Sauropod Vertebra Picture of the Week [20:06:54]
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Well, who knew? There I was posting images of “Pelorosaurus” becklesi‘s humerus, radius and ulna, and skin impression. There I was saying that this beast is due a proper description, and warrants its own generic name. And what should come out today but a new paper by Paul Upchurch, Phil Mannion and, oh yes, me, which
The Grand Canyon is a bit closer to how it was before one of the country’s largest dams was installed upstream. Three years of releasing water from Glen Canyon Dam to generate controlled floods has resulted [...]
Anteil an einer der größten Wolframlagerstätten weltweit/Ziel beide Firmen zu verschmelzen Heidelberg. Almonty Industries, eine Beteiligung der Deutsche Rohstoff AG,
Routing in QGIS was, as far as I know, always dependent on an available network. Either you had some database which was pgrouting enabled, or you had some network and used this via the roadgraph plugin. I [...]
Zum sechsten Mal schreibt die Hugo Obermaier-Gesellschaft einen Förderpreis aus in Höhe von 5000,- Euro.
Mit diesem Preis sollen den Zielen der Gesellschaft entsprechend Grabungs- [...]
4th June - lecture at BRLSI by Prof. Hugh Torrens for Bath Geological Society6th June - field trip led by Prof. Hugh Torrens for the Geologists' Association13th June - field trip led by Dr. David Workman for [...]
markwitton.com blog [13:53:00]
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Last week we took a look at some new art of animals from the Wealden Supergroup, the intensively studied, historically important Lower Cretaceous rocks of Southern Britain. We all know the Wealden for [...]
I'll be hosting a showing (with discussion to follow) of Ray Harryhausen's "The Valley of Gwangi" at the Capitol Theatre here in Cleveland, OH at 7pm tomorrow (Weds.) evening. It's all part of the [...]
Adventures into the Unknown fue una revista de cómics de ciencia ficcion, horror y fantasía de la que American Comics Group publicó 147 números entre 1948 y 1967. Ogden Withney, cocreador del delirante [...]
Hurricane Season is Upon UsUnited States Geological Survey How Are Hurricanes Named?Geology.com Colombia Oil and Gas ReportEnergy Information Administration Little Known Earthquake and Tsunami Hazard Off [...]
Adventures in the world of Geology [07:09:00]
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Seen on the door to the Hawaii Volcano Observatory Library on my last
Volcano Science And News Blog [04:35:00]
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According to Volcanodiscovery.com and a few social media outlets, Volcan Guallatiri is experiencing a volcanic quake swarm, prompting SERNAGEOMIN to raise the alert level. According to the [...]
A Mesozoic bird from Gondwana preserving feathers. 2015. Nature Communications.
Abstract: The fossil record of birds in the Mesozoic of Gondwana is mostly based on isolated and often poorly preserved [...]
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Evolution of dinosaur epidermal structures. 2015. Biology Letters.
A new study suggests that feathers were less prevalent among dinosaurs than previously believed. Scientists examined the fossil record of [...]
A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck northwest Arizona at 8:23 pm local time last night, about 354 miles southeast of the Arizona-Utah-Nevada intersection. The location is on the Shivwits Plateau and near the [...]
Zum sechsten Mal schreibt die Hugo Obermaier-Gesellschaft einen Förderpreis aus in Höhe von 5000,- Euro.
Mit diesem Preis sollen den Zielen der Gesellschaft entsprechend Grabungs- und [...]
Views of the Mahantango [14:16:00]
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The spiny trilobite in today's post is Ketternaspis (Leonaspis) williamsoni from Jebel Issoumour, near Alnif, Tafilalet region, Morocco. It is a smaller species and has many spines along the length of the body [...]
ALT-SOCIEDADE DE HISTÓRIA NATURAL [13:39:00]
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Curso de Verão de Paleontologia de Vertebrados na FCUL, em cooperação com a SHN.O curso está definido a nível de Pós-Graduação pelo que se dará preferência a licenciados nas áreas das Geociências e [...]
Hutton (June 3, 1726 - March 26, 1797) is considered to be the father of modern geology. He is accredited with proposing that observed geologic processes have been occurring at a uniform rate since the [...]
Two videos have appeared on Youtube showing an amazing liquefaction landslide in mine wastes in Pharkant, Burma in
Dan\'s Wild Wild Science Journal [07:32:46]
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I spotted this video thanks to Joe Hanson at It’s OK To Be Smart. He said after watching it that he needed to sit down and think for a while. I love reading about relativity, but i agree with Joe! To [...]
There is, of course, hardly such a thing as "average" weather, just like there is no "average" precipitation. I'm pretty sure that the number of days in a given year that actually match the [...]
Earth Science: God’s World, Our Home from Novare Science and Math has a cover! Filed under: Geology, Old-Earth creationism, Science Education Tagged: Christian education, Earth Science, Middle School, [...]
On May 27, 2015, NOAA officially announced a likely below-normal Atlantic Hurricane season is coming up. The range for the possible numbers of major hurricanes is 0-2. What are the reasons behind it? How [...]