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Tuesday, 04 April 2017

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Neue Hinweise auf allmählichen Niedergang der Dinosaurier noch vor Ende der Kreidezeit 

Gunnars Geo-Blog [18:12:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (849 visits) info
     Zu einem allmählichen Niedergang der Dinosaurier und Flugsaurier kam es vermutlich noch vor dem Einschlag des sogenannten Chicxulub-Asteroiden und dem weltweiten Massensterben am Ende der Kreidezeit. Dies zeigen neue Forschungsergebnisse eines deutsch-mexikanischen Teams von Geowissenschaftlern. Die Untersuchungen unter der Leitung von Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Stinnesbeck von der

El Nino is well and truly dead 

Ontario-geofish [01:50:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (245 visits) info
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Whew!  I wait every month for this chart, and the Toronto real estate figures.  Both are interesting, but this one shows the background microwave chatter for satellites.  It's related to how much heat energy is being thrown out by the Earth, which is a sort of dim infra-red light bulb. El Nino events make the light bulb go brighter for a while.  That's because a lot of warm water is pushed

Impending weak solar activity could expose aircrews to higher radiation levels 

Geospace [15:41:05]  recommend  recommend this post  (219 visits) info
Aircrews and frequent fliers may soon experience an uptick in radiation exposure due to the upcoming low point in the solar cycle, when weak solar activity provides less protection against cosmic rays entering [...]

So you’re going camping for the first time 

Magma Cum Laude [19:01:26]  recommend  recommend this post  (182 visits) info
A conversation on Twitter recently got me thinking about my first field experience. Until I went to college I had never actually gone camping in a park or anywhere else - and aside from minor incidents, my [...]

Explore the Pacific Northwest and Northern Rocky Mountains with Geotripper! June 17-July 1, 2017 

Geotripper [00:39:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (162 visits) info
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Grand Tetons National Park, Wyoming Be forewarned. This post is a TRAP! It is designed to draw you in, weaken your defenses, and cause you to do something different than everyday life. Warning given... Have [...]

From the Road: Talus-y Goodness and More of the Roan Cliffs, and a Question (at the end) 

Looking for Detachment [18:00:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (125 visits) info
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I was looking back through some photos and realized I had some of the Roan Cliffs from the spring of 2006. These first two photos are taken from an impromptu campsite MOH and I found not far from the Rulison [...]

Bentley Webinar - Data Transfer in gINT, April 5, 2017 

GeoPrac.net [08:38:08]  recommend  recommend this post  (103 visits) info
Bentley will be hosting a webinar at two different times on April 5, at 9 a.m. EDT and 5 p.m. EDT for the new gINT Special Interest Group (SIG). They will focus on a current hot topic, Data Transfer. We've [...]

Sky Happenings in April, 2017 

BEYONDbones [22:00:48]  recommend  recommend this post  (95 visits) info
Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons. Source: http://www.eso.org/public/images/potw1431a/     This star map shows the Houston sky at 10 pm CDT on April 1, 9 pm CDT on April 15, and dusk on April 30.  To use [...]

Linux - Raspberry pi 3 twice as fast as zero 

Ontario-geofish [20:50:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (88 visits) info
I always assumed that the raspi's were fast enough to take anything I threw at them.  Wrong!  The p3 can sample 2 accelerometers at 30 samp/sec, and the zero at about 15.  That's probably enough for a [...]

New Articles – Social Geoscience and Sustainable Development 

Geology for Global Development [11:11:40]  recommend  recommend this post  (81 visits) info
We’d like to bring your attention to two new publications, relevant to the theme of this blog. These publications share some common themes, including emphasising the significant role for geoscientists in [...]

Sakurajima: 4 Eruptionen 

Florian Beckers Vulkan-Blog [21:11:05]  recommend  recommend this post  (73 visits) info
Der Sakurajima auf der japanischen Insel Kyushu eruptierte heute 4 Mal. Die Vulkanasche stieg dabei bis in Höhen von 2500 m auf. Auf Livecam-Fotos sieht es so aus, als ob der Krater Showa-dake Ursprung der [...]

Science on board - Chit-chat with a structural geologiste (english/french) 

JOIDES Resolution blogs [08:11:12]  recommend  recommend this post  (70 visits) info
So far, in our chit-chats we met sedimentologists, geophysicists, paleomagnetists, paleontologists. Now it is the turn of a structural geologist. He is from [...]

Uncovering the Hidden Benefits of Buying New Software 

GeoPrac.net [08:38:54]  recommend  recommend this post  (202 visits) info
A good way to begin building a business case for investing in new software and systems is to evaluate the time and cost in carrying out a typical task, such as producing site plans and geological profiles. [...]

New papers on paleoseismology, tsunami, and active tectonics (Apr 2017) 

paleoseismicity.org [21:48:25]  recommend  recommend this post  (170 visits) info
Today in the paper round-up (April 2017): Active Tectonics of the Makran, postseismic deformation at Bam, active faults and paleoseismology in Italy, Switzerland & Alaska, the first papers on the Kaikoura [...]

Don't mention Brexit 

Geology in the West Country [18:12:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (135 visits) info
Europe Cut Off, (450,000 Years Ago) The Financial Times reports on how the sea broke through the chalk ridge between England and France. Cold water and sunlit uplands. The comments on the article are [...]

New ‘Meteorite hunt!’ activity 

Earth & Solar System [11:56:12]  recommend  recommend this post  (109 visits) info
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Earth and Solar System has a new fun activity called ‘Meteorite hunt!’ we have been trialing with group members and put into practice at the Science Museum Lates event last Wednesday in London. Funded by a [...]

Dentes de Saurópodes do Jurássico Superior de Portugal revelam alta diversidade taxonómica 

Lusodinos- Dinossauros de Portugal [16:30:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (101 visits) info
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O investigador português Pedro Mocho, actualmente investigador no Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, nos Estados Unidos da América, com a colaboração do Grupo de Biología Evolutiva-UNED [...]

How We Know Today’s Climate Change Is Not Natural 

State of the Planet [22:28:41]  recommend  recommend this post  (91 visits) info
Despite the many climate “skeptics” in key positions of power today, 97 percent of climate scientists agree that the warming of Earth’s climate over the last 100 years is mainly due to human activity. [...]

Trace, by Lauret Savoy 

Mountain Beltway [14:14:31]  recommend  recommend this post  (83 visits) info
I just discovered a 2015 book that explores the relation between the American landscape to the history of its people, indigenous, enslaved, and enslaver. The author, Lauret Savoy, is a professor at Mount [...]

Blogs and social media at EGU 2017 – tune in to the conference action 

GeoLog-The official blog of the European Geosciences Union [13:34:57]  recommend  recommend this post  (75 visits) info
With hundreds of oral presentations, PICO sessions and poster presentations taking place each day, it can be difficult to keep abreast of everything that is on offer during the General Assembly. As well as [...]

Pterocrinus Crinoid Calyx with Gastropod Fossil 

Louisville Area Fossils [04:00:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (73 visits) info
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This calyx was found while sifting through matrix while looking for dis-articulated crinoid arms for another fossil. It is quite a find measuring a little over 3 cm in width and it has part of gastropod fossil [...]

Unas cuantas ilustraciones dinosaurianas... (VII) 

Koprolitos [09:33:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (71 visits) info
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"Biarritz hace un millón de años" (Javier Velasco) Vamos con unas ilustraciones de bichos mesozoicos, entre los que encontramos collages de pterosaurios en las costas vascofrancesas o raptores montados por [...]

Mocoa: the cause of the tragic debris flow in Colombia 

The Landslide Blog [08:19:48]  recommend  recommend this post  (61 visits) info
Mocoa: the cause of the tragic debris flow in Colombia The tragic debris flow at Mocoa in Colombia at the weekend has garnered considerable media attention internationally.  As of today, the total number of [...]
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