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Sunday, 19 July 2015

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Zhenyuanlong: un (parente stretto di) Tianyuraptor?

Theropoda [22:25:00]

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Lü e Brusatte (2015) descrivono un esemplare quasi completo ed articolato di Dromaeosauridae dalla Formazione Yixian ed istituiscono Zhenyuanlong suni. L'esemplare è molto interessante, per almeno tre motivi. Il primo e più evidente è la squisita preservazione del piumaggio. Se si esclude la parte distale degli arti posteriori, sulla cui preservazione persiste del dubbio, il resto dello

Cheap oil kills Oklahoma earthquakes

Ontario-geofish [17:38:00]

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US,IR

It's so slow now. Like watching the grass grow. A little cluster near the city got everybody excited, but that went away. Wait until Iran releases it's oil for terrorism. Maybe we'll hit $40 a barrel, and they might as well roll up the

Azurite Granite ?

Geology.com News [16:02:59]

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A granite with blue azurite orbs has been found near the base of Mount Godwin Austen, also known as K2, the second highest mountain in the world. Small stains of malachite are also found in the rock. It [...]

Gli effetti sul clima delle maggiori eruzioni vulcaniche e la crisi degli anni dopo il 535 d.C.

scienzeedintorni [12:14:00]

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SV,DE,UA,ID,PH,HK,US,PT,CN,KM,FR,GL,IS,IT,,AQ,MX,RU

Le eruzioni vulcaniche più importanti immettono nella stratosfera un grande quantitativo di aerosol di zolfo e di polveri, che schermando la radiazione solare provocano, rispetto a quello indotto delle [...]

Howella cycloptera brachiopod from the Kalkberg formation of New York.

Views of the Mahantango [09:01:00]

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Devonian; DE,US

I found several specimens of Howella cycloptera from the Kalkberg formation of New York for my collection. The shell has a flat hinge line with a semicircular shape along the margin. Both valves are inflated [...]

Is the Second Coming...Coming Because of an Earthquake in the Pacific Northwest?

Geotripper [07:47:00]

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ID,

No, it's not real, it's a photoshopped hoax after the Indonesia tsunami of 2004 Geotripper stands bravely on the coast of the Pacific Northwest, camera and binoculars in hand, ready to liveblog the end of the [...]

Der "fossil record" visualisiert: Die Paleobiology Database Kartenanwendung

kreidefossilien.de [01:49:00]

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Wer sich bei der Verwaltung seiner Fossiliensammlung mit der Systematik seiner Funde beschäftigt hat, ist sicherlich schon auf die Datenbank auf paleobiodb.org gestoßen. Das Projekt bietet auf Basis der [...]

Literature update

Paleoseismicity [12:33:11]

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KG,KZ

Lots of paleoseismology and tsunami studies are currently being published… Here’s my update on the latest papers, including: Surface ruptures, seismic swarms, tsunamites, Asian tectonics, slip [...]

XKCD’s Take on Pluto

Dan\'s Wild Wild Science Journal [10:08:28]

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In case you missed it, the XKCD cartoon has a nice take on Pluto. This reminds me of the classic cartoon on the electromagnetic spectrum. Oh and while we are on the subject of cartoons- Opus is back! [...]

The Awesome Power of Lava: Watch Metal Burn!

Rosetta Stones [08:00:00]

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Remember when we poked some gentle fun at Hollywood and 'splained that most lava flows are so slow that you can outwalk them? I wish I'd known about this video back then, because it shows how even... -- Read [...]