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Job offer: PostDoc on seismic hazard characterization & mitigation, Aix-en-Provence 

The CEREGE laboratory in Aix-en-Provence (France) look for a PostDoc in the field of seismic hazard and/or earthquake geology. The position is in the framework of the RISKMED OT MED funded project “ Natural risks in the Mediterranean: Hazard, vulnerability, perception and management”. Deadline for application is 4 July. Tasks: Organisation and implementation of field surveys in Italy and Turkey in collaboration with local colleagues. Review and compile existing data, and acquire new data to [...]

Review of a paper: fatal landslides in Europe 

In a paper just published in the journal landslides, Haque et al (2016) present data on fatal landslides in Europe between 1995 and

WASHINGTON ROCKS- new geology guide bookington 

Washington Rocks by Eugene Kiver, Chad Pritchard and Richard Orndorff Published by Mountain Press Publishing. 130 pages. $18 Review by D. Tucker Here’s a fun new geology guide to the entire state of Washington, hot off the press. Washington Rocks! takes you to 57 sites and provides a 1-3 page description of the geology of

Fatal landslides in 2016 so far 

A review of fatal landslides in 2016 to date suggests that so far the number of events and number of deaths is very similar to

Timberville 

Join Callan for a virtual field trip, as he shares dozens of photos from a recent 'field review' of a new geological map in Virginia's Valley & Ridge province. Highlights: graptolites, trace fossils, geopetal structures, folds and

Book- Landscapes And Landforms Of India 

Landscapes and Landforms of India ed. Vishwas S. Kale  This is a much needed compilation by different experts of the varied geomorphological provinces of India. Every university and college in India should get a copy. Review - Landscapes and Landforms of India by L.S. Chamyal of the University of

More Catniss 

Should probably be blogging about our little paper in review at Climate of the Past. But bugger that:  new catz have arrived! Archie and Alfie grew to be large and elegant beasts, and went to a new home in mid-January. They went together, which was fortunate, as they were highly entangled. Hopefully they will provide many years of fun and friendship for their new Ma and Pa in Kendal.

2015 in review (with pictures) 

2015 was an incredible year of scientific adventures for the Watershed Hydrology lab. Here are some of our highlights:   These Piper diagrams show the geochemistry of flowback water from fracking operations in the Marcellus shale of Pennsylvania, relative to literature values of groundwater contaminated with road salt, septic waste, and animal

My Nexus 5x review 

I got it yesterday.  Stupid thing needs a nano sim card, so I have to go and buy one.  It's exactly the same as the old Nexus except for the super-neat fingerprint reader.  Android Pay isn't in Canada, so this isn't that important.  It has rapid charging where I can't tell any difference.  I'm hoping to use it for navigation, which means super-expensive monopoly Canadian data, and I'm hoping

The seismically triggered landslide dam in Honshiyan, Yunnan, China: a review of a new paper 

In a just published paper, Zhang et al. 2015 describe the emergency works undertaken to mitigate the seismically triggered landslide dam at Honshiyan, Yunnan in China in

King Craptor's "Jur-Ass-Kick World" Review 

In the interest of providing another opinion on Jurassic World, which is something the world sorely needs, we at LITC are giving a guest post to one "King Craptor."I liked that movie so much I gave it the title "Jur-Ass-Kick World"! The dinosaurs were mostly strong and it was very exciting to see the people die. I liked it that dinosaurs died to, like the brontosauruses that died, those were better dead than alive, and it was exciting to see how dead they were. I liked the mean pterodactyls [...]

I Want to Know What Love Is (Foreigner) -Lirik, Chord, Review 

“I wanna know what love is, I want you to show me, I wanna feel what love is, I know you can show me”. For fans of slow rock music of all time, probably remember the lyrics above fragment which is part chorus of a song kunci gitar slank legendary world. The song is one […] The post I Want to Know What Love Is (Foreigner) -Lirik, Chord, Review appeared first on Liberty, Equality, and

SoftwareX: the new “coding” magazine 

Thanks to a recent post in the Geoscience and Remote Sensing group on Facebook I discovered SoftwareX. SoftwareX is a new journal from the Elsevier. It focusses more on software which was used for gaining scientific results and not on the results itself. Let’s check it out: SoftwareX- the setting The journal is open access but still within the full Elsevier environment: articles are only published after review and they will be shared within ScienceDirect. It is free to download, copy and [...]

Review of a paper:- The 2005 waste landslide at the Leuwigajah dumpsite in Indonesia 

In a recent open access paper, Lavigne et al (2005) have investigated a catastrophic landslide at the Leuwigajah dumpsite Indonesia, which killed 143

Review of a paper: progressive failure leading to a rockfall in Catalonia, Spain 

An important new paper by Royan et al (2015) has used terrestrial LiDAR to examine progressive failure of a rockslope in

Mining Week in Review 

It has been a tumultuous week of many events.   No blogging however. No topic caught my attention enough to spur the muse and misogynist.  So here a few stories of mining to entertain us and prompt the responsible journalist to attention. I heard that Todd Martin previously of AMEC is going to Anglo American to take charge

Sideshow Apatosaurus sans background 

I made these for my own use in talks, and then thought, why be selfish? Like everything else on this blog, these images are now released to the world under the CC-BY license. Have fun with them. You can read my review of the Sideshow Apatosaurus here; the TL;DR is that it’s awesome. And if

Top GeoPrac.net Content of 2014 

 Here they are, the most popular posts from this year. Happy New Year everyone! Getting Under Your Feet – The Revolutionary Technology of Geogrids - Published Dec 5, 2014 (59.5 hits/day, 1,553 page impressions total) Hayward Baker to Provide Ground Improvement for New Atlanta Stadium Project - Published Sep 19, 2014 (56.1 hits/day, 5,780 page impressions total) Dataforensics and Keynetix Announce Major Partnership - Published Dec 18, 2014 (54.4 hits/day, 693 page [...]

2014 in review 

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2014 annual report for this blog. Here's an excerpt: The Louvre Museum has 8.5 million visitors per year. This blog was viewed about 220,000 times in 2014. If it were an exhibit at the Louvre Museum, it would take about 9 days for that many people to see

Post Doctoral Position in Paleobiology/Paleoclimatology 

The Center for Integrative Geosciences at the University of Connecticut invites applications for a postdoctoral researcher in the area of paleobiology, paleoclimatology and/or earth-system modeling. Information about the Center and University can be found at www.geosciences.uconn.edu.Minimum Qualifications: Candidates must have PhD in the geosciences, biosciences or related field, focusing in the area of paleobiology, paleoclimatology and/or earth-system modeling before the start date. A [...]