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Answers to the white foam along Great Salt Lake shoreline 

ksl.com For those who have seen piles of white, pillowed foam along the shores of the Great Salt Lake and wondered what caused it, the Utah Geological Survey has an answer. READ

Team Utah 2015 

Guest bloggers: Julia Franceschi and Mary Reinthal What do you get when you have zero cloud coverage, 90-degree heat, and a desert? Aside from the start of a bad joke, you get a snippet of the College of [...]

2015 Sustainable Development Departmental Honors 

This past Spring, two outstanding students, Noeleen Advani and Alyssa Menz,were selected for departmental honors in the Undergraduate Program in Sustainable Development.. Their unflagging commitment to [...]

16th century Italian earthquake changed river’s course 

In 1570, a 5.8-magnitude earthquake struck the northern Italian city of Ferrara, causing dozens of deaths, major damage to the city and thousands to flee. At the time, Pope Pius V said God sent the earthquake [...]

L'inusuale evoluzione "accelerata" dei rettili del Rosso Ammonitico 

Ricostruzione del pliosauride da Kaberlaba (artwork by Fabio Manucci) Il record fossile dei rettili giurassici italiani è relativamente scarso. Nel mio piccolo, ho cercato di contribuire alla conoscenza di [...]

Drought Affects Nutrient Limitations Of Lake Algae 

Researchers at Miami University studying the effects of drought on algae blooms in lakes have found how dry conditions impact nutrient limitations, according to a release from the school. The[...] The post [...]

Best texts from the field (so far...) 

Seventeen teams have been out deploying small seismographs and geophones along a 300-mile-long profile across eastern Georgia, and they have been checking in with me regularly by text message. Some highlights [...]

House Natural Resources Subcommittee Urges BOEM to Expedite Approval of G&G Permits for Updated Seismic Studies in the Atlantic 

Prior to the August recess, the House Natural Resources Committee held a hearing to discuss the status of applications for geological and geophysical (G&G) permits to perform updated seismic surveys in the [...]

Excitement in the Magnetic Field 

Meet the expedition's palaeomagnetists, Millie and Daniel. They're looking pretty positive, but they have had a VERY slow expedition so far. That all [...]

Vagabonding on Dangerous Ground: Into the Realm of the Devil (and Sea Lions) 

Ocean waves are powerful. Extremely powerful. Waves are one of the few erosional processes that operate within a time frame that can be perceived by humans. Gigantic rocks may be moved in one storm, and [...]

August 6, 2015 

Pilanesberg Ring Dike ComplexNASA Earth Observatory Russia Oil and Gas ReportEnergy Information Administration Cambridge Museum Rediscovers ‘Magna Carta of Geology’BBC Video: The Geology of Ogof [...]

Best Car Rental Deals – Dubai 

Because Dubaiis public transport service is unstable, rentacar may be the only choice to travel around Dubai. This is because there’s no need pay substantial cab cost simply to travel few kilometers [...]

#typicalfieldworkday & Happy Birthday Briony! 

Before the Big One hits Utah, get ready with a statewide earthquake drill 

sltrib.com When the Big One hits Utah, will you be ready? READ

Grossouvre, 1894. Recherches sur la craie supérieure 

Albert Grossouvre, 1893 (1894). Recherches sur la craie supérieure. Partie 2. Paléontologie. Les ammonites de la craie supérieure. (Imprimerie Nationale) Paris:

2015 Crawford Award 

The prestigious 2015 Crawford Award was presented to UGS geologists Hugh Hurlow, Stefan Kirby, Lucy Jordan, Paul Inkenbrandt, Janae Wallace, and Mike Lowe in recognition of their combined work on the [...]

Mitflug auf einer Rakete - vom Start bis zur Landung 

Suche nach Leben im Alpha-Centauri-System 

     Mit einer neuen Technik können Wissenschaftler nach im Licht reflektierten Spuren von Leben auf Exoplaneten suchen Ein neuer Ansatz, um nach Leben auf anderen Planeten zu forschen: Ein [...]

Live from the Canadian Rockies, it’s Earth science in action! 

The things they carry are large and small, and their actions are earth-shattering, to say the least. They are unstoppable forces of nature that move slower than a sloth. I don’t mean my family of 20 Indians, [...]

Marian Maas reflects on her grandfather, Elmer S. Riggs 

Marian Maas was a beloved wife, mother and grandmother and a kindergarten teacher who loved history. In her retirement, she collected and restored antique dolls. She passed away in late May of this year. [...]

Coming Soon: Jurassic Fast and Furious 

House Natural Resources Subcommittee Urges BOEM to Expedite Approval of G&G Permits for Updated Seismic Studies in the Atlantic 

Prior to the August recess, the House Natural Resources Committee held a hearing to discuss the status of applications for geological and geophysical (G&G) permits to perform updated seismic surveys in the [...]

Just how to Design a Permanent Geological Exposure in a Landfill 

One of the most typical spots for landfills are resolved quarries and quarries ideal for dump are an extremely precious resource that is why. In a growing number of instances suitable sites contain rare [...]

Typhoon Soudelor – potential for landslides in China and Taiwan 

Typhoon Soudelor is now expected to make landfall in central Taiwan on Friday and Saturday before moving on to strike China. This large storm has the potential to generate many landslides in both

Rhytistrophia beckii brachiopod from the Kalkberg formation of New York 

Another tough fossil brachiopod for me to identify is the one shown below. At first it looked like a Leptanea sp. but the shell is not rectangular enough. Then I thought it might be a Strophomena sp. but I've [...]

Caníbales de la Edad de Piedra, de Ryan Heshka 

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Into the Niagara Gorge 

LOCKPORT, NEW YORK (August 6, 2015) — It holds one of the strongest river currents in the world, the gorge of the Niagara River below Niagara Falls. That tremendous flow has cut a deep canyon through the [...]

Triceratops Tibia Bone Cast with Signs of Teeth Marks 

This fossil cast of the dinosaur Triceratops tibia bone. It shows evidence of gnaw marks from some type of predator or scavenger. Fossil cast was on display at Children's Museum of [...]

Grossouvre, 1894. Recherches sur la craie supérieure 

Albert Grossouvre, 1893 (1894). Recherches sur la craie supérieure. Partie 2. Paléontologie. Les ammonites de la craie supérieure. (Imprimerie Nationale) Paris: