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Monday, 07 November 2016

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Coastal colluvium + coal contest in context 

Mountain Beltway [2016-11-07 17:00:07]  recommend  recommend this post  (43 visits) info
Here’s the answer to the contest: This is an outcrop on the beach at Funzie Bay, Fetlar, Shetland, U.K. The modern beach sediment is the lightest-colored, rounded cobbles at both the top and bottom of the photo. Poking out in between is a layer of light-gray colluvium (angular fragments) overlain by dark peat, now perhaps approaching lignite. Because peat in Shetland cloaks the hillsides but is unlikely to grow a

Peat slide! 

Mountain Beltway [2016-09-10 14:05:39]  recommend  recommend this post  (69 visits) info
Not only does it turn out that peat grows on hill tops, not just valley bottoms, but it can slough off and create "peat slides"

Policy changes in Mongolian capital could improve health, decreasing lives lost to air pollution 

AGU Meetings [2015-12-18 20:44:50]  recommend  recommend this post  (194 visits) info

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Exposure to dangerous contaminants in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia could increase by 10 percent or more by 2024, exacerbating health problems in one of the most polluted cities in the world, a new study finds. Residents of Ulaanbaatar, the most populous city in Mongolia, rely heavily on coal to survive frigid winters in a valley where air pollution is easily trapped. Air pollution in Ulaanbaatar caused an estimated 1,250 premature deaths in 2014, according to Drew Hill, a graduate student in [...]

The Bipolar Attitude of Nuclear Plants and Earthquakes 

Ontario-geofish [2015-08-11 13:34:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (172 visits) info

 JP
Reference So, a pitiful Japanese nuclear reactor got hit by a 1 in 500 seismic event.  Big mess.  The reactor beside it wasn't bothered.  Now they are restarting, and this probably puts less lives at risk than burning coal or oil They had numerous earthquake incidents before to warn them, but ignored everything.  It's all the little things that bring down a plant.  We have the same thing

Spheroidal weathering in sandstone 

Mountain Beltway [2015-05-18 15:02:49]  recommend  recommend this post  (139 visits) info

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Here’s a nice example of spheroidal weathering in a sandstone, developed using orthogonal jointing and bedding: This is one of many sites I visited Saturday near Bolt, West Virginia, on a field trip with NAGT’s Eastern

May 5, 2015 

Geology.com News [2015-05-05 08:10:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (108 visits) info

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Antarctic Ice Core Reveals How Sudden Climate Changes in North Atlantic Moved SouthNational Science Foundation South Africa: Coal, Oil and Gas ReportEnergy Information Administration Volcanic Eruption at Axial Seamount, Off the Oregon Coast The Christian Science Monitor Jupiter’s Moon Ganymede Has a Large Bulge at EquatorPhys.org Range Resources Utica Well with Initial Production of 59

Duke Energy Dan River Spill Fine could reach $100 million 

I think mining [2015-02-19 19:17:54]  recommend  recommend this post  (158 visits) info

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UtilityDIVE reports at this link as follows: Duke Energy reported its Q4 2014 earnings this week and company officials say it is preparing to pay a $100 million fine to settle the ongoing investigation into a coal ash spill into the Dan River in North Carolina. Duke noted the potential fine in its earnings release this week

The Greening of China 

State of the Planet [2014-11-08 05:41:02]  recommend  recommend this post  (618 visits) info

 CN,US
China became the world's largest carbon polluter in 2006, surpassing the U.S. But it is also rapidly becoming greener through cutting coal use, investing heavily in renewable energy and launching the world's largest carbon trading

Pyrite Strobeus Snail Fossil 

Louisville Area Fossils [2014-10-14 03:30:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (555 visits) info

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This is one beautiful and shiny fossil! It appears to be a Strobeus pyrite gastropod fossil. It was found in a coal mine at a depth of 60-250 meters. More pictures below show some more specimens that were found. My identification source is Fossils of Ohio (Bulletin 70, Rodney M. Feldmann Editor, State of Ohio, Department of Natural Resources, Division of Geological Survey, Columbus Ohio

Shansiella? Pyrite Gastropod Fossil 

Louisville Area Fossils [2014-10-10 03:30:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (132 visits) info

 Carboniferous; US
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This pyrite gastropod fossil appears to be a Shansiella. It was found in a coal mine at a depth of 60-250 meters. My identification source is Fossils of Ohio (Bulletin 70, Rodney M. Feldmann Editor, State of Ohio, Department of Natural Resources, Division of Geological Survey, Columbus Ohio 1986) pages 162-173, figure 23 of specimen from Putnam Hill shale (Allegheny Group,

Pyrite Bellerophon Fossil 

Louisville Area Fossils [2014-10-09 03:30:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (100 visits) info

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This pyrite gastropod fossil has well defined ridges that make it easier to identify. It appears to be a Bellerophon. It was found in a coal mine at a depth of 60-250 meters. My identification source is Fossils of Ohio (Bulletin 70, Rodney M. Feldmann Editor, State of Ohio, Department of Natural Resources, Division of Geological Survey, Columbus Ohio 1986) pages 162-173, figures 15-16

Pyrite Trepospira Gastropod Fossil 

Louisville Area Fossils [2014-10-07 03:30:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (111 visits) info

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This gastropod fossil is interesting as it pyrite embedded in a dark shale. It appears to be a Trepospira. It was found in a coal mine at a depth of 60-250 meters. My identification source is Fossils of Ohio (Bulletin 70, Rodney M. Feldmann Editor, State of Ohio, Department of Natural Resources, Division of Geological Survey, Columbus Ohio 1986) pages 162-173, figures 13-14 of specimen

Fault Tree Analysis of Tailings Failure—Maybe Now Mt Polley’s Turn 

I think mining [2014-08-31 23:47:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (167 visits) info

 JP,GB
At this link is a great Master thesis recently completed by Genki Taguchi, a student of the University of British Columbia.  He is now back in Japan working in the coal mining industry.  Dirk Van Zyl supervised the thesis.  A great job by both.  A a document which should become required reading by all in tailings.

The Energy to Fight Injustice 

State of the Planet [2014-08-25 21:04:26]  recommend  recommend this post  (142 visits) info

 CN
The enormity of these anti-nuclear policy decisions is difficult to exaggerate. Energy consumption is an inescapable requirement of development, and renewable energy sources alone cannot satisfy the energy demands of China and other developing nations. They now have no choice but to burn massive amounts of coal if they wish to raise their living

Canadian Mine Wages by Commodity 

I think mining [2014-07-25 06:21:49]  recommend  recommend this post  (88 visits) info

 Ordovician; CA
The hall of the parliament building in Ottawa It does make a difference to your wages if you work on a Canadian metal or diamond or fossil fuel mine.  Here are some numbers to highlight the differences.  I quote from the new CostMine 2014 Survey Results- Canadian Mine Salaries, Wages and Benefits. Here are some

July 23, 2014 

Geology.com News [2014-07-23 13:40:20]  recommend  recommend this post  (82 visits) info

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Lake Mead Drops to Historic Low Levels Reuters How Bats Can Navigate in the Dark National Geographic Researchers Question Expansion of Antarctic Sea Ice Fringe New York Times Diesel from Coal, Natural Gas, and BioMaterials ? National Science Foundation Beyond Rocks for Jocks ? Earth Magazine Iran Oil and Gas Report Energy Information Administration Creationism

Coalbed Methane Resources of Pennsylvania 

Geology.com News [2014-06-10 21:23:16]  recommend  recommend this post  (94 visits) info

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The Spring 2014 edition of Pennsylvania Geology has an article by Antonette Markowski titled: “The State of Pennsylvania’s Coalbed Methane

Evidence of Ancient Forest Fires 

Geology.com News [2014-06-09 16:44:17]  recommend  recommend this post  (64 visits) info

 Carboniferous; CA
“Scientists working in southern Saskatchewan, Canada have found fossilized plants showing evidence of an ancient wildfire, offering clues about forest ecosystems during the age of dinosaurs.” Quoted from the Christian Science Monitor. Related: Similar evidence is commonly seen in Carboniferous coal

Consol: Moving from Coal to Natural Gas 

Geology.com News [2014-06-06 16:40:29]  recommend  recommend this post  (50 visits) info

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“Consol Energy has a 9,000-acre sweet spot containing an estimated 1 Tcf of Marcellus Shale natural gas just outside its Pittsburgh headquarters.” Quoted from the Platts.com

United Kingdom Oil and Natural Gas Report 

Geology.com News [2014-06-04 17:11:13]  recommend  recommend this post  (83 visits) info

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“The United Kingdom is the largest producer of oil and the second-largest producer of natural gas in the European Union. Following years of exports of petroleum and natural gas, the UK became a net importer of all fossil fuels for the first time in 2013.” Quoted from the EIA country
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