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Tuesday, 22 November 2016

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Special Issue in Annals of Geophysics on the Amatrice earthquakes 

Paleoseismicity [23:03:18]  recommend  recommend this post  (538 visits) info
Annals of Geophysics has just published a special issue on the devastating Amatrice Earthquake series in Central Italy: Vol 59, Fast Track 5 (2016): The Amatrice seismic sequence: preliminary data and results. The special issue, edited by Marco Anzidei and Silvia Pondrelli, contains lots of field reports, first assessments, and plenty of primary data. Plus, it’s all OPEN ACCESS! Table of Contents Coseismic effects of the 2016 Amatrice seismic sequence: first geological results. EMERGEO [...]

Avalanches more complex than previously thought 

Geospace [20:42:03]  recommend  recommend this post  (67 visits) info
Avalanches can throw up a powdery cloud of snow as they violently charge down mountains, obscuring their inner workings from scientists. But new observations of artificially-triggered avalanches in Switzerland’s Vallée de la Sionne have penetrated this powdery

Romancing the Tyrant: A review of "My Girlfriend is a T-Rex" Volume 1 

Love in the Time of Chasmosaurs [20:20:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (99 visits) info
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I'm happy to bring Tommy Leung aboard today for this guest post! He'll be reviewing the comic My Girlfriend is a T-Rex. A bit about today's guest contributor:Tommy Leung is a parasitologist / zoologist who [...]

Geology Through Literature - Paradise Lost 

The Geology P.A.G.E. [18:34:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (160 visits) info
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The next up on my Geology Through Literature thread is Paradise Lost by John Milton published in 1667. You can get my complete thoughts on the book/story over at my other blog - The [...]

Titus Canyon: The Klare Spring Breccia 

Looking for Detachment [18:00:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (98 visits) info
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Klare Spring in Titus Canyon is well known as a petroglyph site (with a sign and everything); it is less well known as a breccia site and as a place to view the low-angle normal faults of the Titus Canyon [...]

We are in unprecedented territory with global sea ice 

Mountain Beltway [14:42:09]  recommend  recommend this post  (56 visits) info
The amount of sea ice on planet Earth is much, much lower than ever recorded at this time of year. Will this anomaly turn out to be a relatively minor "weather" event? Or is this what a sea ice tipping point [...]

Rx for the Anthropocene? A Dose of ‘Anthropophilia’ 

dot Earth [13:20:29]  recommend  recommend this post  (65 visits) info
Andy Revkin argues that a first step toward a successful human journey is a little positive self

Here’s what earthquake early warning looks like 

The Trembling Earth [12:52:24]  recommend  recommend this post  (554 visits) info
When a large earthquake struck the coast of Japan near Fukushima Tuesday morning, people all across the country were alerted nearly immediately–most in advance of significant shaking at their [...]

ΑΝΑΚΟΙΝΩΣΗ ΓΙΑ ΤΟ ΣΕΙΣΜΟ ΤΩΝ ΙΩΑΝΝΙΝΩΝ 15/10/2016 

Earthquake Geology in Greece [10:33:25]  recommend  recommend this post  (60 visits) info
Ο πρόσφατος Σεισμός της 15ης [...]

Los animales "prehistoriqueers" de Kim Leutwyler 

Koprolitos [08:15:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (172 visits) info
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Nacida en Estados Unidos en 1984, la artista multidisciplinar Kim Leutwyler vive en Sidney (Australia) desde 2012. Estudió Arte en la Arizona State University de Tempe (Arizona) y posteriormente Bellas Artes, [...]

Deutsche Rohstoff: Salt Creek akquiriert Öl- und Gasproduktion in North Dakota 

Rohstoff Blog [06:50:32]  recommend  recommend this post  (98 visits) info
Erwarteter Gesamtumsatz über USD 200 Mio./Kaufpreis USD 38,1 Mio. Mannheim/Denver. Salt Creek Energy, US-Tochterfirma der Deutsche Rohstoff AG, hat heute

Dokophyllum intertrium Horn Coral Fossil 

Louisville Area Fossils [04:38:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (62 visits) info
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This horn coral fossil was discovered in the Waldron Shale of Clark County, Indiana USA. It appears to be a Dokophyllum intertrium (Hall). The fossil dates to the Middle Silurian Period (Wenlockian). Fossil is [...]

Observing deforestation with Sentinel-1 

Digital Geography [19:58:33]  recommend  recommend this post  (58 visits) info
While preparing for an upcoming presentation at the annual meeting of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) I came across a topic that I thought might make an interesting blog post.  The presentation is about [...]

About that pipeline in Jesse Ewing Canyon … 

In the Company of Plants and Rocks [18:30:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (193 visits) info
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Sequestration? Near the end of my recent post about a geo-hike down Jesse Ewing Canyon in the eastern Uinta Mountains, I mentioned a pipeline. There was no way to miss it—it was clearly and emphatically [...]

New York Lets a Thousand Bioswales Bloom 

State of the Planet [17:00:21]  recommend  recommend this post  (53 visits) info
In an effort to curb sewage overflows, New York City has turned to green infrastructure: right-of-way bioswales, green roofs and rain gardens, among other practices. These measures help decrease stormwater [...]

Thanksgiving must have dishes as done by our caterers 

BEYONDbones [14:00:47]  recommend  recommend this post  (109 visits) info
  Thanksgiving by A Fare Extraordinaire Contributions by Lauren Rothwell and Stephanie McKeever Holiday Turkey Sliders The Holiday Turkey Slider is A Fare Extraordinaire’s favorite way to combine [...]

Rx for the Anthropocene? A Dose of ‘Anthropophilia’ 

dot Earth [13:20:29]  recommend  recommend this post  (63 visits) info
Andy Revkin argues that a first step toward a successful human journey is a little positive self

ΣΕΙΣΜΟΣ ΚΙΛΚΙΣ 19 ΝΟΕΜΒΡΙΟΥ 2016-11-19 

Earthquake Geology in Greece [10:57:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (40 visits) info
Ο χθεσινοβραδινός σεισμός [...]

My 16th Pair of Reviews 

ART Evolved: Life's Time Capsule [08:53:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (175 visits) info
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 [...]

Serenity in blue 

Magma Cum Laude [07:00:22]  recommend  recommend this post  (143 visits) info
During my visit to Iceland, I got to visit glaciers up close and personal for the first time, and one of the places we stopped was at Jökulsárlón, the pro-glacial lagoon at the terminus of the [...]

Deutsche Rohstoff: Salt Creek akquiriert Öl- und Gasproduktion in North Dakota 

Rohstoff Blog [06:50:32]  recommend  recommend this post  (25 visits) info
Erwarteter Gesamtumsatz über USD 200 Mio./Kaufpreis USD 38,1 Mio. Mannheim/Denver. Salt Creek Energy, US-Tochterfirma der Deutsche Rohstoff AG, hat heute
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