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Saturday, 29 August 2015

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Lasst uns über sedimetologie reden (Let's talk about sedimentology) 

JOIDES Resolution blogs [21:51:13]  recommend  recommend this post  (201 visits) info
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Too Much Smoke — And Pelicans! 

Looking for Detachment [20:03:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (238 visits) info
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 US
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It's a little hard to tell how smoky it is from this picture, until you realize that Lassen Peak, the central feature of the Lassen Volcanic Center and Lassen Volcanic National Park, should be easily visible just to the left of the distant part of the highway. Here's what this same view looks like on Google Street View (or see the next-to-last photo of this post). Yes, it's been very smoky

Incorrect configuration in regular donation Paypal button 

Iceland Volcano and Earthquake blog [19:42:43]  recommend  recommend this post  (203 visits) info
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 DK
I did notice that older code that I had been using for regular donations into my Danish Paypal account was not correctly set-up. It was suppose to expire after 12 months, due to my mistake it was set … [...]

North American Arctic – icy beauty 

Metageologist [15:57:59]  recommend  recommend this post  (215 visits) info
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 US,AT
Look at this. As an abstract pattern, it looks like something Gustav Klimt might paint. View Larger Map But drill down into it in more detail and it changes into an uncomfortably close view of a reptiles skin. [...]

Thalassemys, la mayor tortuga de las costas jurásicas 

Dinosaurios (el cuaderno de Godzillín) [14:57:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (202 visits) info
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Un nuevo artículo, que acaba de ser publicado en la revista Comptes Rendus Palevol, presenta un caparazón de tortuga procedente del Jurásico Superior (Kimmeridgiense) de la localidad inglesa de Abingfon [...]

Mystery structure: please help identify / interpret 

Mountain Beltway [13:54:18]  recommend  recommend this post  (214 visits) info
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 Silurian; US
I have a mystery for you today: These are samples of Tonoloway Formation carbonate (not sure if it’s limestone or dolostone in retrospect), with bedding more or less horizontal in these images, and a few [...]

A large rockfall on the Tour Ronde, Mont Blanc 

The Landslide Blog [08:00:54]  recommend  recommend this post  (274 visits) info
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 FR
On Thursday a significant rockfall occurred on the Tour Ronde in the Mont Blanc region. It was captured in a dramatic video by Gianluca Marra, a local climbing

An elegant solution to acid mine remediation 

Arizona Geology [00:33:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (291 visits) info
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Bryozoan Holdfasts Anchored on Crinoid Fossil Stem 

Louisville Area Fossils [00:01:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (282 visits) info
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 Carboniferous; US
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These pictures show a crinoid stem fossil partially covered by bryozoan. What makes it interesting are the small tube like holdfasts that the bryozoans used to anchor to the crinoid stem. It was found in the [...]

Geosonnet 31 

Lounge of the Lab Lemming [17:13:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (215 visits) info
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Gyrations of a topsy-turvy world Could spur migration of the cryosphere No snowball Earth, just poles and tropics whorled The data which support this are unclear. Precambrian magnetic fields suggest That [...]

Paleo Profile: Pulanesaura eocollum 

Laelaps [15:00:40]  recommend  recommend this post  (202 visits) info
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Name: Pulanesaura eocollum Meaning: Pulanesaura is a combination of Sesotho and Latin meaning “rain-maker lizard”, while eocollum means

How Many Dinosaurs Are There? 

Palaeoblog [14:30:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (289 visits) info
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Palaeodiversity and formation counts: redundancy or bias?. 2015. M. Benton, Palaeontology. In a new study published this week, Professor Mike Benton has explored how knowledge about dinosaurs has accumulated [...]

Let's Get Physical Properties 

JOIDES Resolution blogs [08:52:30]  recommend  recommend this post  (256 visits) info
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 AU
It takes an incredible amount of money and effort to retrieve a sediment core from below the sea. So we make sure we squeeze them for every last drop [...]

Hard rock men and soft rock girls 

Lounge of the Lab Lemming [01:32:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (714 visits) info
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Readers with short attention spans who waste too much time on social media may have noticed that Brian Romans has been complaining over on twitter about the hardrock/ softrock divide. This being a blog, I will [...]

POTD August 28, 2015: Capitol Reef National Park, Wayne County, Utah 

Utah Geological Survey - blog [00:17:07]  recommend  recommend this post  (277 visits) info
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 Jurassic; US,BR
Another weekend already?? Well we’re not complaining! Who’s got plans to get out into Utah geology this weekend? Capitol Reef National Park, Wayne County, Utah Photographer: Adam McKean Erosion [...]
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