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Friday, 26 February 2016
Kunst & Geologie: Wenn die Säulen des Himmels auf der Erde ruhen...
Geschichte der Geologie [21:19:00]
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FR,IT,AU,US
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Now, A Leap in Time
solar cyanotype, image courtesy Lawrence Hall of Science Next week, a feral day is coming to a calendar near you. Welcome to “intercalary day,” also known as a leap day. It arrives this Monday, February 29th. We are feeling very lucky that the calendars are aligning, so to speak, as this special day happens to occur during our LivingFriday fold: Siccar Point video from BGS
The British Geological Survey just came out with a new video on Siccar Point, featuring some excellent drone video of the site (in very good weather!). In addition to the unconformity, one of the things you [...]Phys Props
I think I will break up the physical properties into their regions within the lab. At some point I will go back to the very beginning - the [...]Resurrected post: Earth science-y catchphrases
My father and I share a habit: we tend to point out and grumble over certain catchphrases we hear or read in a news report, mostly because they're misused, overused, or just plain don't make sense. He dislikes [...]BlueSkiesResearch.org.uk: Could the Pliocene constrain the Equilibrium Climate Sensitivity?
h1 a:hover {background-color:#888;color:#fff ! important;} div#emailbody table#itemcontentlist tr td div ul { list-style-type:square; [...]Hardstoft – Britain’s First Oilfield
Geological Society of London blog [16:20:03]
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When we think of UK oil and gas, we probably think first of the North Sea – but the origins of the UK’s oil industry are in some unexpected places…. Next week, our Petroleum Group and History [...]
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Paleo Profile: Russia’s Curved Blade
This marine reptile had a big bite for itsTaiwan Earthquake Investigators Arrest Developer of Collapsed Building
Taiwanese investigators have arrested the developer of a 17-story apartment building that collapsed in an earthquake at the beginning of the month. Approximately 40 people were killed when the building [...]Fugro Releases FY 2015 Results
Fugro released their 2015 Fiscal Year results, and the headline is 'Strong cash flow in continuing challenging oil and gas market'. The Dutch company's biggest market sector is oil and gas, and they are [...]Los dinosaurios de papel de Guardabosques y las recompensas de su crowdfunding
Theropod Size
There is some controversy about the sizes of theropods. Tyrannosaurus rex was first thought to be the largest theropod and is still the best-known to the public. Its mass was quite high and it is thought to be [...]Data Recovery
Dig in the Dirt and Back in Time with HMNS at the George Ranch!
by Sabrina Dahlgren Everyone invariably reaches an age when an adult will admonish them to stop playing on the ground and getting their clothes dirty. Archaeologists are among those people who decide that [...]Watch: a Positive Vision of Sustainability
How do we transition to sustainability in a positive and effective way? In this video, Steven Cohen, executive director of the Earth Institute, discusses a positive vision of sustainability – one that stays [...]Ignite@AGU: Setting geoscience on fire
The popular science storytelling event Ignite@AGU returned to the 2015 American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting in San Francisco, CA last December. Sponsored by the NASA Applied Sciences Program and held [...]Evolução dos golfinhos e baleias em palestra a 3 de Março
Lusodinos- Dinossauros de Portugal [16:47:00]
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BR,ES,PT
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GeoEd: One example of how playing works in outreach activities!
GeoLog-The official blog of the European Geosciences Union [13:00:39]
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This month’s GeoEd post is brought to you by Dr. Mirjam S. Glessmer. Mirjam, is a physical oceanographer and now works as Coordinator of Teaching Innovation at Hamburg University of Technology. Mirjam blogs [...]
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(109 visits) Why I think the Jurassic/Cretaceous boundary is super important
Green Tea and Velociraptors [11:34:04]
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Cretaceous,Jurassic; CI,ID,TW,ES
This was originally posted here. Mass extinctions are insanely catastrophic, but important, events that punctuate the history of life on Earth. The Jurassic/Cretaceous boundary, around 145 million years ago, [...]
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What’s in Mike’s freezer?
Sauropod Vertebra Picture of the Week [10:16:54]
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What’s that in Mike’s freezer? Let’s take it out and have a look. Onto the table out in the garden … Unwrap another layer … Hang on! That looks like … It can’t be, can [...]
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NYDOT Geotechnical Design Manual
The New York DOT has been working on a geotechnical design manual (GDM) since at least 2012. It is a very detailed document that covers pretty much every possible geotechnical aspect of a transportation [...]Dilophosaurus...Watch out for that tree!
Dinosaurios (el cuaderno de Godzillín) [08:59:00]
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Wooster’s Fossil of the Week: A low-spired, battle-worn trochid gastropod from the Pliocene of Cyprus
Wooster Geologists [05:01:28]
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Neogene; US,CY
This shell looks like a cinnamon roll. It is another product of the 1996 Wooster-Keck expedition to Cyprus with Steve Dornbos (’97) and me. Like the rest of the Cypriot specimens on this blog, it is from [...]
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Utahraptor: Fearsome Predator, Good Mother?
(From Wikimedia Commons) Move over, Maiasaura. There’s a new “good mother lizard” on the block. Utahraptor was the largest dromaeosaur known to science. It measured over 20 feet in [...]Top concepts:
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