary; DE,US,CA
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Well it looks like a little bit of action is happening just East of my hometown of San Diego, as a vigorous quake swarm is occurring at the Salton Buttes volcanic field at California's Salton Sea. The largest [...]

Top Baby Gear You Will Requirement For Your Baby 

Liberty, Equality, Geology [04:23:34]  recommend  recommend this post  (104 visits) info
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Infants require a large amount of issues in order for them to feel guaranteed and relaxed. These things will even cause you to experience comfortable while taking care of your one that is valuable. Certainly a [...]

Shale Oil Resource Play Potential of the Green River Formation, Uinta Basin, Utah 

Utah Geological Survey - blog [00:53:19]  recommend  recommend this post  (105 visits) info
By: Steven Schamel The Green River Formation in the Uinta Basin has may characteristics typical of an ideal shale oil resource play. It is a world-class oil-prone source rock. In nearly all parts of the basin [...]
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