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Saturday, 25 June 2016

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Something is going on in Bárðarbunga volcano 

Iceland Volcano and Earthquake blog [2016-06-25 16:00:36]  recommend  recommend this post  (215 visits) info
This is little short on details as of yet. There is clearly something going on in Bárðarbunga volcano. I don’t know what at the moment, several earthquakes have appeared, the strongest one with the magnitude of 4,0 so … Continue reading

June 21st 'The Key Principles and Practicalities of Earthworks' 

Geology in the West Country [2016-06-13 15:20:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (149 visits) info

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Darwin Room, The Hub, 500 Aztec West, Almondsbury, Bristol, BS32 4RZ.  Further details contact Western Regional

Minutes Taker required. 

Outcrop - The Blog of the Avon RIGS Group [2016-06-09 10:53:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (161 visits) info
The Avon RIGS Group are looking for a Minutes Taker for their quarterly full afternoon meetings. For more details please contact David Moore, member of the Avon RIGS Group, at david.moore@bristol.ac.uk, or on 07742 299443, if no email contacting is

Join Me on the Alsek River in the Yukon Territory and Southeast Alaska on a Geology-Themed Raft Trip, August 2017 

Earthly Musings [2016-06-08 19:50:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (167 visits) info
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View of the Fairweather Range from the lower Alsek River  Join me as we float the mighty Alsek River, located in the heart of North America's largest wilderness in the Yukon Territory and southeast Alaska, for 11 days in August, 2017. I will accompany this trip that begins in Haines Alaska, with an overland excursion to the put-in located in the Yukon Territory in Canada. We will float 142 river miles from the interior to the Pacific at Dry Bay. It is a spectacular journey that includes a [...]

2016 Awards – Michael de Freitas, William Smith Medallist 

Geological Society of London blog [2016-06-06 15:55:38]  recommend  recommend this post  (193 visits) info
On Wednesday 8th June, we will be presenting the 2016 Geological Society awards – see below for details of how to come along! This year’s William Smith Medal – named for the man responsible for the first geological map of a … Continue reading

Box Rock Circus - new metal casts for fossil rubbings 

Geology in the West Country [2016-05-17 18:52:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (179 visits) info
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The original fossil casts which had weathered badly have now been replaced by metal. Hopefully, these will last a bit longer.Further details can be found on the website. Click here to download a leaflet with all the

19th April - GWR Electrification 

Geology in the West Country [2016-04-14 17:54:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (168 visits) info

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Piles, Piles, and More Piles!Great Western Railway- Geotechnical Engineering for Electrification 19th April 2016, 6.30pm - Refreshments from 6pmThe Western Regional Group is pleased to invite Jon Esser to give an overview of the Great Western Electrification Programme from the perspective of the geotechnical discipline and also drawing on some wider project challenges.The Great Western Electrification Programme (GWEp) aims to electrify one of Britain’s oldest and busiest railways, providing [...]

GfGD at the EGU General Assembly 2016 

Geology for Global Development [2016-04-05 09:00:59]  recommend  recommend this post  (179 visits) info

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The EGU General Assembly is an annual gathering of thousands of geoscientists from all over the world, taking place this year in Vienna from 17-22nd April. It has been a regular feature of my personal research calendar since 2012, becoming a great opportunity to also talk about GfGD and learn from others engaged in development activities. The EGU Programme includes 10,000+ abstracts, covering all disciplines of the Earth, planetary and space sciences, and great debates, press conferences, [...]

Five new GIGAmacro images 

Mountain Beltway [2016-04-02 13:06:04]  recommend  recommend this post  (164 visits) info

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Here are a few new images I’ve been working on with my home-based Magnify2 imaging system from GIGAmacro. Strophomenid brachiopods from Mississippian Mauch Chunk Formation, West Virginia: Link Boninite from New Caledonia: Link Lepidodendron scale-tree bark from Poland: Link Potassium feldspar crystal, from a pegmatite: Link Catoctin Formation greenstone from a feeder dike east of Linden, Virginia: Link Enjoy exploring them for

17 - 19th June - Corsham Walking Festival 

Geology in the West Country [2016-03-14 12:47:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (179 visits) info

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Friday 17th June - Box to Brown's Folly Nature ReserveA circular walk leaving Box and climbing to Brown's Folly Nature reserve,an SSSI site; joined there by Prof. Maurice Tucker, eminent geologist for exploration and information.Further details from the Corsham Walking Festival

Record number of activity downloads in February 

Earth Learning Idea [2016-03-01 16:59:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (154 visits) info
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We have just completed our monthly analysis of Earthlearningidea and are very pleased to announce another record. There were 63,176 downloads of our activities in all our translated languages across the world in February. Further details may be found on the ELI in the world page of the website. Many thanks to our hundreds of supporters. Please keep the ideas

6th February - 'Walking through time', Channel 4, 8p.m. 

Geology in the West Country [2016-02-04 16:07:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (161 visits) info

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Please refer to the Geology Society of London blog for more

Earthquake swarm in Bárðarbunga volcano (Week 03/2016) 

Iceland Volcano and Earthquake blog [2016-01-20 22:38:42]  recommend  recommend this post  (245 visits) info
Today (20-January-2016) at 13:05 UTC an earthquake swarm started in Bárðarbunga volcano. This earthquake swarm was not a surprise to me, since I had seen clues it would happen on 10-11 of January-2016 (more details later in this … Continue reading

CORE DESCRIBERS : 3 teams, 3 specialities, 1 goal ! episode 3 Structural Geol. con't 

JOIDES Resolution blogs [2016-01-14 09:30:37]  recommend  recommend this post  (187 visits) info
I will give you more details and show you some pictures to precise again the work of this team ... read

EGU2016: Applying for financial support to attend the General Assembly 

GeoLog-The official blog of the European Geosciences Union [2015-11-12 13:00:23]  recommend  recommend this post  (175 visits) info

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The EGU is committed to promoting the participation of both early career scientists and established researchers from low and middle income countries who wish to present their work at the EGU General Assembly. In order to encourage participation of scientists from both these groups, a limited amount of the overall budget of the EGU General Assembly is reserved to provide financial support to those who wish to attend the meeting. From 2005 to 2015, the total amount awarded grew from about €50k [...]

November 5th - Decorative & Building Stones / November 7th - Geologists' Association Festival 

Geology in the West Country [2015-10-27 17:02:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (142 visits) info

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November 5th - The Geology of Decorative and Building Stones at Kingston Lacy; the William Bankes Palladian Mansion and Park, near Wimborne, Dorset.Peter Bath, Dorset Geologists' Association GroupKingston Lacy Hall is a major, but little known, competitor to Chatsworth for decorative polished stone; notably for foreign stones of Grand Tour Provenance. Two dozen notable rocks from the African Precambrian basement, Mesozoic Sediments and many resulting from the Alpine and Apennine Orogenies have [...]

EGU Awards and Medals 2016 

GeoLog-The official blog of the European Geosciences Union [2015-10-27 15:57:32]  recommend  recommend this post  (131 visits) info

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Yesterday, the EGU announced the 49 recipients of next year’s Union Medals and Awards, Division Medals, and Division Outstanding Young Scientists Awards. The aim of the awards is to recognise the efforts of the awardees in furthering our understanding of the Earth, planetary and space sciences. The prizes will be handed out during the EGU 2016 General Assembly in Vienna on 17-22 April. Head over to the EGU website for the full list of awardees. Nineteen out of the total 49 awards went to [...]

The Mount Steele rock avalanche: more details from the seismic data 

The Landslide Blog [2015-10-20 07:30:15]  recommend  recommend this post  (198 visits) info

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Further analysis of the Mount Steele rock avalanche in the Yukon of Canada shows that the landslide had a volume of about 20 million cubic

The Hubble Telescope View of Jupiter is Amazing 

Dan\'s Wild Wild Science Journal [2015-10-14 23:32:37]  recommend  recommend this post  (140 visits) info
From NASA: New imagery from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope is revealing details never before seen on Jupiter. High-resolution maps and spinning globes (rendered in the 4k Ultra HD format) are the first products to come from a program to study the solar system’s outer planets each year using Hubble. The observations are designed to capture a broad range of features, including winds, clouds, storms and atmospheric chemistry. These annual studies

GfGD Annual Conference – Session 4 Details 

Geology for Global Development [2015-10-02 11:00:22]  recommend  recommend this post  (228 visits) info
Our 3rd Annual Conference, with the theme Fighting Global Poverty – Geology and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) takes place on Friday 30th October, hosted by the Geological Society of London.  Session 4 will be a short interactive session with the theme: “How should the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) shape… geoscience education, research, industry practice, NGO engagement?“. Over the next year we will be developing a strategy for GfGD’s work that [...]
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