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Sunday, 13 October 2019

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ANAHOPLITES PLANUS 

ARCHEA [21:00:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (87 visits) info
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A beautiful specimen of the ammonite, Anahoplites planus (Mantell, 1822) from Albian deposits in Courcelles-sur-Voire, Aube, north-central France. Anahoplites (Sowerby, 1815) is a genus of compressed hoplitid ammonites with flat sides, narrow, flat or grooved venters, and flexious ribs or striae arising from weak umbilical tubercles that end in fine dense ventrolateral nodes. Anahoplites

Magnitude Mw3,1 earthquake in Hamarinn volcano 

Iceland Volcano and Earthquake blog [20:49:14]  recommend  recommend this post  (191 visits) info
Today (13-October-2019) at 17:44 UTC a magnitude Mw3,1 earthquake took place in Hamarinn volcano (no Global Volcanism Page, see Bárðarbunga volcano). There has been some earthquake activity in this area for last several weeks. Earthquake activity in Hamarinn volcano (green star). Copyright of this image belongs to Icelandic Met Office. Last time there was this … Continue reading "Magnitude Mw3,1 earthquake in Hamarinn volcano"

Minor earthquake activity in Tungnafellsjökull volcano 

Iceland Volcano and Earthquake blog [20:02:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (231 visits) info
Today (13-October-2019) a minor earthquake swarm took place in Tungnafellsjökull volcano. After the eruption in Bárðarbunga volcano there has been a ongoing earthquake activity in Tungnafellsjökull [...]

The Wildlife of the Guaymas Basin 

JOIDES Resolution blogs [02:57:13]  recommend  recommend this post  (63 visits) info
Fishing bats, thousands of dolphins, whales, jumping sting rays and more… the Gulf of California has it all…   The... Read more

How oil is formed 

Metageologist [12:53:42]  recommend  recommend this post  (113 visits) info
Oil, natural gas and coal are known as fossil fuels. They are extremely useful substances and humans spend lots of time and energy to extract them from the earth. But why are they called fossil fuels, when and [...]

A nice pneumatic Allosaurus cervical dorsal 

Sauropod Vertebra Picture of the Week [00:00:07]  recommend  recommend this post  (162 visits) info
Spotted this beauty in the collections at Dinosaur Journey this past summer. With the front end of the centrum blown off, taphonomy once again proves to be the poor man’s CT machine, giving us a great look [...]
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