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Tuesday, 11 October 2016

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Where The Rain Fell, and Where It’s Not for Many Weeks 

Dan\'s Wild Wild Science Journal [23:53:53]  recommend  recommend this post  (122 visits) info
The Deep South is in the midst of a brutal drought, with levels reaching severe to exceptional over parts of Georgia and Alabama, while not far away in Eastern Georgia, extending all the way to the Delmarva Peninsula, the exact opposite is the case. Look at the rainfall total maps below and you can see just how much rain has fallen from Matthew. In the Delmarva area, the week before

Macroevolution - Terms and Linkages 

The Geology P.A.G.E. [22:12:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (64 visits) info
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A few years ago, I had taken a class called Macroevolution. During the class we read several seminal papers on the subject and discussed the implications of these topics. At the end of the class, we set up on the white board some of the principle topics in macroevolution. The discussion involved how the topics were linked and specifically what they could be/were linked to. The class ended with a bunch of evolutionary topics that were heavily interacting and influencing each other. I though [...]

Is it time to rethink the private/public distinctions for museums? 

Sauropod Vertebra Picture of the Week [20:46:38]  recommend  recommend this post  (96 visits) info
Prologue Back when I started writing about issues in scholarly publishing, I would sometimes write about the distinction between for-profit (bad) and non-profit (good) publishers. While I still recognise this [...]

Die Bauklötze der Erde: Zertrümmert, zermatscht und aufgeschmolzen (und es passt trotzdem nicht so richtig) 

Mente et Malleo [19:05:01]  recommend  recommend this post  (114 visits) info
So, die Sommer/Herbstpause ist vorüber. Thema von diesem Eintrag: Aus was ist eigentlich die Erde entstanden? Was sind die Bauklötze? Bekanntlich entstand die Erde (wie die anderen Planeten) in der Gas-und [...]

A virtual field trip to Portrush, Northern Ireland 

Mountain Beltway [18:58:31]  recommend  recommend this post  (144 visits) info
One of my favorite places in Northern Ireland is the east side of the peninsula that hosts the tourist town of Portrush. There, two early schools of geological thought engaged in a battle. The opposing sides [...]

Plant on a Pedestal 

In the Company of Plants and Rocks [18:07:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (61 visits) info
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Awe-inspiring!This month I’m making an oblique and tenuous segue from Tree-Following, for I have no news to report of my serviceberry. After a long vacation, all kinds of things have to be done right away! [...]

Intergeo 2016 Day One: drones and drones and drones 

Digital Geography [17:20:28]  recommend  recommend this post  (55 visits) info
The first day of the Intergeo 2016 and it was just mind blowing. The last years we saw a small increase in drone technology companies but especially here in Hamburg they seem to be everywhere. So there is the [...]

Off to Explore the Past! 

JOIDES Resolution blogs [16:30:58]  recommend  recommend this post  (106 visits) info
At first light the crew of the JOIDES Resolution were busy with the read

Large precipitation events critical in replenishing groundwater resources 

AGU Meetings [15:54:39]  recommend  recommend this post  (111 visits) info
Large precipitation events that occur about every 10 years are a critical source of recharge for replenishing groundwater resources, according to a new study. Groundwater is a vital source of water in the [...]

Limno Loan Spurs Freshwater Education Around Great Lakes 

Lake Scientist [15:15:11]  recommend  recommend this post  (127 visits) info
The Limno Loan program, overseen by Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant, loans water quality sondes to Great Lakes educators teaching freshwater science. The post Limno Loan Spurs Freshwater Education Around Great [...]

Mining exhibition in Yate 

Geology in the West Country [11:37:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (61 visits) info
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Exhibition about mining around Yate and South GloucestershireYate Heritage Centre is holding an exhibition from 11th October to the 26th November celebrating the history of mining and quarrying in the [...]

Deutsche Rohstoff AG: Cub Creek teuft zwei zusätzliche Bohrungen ab 

Rohstoff Blog [09:54:27]  recommend  recommend this post  (64 visits) info
Produktionsbeginn der Vail-Bohrungen in Kürze erwartet Mannheim. Cub Creek Energy (CCE) hat begonnen zwei zusätzliche Horizontalbohrungen vom Markham-Bohrplatz abzuteufen. Cub

Las batallas dinosaurianas de Mu Pan 

Koprolitos [09:22:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (77 visits) info
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Mu Pan es un artista nacido en 1976 en Taichung City (Taiwan), aunque actualmente está afincado en New York (Estados Unidos). Se graduó en 2001 en la School of Visual Arts de New York y posteriormente, en [...]

Klanglandschaften unter dem Meer 

Mente et Malleo [09:05:58]  recommend  recommend this post  (114 visits) info
Korallenriffen kann man ihre Gesundheit nicht nur ansehen sondern auch anhören. Denn: die Unterwasserwelt schweigt so ganz und gar nicht, wie es im Titel von Cousteau’s Meisterwerk heißt, sondern [...]

Motorola Moto G4 Plus Smartphone perpaduan Lenovo dan Motorola 

Mineraland Chile [05:24:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (35 visits) info
Harga dan Spesifikasi lengkap Moto G4 Plus - adalah smartphone paling baru yang di produksi Lenovo sesudah mereka meniadakan nama Motorola dari dunia smartphone. Akuisi yang dikerjakan Lenovo pada Motorola, [...]

Cari HP Unik dan Menarik Retro Kr999 

Mineraland Chile [02:56:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (59 visits) info
Inilah spesifikasi dan Harga dari HP klasik Retro KR999 Dual band MHZ Dual sim dual standby 2. 4inch display Retro phone Bluetooth MP3 player FM radio Dukungan TF card to 4GB MAX Big horn Languages English, [...]

New Latin American Association of Tectonics – 1st Symposium on Southamerican Tectonics 

Paleoseismicity [00:30:42]  recommend  recommend this post  (630 visits) info
The Latin American Association of Tectonics has recently been founded in order “…to help the exchange of ideas and facilitate collaborations of tectonic studies in South America. The Latin [...]

Regnerisch und authentisch 

Mente et Malleo [21:08:13]  recommend  recommend this post  (125 visits) info
Ja, so stellt man sich den Hintergrund mittelalterlicher Hinrichtungen vor. Grauer Himmel, regennasse Wege, in denen der Schinderkarren versinkt, das Armesünderglöckchen, das von ferne mit dünnem Ton [...]

Vintage Dinosaur Art: Inside Dinosaurs 

Love in the Time of Chasmosaurs [20:00:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (113 visits) info
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Hello LITC readers - Victoria Arbour signing in! After several years of enjoying vintage dinosaur art posts as a reader myself, I’m very excited to be jumping in with my own contributions here from time to [...]

Die ewige Diskussion um die Kernkraft – Alter Wein in neuen Schläuchen 

Mente et Malleo [19:00:44]  recommend  recommend this post  (204 visits) info
Es wird es immer schwieriger, einer breiten Öffentlichkeit die Problemstellungen der Wissenschaften und ihr technologisches Potential zu erschließen. Und doch müssen gerade auch sie Bestandteile des [...]

Aragosaureros en el XIV Congreso Luso-Español de Herpetología 

WeBlog Aragosaurus [18:39:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (71 visits) info
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Durante la semana pasada se celebró el XIV Congreso Luso-Español de Herpetología en Lleida. Se trata de un congreso internacional anual que reúne especialistas de todos los ámbitos del mundo de la [...]

Titus Canyon: The TCFZ, the FCFZ, and a few Other Faults 

Looking for Detachment [18:00:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (53 visits) info
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At the end of our last post—the one about the non-fold—we came into Titus Canyon proper and were looking at this view, down the canyon and to the west. When MOH and I passed through Titus Canyon in May [...]

Tunisia Says Yes to Resource Contract Transparency 

State of the Planet [16:52:34]  recommend  recommend this post  (74 visits) info
Tunisia's commitment to disclose extractive industry contracts was a critical step in promoting improved governance in Tunisia’s natural resources sector, as well as an important move toward improving trust [...]

Use the view of your local area to tune yourself into the local geology 

Earth Learning Idea [16:11:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (87 visits) info
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Our new ELI published yesterday is 'The view from the site'. Use the view from any viewpoint, to ask the questions provided. These will help your pupils to pick out any landscape-scale evidence for the local [...]

Third edition just arrived! 

Seismos [15:54:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (90 visits) info
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Third edition of my book Elements of 3D Seismology, now published by SEG. Thankful shoutout to SEG Books Manager Susan Stamm and Managing Editor Rebecca Latimer. The book will be available at the SEG [...]

Museum Collections: Cooler than it Sounds! 

BEYONDbones [14:00:54]  recommend  recommend this post  (39 visits) info
Oftentimes we find ourselves in social situations with people we’ve never met before. You may be in a doctor’s office, a school open house, or even at a social event in our Museum. While mingling [...]

per il 50esimo del 1966 1: i guasti del XX secolo nel bacino dell'Arno 

scienzeedintorni [11:18:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (54 visits) info
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Inizio qui una serie di post per commemorare il 50esimo anniversario dell'alluvione del 1966. Il XX secolo per il bacino dell'Arno rimarrà nella storia per alcune caratteristiche negative, in particolare [...]

Deutsche Rohstoff AG: Cub Creek teuft zwei zusätzliche Bohrungen ab 

Rohstoff Blog [09:54:27]  recommend  recommend this post  (30 visits) info
Produktionsbeginn der Vail-Bohrungen in Kürze erwartet Mannheim. Cub Creek Energy (CCE) hat begonnen zwei zusätzliche Horizontalbohrungen vom Markham-Bohrplatz abzuteufen. Cub

The Sucun landslide: missed opportunities to protect the village 

The Landslide Blog [09:17:41]  recommend  recommend this post  (85 visits) info
The Sixth Tone has published two articles evaluating the missed opportunities to prevent the Sucun landslide disaster in China, which killed 27 people last

Bug Art at Beetle Rock 

Geotripper [09:00:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (18 visits) info
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There is always something new to see when you are on the road. We were exploring the geology of Sequoia National Park for a field class this last weekend, and we saw many marvelous and beautiful things, but [...]

ini dia penampakan smartphone Samsung Lipat Veyron SM W2017 

Mineraland Chile [03:42:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (49 visits) info
Produksi smartphone Flip memanglah selalu bergulir th. ini ditandai dengan launching nya Samsung Galaxy Folder 2. Seri Flip yang dihidangkan Samsung ini mengusung spesifikasi entry level hingga memuaskan untuk [...]

ALDO AL 007 HP Handy Talky (HT) 

Mineraland Chile [01:31:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (618 visits) info
Aldo AL-007 Handphone – Hitam Dual SIM/HT Function merupkan gadget yang menggabungkan feature handphone dengan handy talky. Memiliki bentuk yang tidak tipis serta tampak garang pas untuk pemakai yang suka [...]

M 3.5 Earthquake north-central Arizona 

Arizona Geology [00:04:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (95 visits) info
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Star indicates location of the M 3.5 earthquake M 3.5 Earthquake near Peach Springs, AZ - 10/8/2016, 5:53 pm MST. Depth to focus ~ 8.6 km. No damage reported. According to AZGS Interim Director Phil [...]
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