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Wednesday, 07 October 2015

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“The Mesozoic Era”, illustrated and created by Corkboard of Curiosities. 

Utah Geological Survey - blog [22:17:08]  recommend  recommend this post  (199 visits) info
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 Mesozoic
Here’s a little scientific fun for the day–”The Mesozoic Era” illustrated and created by Corkboard of Curiosities. Thanks for making paleontology so fun! Be sure to follow them on social media to stay up to date on their latest postings.  See their wonderful illustration

The New Market / Lincolnshire contact 

Mountain Beltway [21:04:32]  recommend  recommend this post  (196 visits) info
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 US,GB
Yesterday, I put a photo up here on the blog, and asked you to figure out where the formational contact was in that image. Here’s the image I showed you: It turns out that my plan to have readers upload their copies of the image didn’t work as well as I had planned – apparently you all don’t have as complete a suite of control options as I do. Shocker!

Segundo neurocráneo de saurópodo de Lo Hueco 

Dinosaurios (el cuaderno de Godzillín) [20:10:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (224 visits) info
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La revista Plos One publica un estudio que reconstruye la forma del cerebro (CER), los nervios craneales (I,II, III...), la arteria carótida (CAR) y el oído interno (LAB) de un dinosaurio titanosaurio del [...]

Erroneous earthquake report in Sedona area 

Arizona Geology [19:06:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (180 visits) info
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 US
Tucson News Now has published a report of a magnitude 4.7 earthquake near Sedona on Sunday night saying they got it from the Associated Press, and quoting the Arizona Geological Survey as the source of [...]

Finding a Thesis: A Joshua Tree Aside 

Looking for Detachment [18:17:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (198 visits) info
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 GB
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South of the Klondyke District (our previous stop on this journey) and just north of Goldfield, one reaches one of the northernmost populations of Joshua trees (Yucca brevifolia) — or the northernmost [...]

Tree on Drugs 

In the Company of Plants and Rocks [16:40:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (183 visits) info
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 US,FR,GR,CH,IN
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Though it's early October, this American pussy willow is not thinking fall.As you may know, I'm following a tree.  I’m not alone—fifty-plus other people around the world do the same.  Early each [...]

In transit to site UI465 (MAL-01A) jour 7. 

JOIDES Resolution blogs [15:24:57]  recommend  recommend this post  (178 visits) info
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Les formations et présentations se poursuivent à bord . Chacun prend la mesure de ce qui l'attend quand on sera sur le 1er site et que les [...]

Apply now to take part in the 2016 GIFT workshop! 

GeoLog-The official blog of the European Geosciences Union [14:02:16]  recommend  recommend this post  (198 visits) info
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 AT,CN,
The General Assembly is not only for researchers but for teachers and educators with an interest in the geosciences also. Every year the Geosciences Information For Teachers (GIFT) is organised by the EGU [...]

Pterosaur wingtips – not on the straight and narrow 

Dave Hone’s Archosaur Musings [13:42:39]  recommend  recommend this post  (272 visits) info
Take a look at almost any illustration of a pterosaur, be it in a research piece or a life reconstruction and the wing finger is generally depicted as being some kind of straight spar. Each of the four wing [...]

El origen de los peces y los mares según Doctor Zombie 

Koprolitos [11:02:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (190 visits) info
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Esta versión del Génesis, según la cual hace 4.977.173.513 millones de años los peces vivían en tierra firme y tenían "piernecillas" hasta que se las amputaron 49 tijeras malas, forma parte de [...]

Science on a budget 

Magma Cum Laude [03:15:39]  recommend  recommend this post  (190 visits) info
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One thing that's been taking up an inordinate amount of my time lately is the suspense about whether I'll be allowed to do my job (aka the Congressional budget process). As a postdoc on a limited-term position [...]

How Giraffes Became Winners by a Neck 

Laelaps [19:07:08]  recommend  recommend this post  (173 visits) info
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Giraffes have taught generations of students how evolution works. Not directly, of course. Communicating through nocturnal humming is

Wrong date for Bellingham presentation 

Northwest Geology Field Trips [18:31:12]  recommend  recommend this post  (80 visits) info
I will be at the Bellingham REI on NOVEMBER 9 to talk about my book, Geology Underfoot in Western Washington. I mistakenly listed it as October 9th elsewhere. Sorry DaveFiled under: News and

Some great Macro Shots of shallow-water Tropical Urchins! 

Echinoblog [16:40:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (151 visits) info
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 PH
So, after all that deep-sea stuff, I thought this week might be a good moment to look at some tropical, shallow-water species.... Stunning image of the cidaroid Plococidaris verticellata by Shawn Miller [...]

Short Announcement: SRTM 1 Data Worldwide 

Digital Geography [15:32:30]  recommend  recommend this post  (231 visits) info

 AU,MX,
The digital elevation dataset resulting from the SRT Mission in the year 2000 is probably the widely used digital elevation dataset in the world. It was first released with a 90 at ground resolution in a more [...]

In transit to site UI465 (MAL-01A) 

JOIDES Resolution blogs [15:00:41]  recommend  recommend this post  (190 visits) info
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Field trip to Anglesey, May 2016 - Lecture December 3rd 2015 

Geology in the West Country [13:49:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (249 visits) info
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 GB
Bath Geological SocietyField trip to Anglesey, Cemaes Bay in north Anglesey 27th to 30th May 2016Dave Green, Geostudies The course will start at 7.30 pm on 27th and is based at the Harbour Hotel in Cemaes Bay. [...]

The Art of the Skull: Museum Store highlights the beauty of the human skeleton 

BEYONDbones [13:00:56]  recommend  recommend this post  (152 visits) info
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One of the most photographed pieces in the museum’s collections is the “jaw dropping” crystal quartz skull in the exhibit Gemstone Carvings: Masterworks by Harold Van Pelt.  The hollow, life-sized skull [...]

My 11th Pair of Reviews 

ART Evolved: Life's Time Capsule [08:02:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (236 visits) info
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 Cretaceous; CA,US
As an Art Evolved member, I post a pair of my reviews here every so often, the 1st being positive & the 2nd being negative. I'd greatly appreciate you reading & voting "Yes" for said reviews in the [...]

POTD October 6, 2015: Zion National Park, Kane County, Utah 

Utah Geological Survey - blog [01:09:41]  recommend  recommend this post  (217 visits) info
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 US
The mornings are becoming a little crisper, and night comes a little quicker. It won’t belong before we see this scene! Zion National Park, Kane County, Utah Photographer: Adam Hiscock; © 2015 Snow [...]
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