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Japan and the difficult choice -- earthquake

Ontario-geofish [19:49:00]

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 Most of the damaged buildings are on mud and were hit with 40 cm/s.  This is exactly the same as Christchurch.  Their difficult choice is to certify the remaining buildings for occupation.  The problem is that there is no sign of damage, so this whole thing about 'inspection' is a farce.In Christchurch, NZ, a building had no observable damage, it was occupied, and then

Unforced variations: Jan 2024

Real Climate [19:19:17]

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New year, new open thread on climate topics. Note that summaries and updates to include 2023 data will be posted on the surface temperature graphics page and model-observations comparison page over the next couple of weeks as the data becomes available. The post Unforced variations: Jan 2024 first appeared on RealClimate.

Il terremoto della penisola di Noto in Giappone del 1° gennaio 2024

scienzeedintorni [18:37:00]

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Questa mattina 1 gennaio (in Italia, in Giappone era pomeriggio) nella penisola di Noto, lungo la costa occidentale di Honshu, un evento per USGS di M 5.8 ha preceduto di 4 minuti più o meno nella stessa [...]

Japan shallow thrust earthquake

Ontario-geofish [12:57:00]

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 This was a thrust earthquake in the 'backyard', which is normally extension.The aftershocks have already defined the fault plane.Since it was some distance out, the Peak Ground Velocity is probably [...]

HOLLARDOPS: LE MAÎTRE

ARCHEA [04:13:00]

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Hollardops sp. Devonian TrilobiteHollardops is a genus of trilobite in the order Phacopida that lived during the Eifelian of the Middle Devonian. It was described by Le Maître in 1952 under type [...]

Relating minerals and rocks to everyday objects

Earth Learning Idea [16:47:00]

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'What is it made of? Relate each mineral or rock to the everyday object containing it.'This activity emphasises the presence of geological resources in many of the things used in our daily lives.Other related [...]

First Arctic blob chopped off at the knees, second one builds up

Ontario-geofish [12:25:00]

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 For New Years, the blob has been cut off by Pacific air.The second one is running at 80% certainty, since there appears to be no Pacific air coming over the mountains.The Arctic is fully charged at [...]

Bothriolepis canadensis Fish Fossil

Louisville Area Fossils [02:00:00]

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This image is of a placoderm (bottom-feeding fish) fossil aka Bothriolepis canadensis (Whiteaves, 1880) on display at Mace Brown Museum of Natural History (August 2017). It was found in Quebec, Canada and [...]