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Wednesday, 16 September 2015

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Os gigantes de Teruel também estavam em Portugal.

Dinosaurios (el cuaderno de Godzillín) [22:56:00]

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Em 2009 chegaram as primeiras notícias sobre a presença de turiassáurios em Portugal. Os turiassáurios são um grupo de dinossáurios saurópodes que foi pela primeira vez identificado em 2006, com a descoberta de Turiasaurus. Nesse momento, Turiasaurus foi proclamado como o maior dinossáurio descoberto em território europeu. Outras espécies também foram consideradas membros de este grupo,

Oklahoma - I'm not dead yet!

Ontario-geofish [22:01:00]

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Oh wow, I really thought this affair was over with nearly free oil. But here it is as intense as ever. The very lowest zone is my original mechanism with thrust and shear combination. That's where I place my bet for the big

Drama at the Canyon Mouth

In the Company of Plants and Rocks [21:13:00]

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Cambrian; US,AW,CA,MX

Clarks Fork Canyon and southeast Beartooth front; photo courtesy Tim Schoessler.In northwest Wyoming, roughly 30 miles northwest of Powell, the Clarks Fork of the Yellowstone River leaves the Beartooth [...]

POTD September 16, 2015: eastern Uinta Basin, Uintah County, Utah

Utah Geological Survey - blog [20:45:48]

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Paleogene; US

Please welcome the new "Avaceratops"

RMDRC paleo lab [18:00:00]

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Cretaceous; US

It's a happy day when we get to unleash a brand new dinosaur on the world. After 3 years of hard work and a lot of sweat, we get to show off our new primitive centrosaurine ceratopsian!The newest skeletal, [...]

Introducing the EGU Executive Office

GeoLog-The official blog of the European Geosciences Union [14:23:57]

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DE,CN

With so many thinking the EGU’s activities are restricted to the organisation and running of the General Assembly, we thought we’d share a behind-the-scenes peek at the team who works year-round to promote [...]

On This Day (1835): Darwin Reaches the Galapagos Islands

Palaeoblog [13:32:00]

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EC,

image On this day in 1835, Charles Darwin arrived at the Galapagos archipelago, a cluster of islands on the equator 600 miles west of South America. During his five weeks studying the fauna in the Galapagos, [...]

La geologia dell'Europa settentrionale ed orientale: 2. Baltica, la zolla in viaggio, e l'aggregazione della Laurasia tra Paleozoico e Mesozoico

scienzeedintorni [12:40:00]

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Carboniferous

In un post precedente ho parlato della storia delIe terre che oggi appartengono all'Europa orientale e al Cratone Est europeo in tempi molto antichi, da 3 miliardi di anni fa alla formazione, 1,6 miliardi di [...]

Coral Reefs, Atolls And Sea Level Rise

Reporting on a Revolution [09:10:00]

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IN,

Will coral reefs and atolls (coral islands) be able to keep pace with the current and projected sea level rise and remain geologically stable in the coming decades and centuries? Will atolls in the Pacific [...]

September 16, 2015

Geology.com News [08:10:07]

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An Idea for Next Summer: Geoscientists-in-the-ParksNational Park Service Famous Diamonds Examined by the Gemological Institute of AmericaGemological Institute of America The World’s Largest Diamond [...]

Happy 101st Birthday to Gertie the Dinosaur!

Palaeoblog [05:59:00]

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One hundred and one years ago today, Winsor McCay's animated film, Gertie the Dinosaur, premiered. Gertie is considered by many as the first true animated character to be featured in a film. For this [...]

New York

James’ Empty Blog [03:08:00]

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Last week I was warned by one of my friends in Japan that New York is tiny, but I didn't really believe them. But - it's just so cute I wanna wrap it up and take it home! The people are very polite (I was [...]

Cottage Report - Summer in September

Ontario-geofish [01:46:00]

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One great thing about an El Nino is that it is a lot warmer in the North. I'm at the cottage in beautiful summer weather. It is great because there are no bugs. We had our 4" of rain and now are due [...]

Goniasterid Starfish LOVE to eat Octocorals!

Echinoblog [20:53:00]

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DE,NL

Okeanos Explorer has begun Leg 4 into the Northern Hawaiian Islands and their last stream on Sunday was chock full of amazing vistas full of deep-sea (about 400-500 m) sea pens and corals! Probably one of [...]

Research Summary: Limnology Of A Mississippi River Alluvial Plain Oxbow Lake Following Application Of Conservation Practices

Lake Scientist [20:30:27]

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1USDA-ARS National Sedimentation Laboratory, Oxford, USA. Introduction Despite significant financial investment in conservation practices and water quality protection, biodiversity continues to decline due to [...]

Geo Business and Social Media: Blogs, Twitter and Facebook

Digital Geography [15:30:15]

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This year I visited the Intergeo 2015 not without reason. I was invited at the booth of the German GeoBusiness Commission for an interview. The interplay of geobusiness and social media should be examined more [...]

Translating Nature’s Historians: The Tree Ring Lab Turns 40

State of the Planet [14:00:25]

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Founded 40 years ago, the Lamont Tree Ring Lab, among the first in the world, expanded dendrochronology's capabilities over the years and became a global leader in research, training and

Rethinking the Common Reflection Surface Processing Tool

The Way of the Geophysicist [12:44:22]

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Reading Time: 4 minutesI worked with the seismic processing algorithm Common Reflection Surface for the past years. During this time I have come to the following conclusion: CRS has a marketing problem. I have [...]

Latest papers on Paleoseismology, Active Tectonics, and Tsunamis

Paleoseismicity [10:59:02]

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ES,PK,CN,KR,PT

Summer time is publishing time! Lots of new papers are out, today we have archaeoseismology & rotated objects; paleoseismology in Korea, China, & Portugal; trench photomosaicking and PBRs; lots of [...]

Los mundos prehistóricos de Bruce Jones

Koprolitos [09:00:00]

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Tras acabar sus estudios artísticos, Bruce Jones (1946, Kansas City) marcha a Nueva York, donde se une a los futuros integrantes de “The Studio” Berni Wrighton (al que dedicamos un reciente post), Jeff [...]

Magnificent Cascades Volcanoes Impress, Sometimes Worry, Geobloggers

Rosetta Stones [06:00:00]

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At the risk of this blog becoming all volcanoes, all the time, I bring you... more volcanoes! Two of my favorite geobloggers wrote mustn't-miss posts on some of our Cascades volcanoes. They showcase... -- [...]

Can You See It? Seeking a Natural World in an Urban Setting

Geotripper [03:15:00]

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Can you see it? Look carefully, it's easy to miss... We have a drainage pond on our west campus at the edge of town. It's been a mostly neglected corner of the campus, used occasionally to graze sheep from [...]