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Friday, 01 April 2016
Late Cretaceous: Mosasaur Detail
Fossil Huntress [23:00:25]
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Cretaceous; CA,MX
A close-up view of the dentition of an ancient aquatic, carnivorous lizard, the mighty Mosasaur, from Late Cretaceous exposures on Vancouver Island. <>This well-prepped specimen is now housed in the collections of the Courtenay Museum, Vancouver Island, British Columbia. The creature who owned this jaw bone undoubtedly swan alongside Kourisodon puntledgensis, another enormously powerful marine predator and new species of Mosasaur unearthed on Vancouver Island. Their feet [...]
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Geomancy for the mundane geologist – “Games Wizards Play” by Diane Duane
I don't often do book reviews on here (Callan is your go-to guy for that), but I recently finished a novel by one of my favorite authors and I really wanted to write about it. Diane Duane, if you're not familiar with her, is the author of a long-running series about wizards. But not just any wizards - in her version of the universe, which is very similar to our own, wizardry is a science in and ofGeotechnical Nightmare #8 - An Inch from Death
Addio, "vela"; benvenuta, "carena"!
Paleo Profile: New Caledonia’s Giant Fowl
Paleontologist finally solve the mystery of where this extinct bird fits in the avian familyMesozoic Miscellany 84
Love in the Time of Chasmosaurs [19:48:00]
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Mesozoic; GB,US,
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Extracting information from Sentinel-1
SAR images can see through clouds and in darkness, and are therefore very useful for operational monitoring of our seas. Detecting ships, icebergs, wind patterns, and oil spills is daily business in Europe [...]Ship Tours and My Farewell
When this ship pulls into port, it draws a lot of attention, and tours are plentiful. The co-chief scientists and I gave two tours - one to the [...]What would a Gold-OA world look like? Three issues briefly considered
Sauropod Vertebra Picture of the Week [11:17:12]
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What would the world look like if, as proposed by the Max Planck Institute, the scholarly world flipped from being dominated by subscriptions to Gold open access? I think there are three things to say. [...]
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The Fabled Island of California? Stunning New Research Suggests the Early European Explorers may have been Right
Nucelospira ventricosta from the Bois d'Arc formation of Oklahoma
Views of the Mahantango [09:01:00]
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Devonian; US
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Hawaiian erosion talk at USGS Reston
The Last Land: How humans changed erosion in Hawaii Jonathan Stock, Research Geologist and Director, USGS Innovation Center SPECIAL SEMINAR Thursday – April 7, 2016 12 Noon Room 3A-409 National [...]Wooster’s Fossils of the Week: An encrusted and bored coral (maybe) from the Upper Ordovician of southeastern Indiana (Part II)
Wooster Geologists [06:01:21]
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Ordovician; US
Last week we looked at a dull gray rock found in a roadcut in southeastern Indiana near the town of Liberty. It is from the Saluda Formation (Upper Ordovician), a thin unit that was likely deposited in very [...]
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My Theory On The Range Of Deinosuchus
Hello Dinosaur Home, Well, here is another blog about one of my favorite extinct animals- Deinosuchus. Today I’m going to be talking about my personal opinion on where this great crocodylian lived, [...]Deutsche Rohstoff: Almonty Industries verlängert die Laufzeit des bestehenden Kredits mit TaeguTec Ltd.
Kapitalerhöhung in Höhe von CAD 3,2 Mio. abgeschlossen Heidelberg/Toronto. Almonty Industries, an der die Deutsche Rohstoff aktuell zu 13,2% beteiligtEarth Institute Summer 2016 Internships
This summer, the Earth Institute is offering Columbia students opportunities to intern within various departments and research centers at the institute. All full-time Columbia and Barnard students are [...]Distribution of Germanium in Gondwana coals of Jharkhand state, India.
Distribution of Germanium in Gondwana coals of Jharkhand state, [...]Deutsche Rohstoff: Almonty Industries verlängert die Laufzeit des bestehenden Kredits mit TaeguTec Ltd.
Kapitalerhöhung in Höhe von CAD 3,2 Mio. abgeschlossen Heidelberg/Toronto. Almonty Industries, an der die Deutsche Rohstoff aktuell zu 13,2% beteiligtWorld's tiniest dinosaur remarkably well preserved
What’s the best way to plant my new purchase?
Landslides in Art Part 25: Richard Humphrey
This 25th edition of the Landslides in Art series features Morning at Bluff Cove by the Californian landscape artist RichardLaura Givens y Hadrosaur Productions
Uno scherzo ben riuscito: L´Uomo di Piltdown
Storia della Geologia [19:03:00]
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PE,SI,US,DE,CH
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Il referendum “sulle trivelle”: una cagata pazzesca di fantozziana memoria: perchè NON votare SI, perchè NON votare NO e perchè NON astenersi
scienzeedintorni [09:19:00]
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Paleogene; SI,FR,IT,CH,PH,HK,IR,MX,US,DZ,AZ,AT,BE,DE,NG,NO,RU,GR
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Trauth, 1911. Die oberkretazische Korallenfauna von Klogsdorf in Mähren
Friedrich Trauth, 1911. Die oberkretazische Korallenfauna von Klogsdorf in Mähren. Zeitschrift des mährischen Landesmuseums (Mährische Museumsgesellschaft) Brünn 10 (1/2):Moving to Denmark, also broke
Iceland Volcano and Earthquake blog [15:40:54]
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I’m currently in the process of moving to Denmark. My plan is mostly going as I thought it would do. With one minor exception, I’m having less money then I expected due to the computer failure I [...]
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Trauth, 1911. Die oberkretazische Korallenfauna von Klogsdorf in Mähren
Friedrich Trauth, 1911. Die oberkretazische Korallenfauna von Klogsdorf in Mähren. Zeitschrift des mährischen Landesmuseums (Mährische Museumsgesellschaft) Brünn 10 (1/2):Top concepts:
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