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Thursday, 30 June 2016

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Road Sign Thursday: Dust Storm! 

Looking for Detachment [2016-06-30 18:00:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (180 visits) info

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Someone at US Ends.com suggested, when posting a photo of a similar sign on eastbound I-70, that there is one speed limit for regular travelers and a second, lower speed limit for dust storms. I took this photo in 2006 on I-70 in Utah, while MOH and I were traveling in an easterly direction. The sign was located near Cisco (location way below), and it's apparently no longer there, or anyhoo

Thamnopora sp. coral from the Martin formation of Arizona 

Views of the Mahantango [2016-06-28 09:01:00]  recommend  1 recommendations  (135 visits) info

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By far the most prolific constituent of the fossils I found in the Martin formation in Arizona is Thamnopora sp.  This genera is also called Coenites in older literature.  It is most common as finger like branches covered in individual corallites, but also forms amorphous masses. Teichert mentions in his paper:Among tabulate corals Thamnopora is by far the most commonly represented genus, and in many beds it occurs alone (fig. 26). Like Amphipora, the branches of Thamnopora colonies [...]

Imaggeo on Mondays: Using geophysical techniques to unlock the secrets of the past 

GeoLog-The official blog of the European Geosciences Union [2016-06-13 13:15:29]  recommend  recommend this post  (155 visits) info

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Unravelling the secrets of past civilisations is tricky at the best of times. More so if many of the records which hold clues about how communities lived, built their homes and temples, as well as how they fed themselves, were destroyed by subsequent invaders. In these instances, as Felix Rodriguez Cardozo explains in today’s post, geophysical techniques (such as Lidar, which very recently hit the headlines for contributing to discover new Cambodian temples close to Angkor Wat) can be a great [...]

A call for upgrading America's infrastructure and, in particular, aging dams 

Geology in Motion [2016-05-18 16:57:03]  recommend  recommend this post  (177 visits) info

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Hoover Dam, photo by Mike Blake, ReutersImage from the article cited in textI'm not going to summarize the article linked here, but having worked around dams, I truly believe the conclusions of this writer: major investment required to date infrastructure that dates back to the end of WWII, or even

How to Survive A Tornado 

Dan\'s Wild Wild Science Journal [2016-05-11 00:06:57]  recommend  recommend this post  (217 visits) info

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I have said it to countless people over the last 36 years: Put as many walls between you and the outside as possible if a tornado is approaching, and if there is a bathroom in the middle of the house, that’s the place to go. The photo above was taken by one of the storm survey teams from the NWS in Norman,OK today and the young man in the picture

Sea Story #3 = The other rescue 

JOIDES Resolution blogs [2016-03-29 18:35:27]  recommend  recommend this post  (129 visits) info
This story comes from Cornelis Van Gelder, one of our crane operators.  He gave me a video to watch, but no photos to post (the one photo here is just of a construction ship he used to work on). read

Vallis Vale de la Beche unconformity - damage to this SSSI 

Geology in the West Country [2016-03-22 12:09:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (154 visits) info

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Message from Alan Holiday, DIGS Group "I was at Vallis Vale today with a group from Sherborne U3A. As you can see from the photo someone had had a bonfire on the unconformity surface!I wasn’t in a position to clear up the mess unfortunately.I was wondering if we might approach this through local school(s) if there is a geology dept or through geography or science  departments and try and get the staff on board to explain why this shouldn’t happen. When I was on the site in the summer [...]

Photo of the Week #51 

GeoSphere [2016-03-07 13:25:32]  recommend  recommend this post  (188 visits) info
I’m getting back in the bog saddle. After a brief hiatus as I was adjusting to the life of a real, productive member of the PGS (post grad school) world I am good to go for blogging again.... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

First day sampling 

polar soils blog [2016-02-27 04:10:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (130 visits) info

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Today we made it to our first sampling site! As you read in an earlier post, we are looking at soil biodiversity at many stops all along the entire Antarctic Peninsula. Today's stop is at Biscoe Point on Anvers Island, one of the most southern of our sampling sites this year (and about halfway down the entire gradient we're sampling). When we sample at a site, we collect soil from under five different types of plant cover: grass, moss, lichen, algae, and bare soil. We want to know how [...]

Data Recovery 

polar soils blog [2016-02-26 03:46:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (170 visits) info
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We finally made it through the Drake Passage! It was a rough ride, so I’m glad it’s over. Today, we were helping out another project. Over a year ago, a group of scientists dropped moorings into the ocean to measure sea temperature. They are concerned that temperature change will allow an invasive crab to move into Antarctica from the deep ocean. The crab could have a BIG impact, because it would be a new predator in the ecosystem! The deep ocean crab hasn’t been able to live in [...]

Birds of the Southern Wilds 

JOIDES Resolution blogs [2016-02-22 12:28:53]  recommend  recommend this post  (148 visits) info
In recent days we have been seeing increasing numbers of wildlife--albatross, giant petrels (like the one in the photo) and even a sperm whale. read

Finding a Thesis: Views and Geography and ... Oh, What's That? 

Looking for Detachment [2016-02-16 19:00:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (196 visits) info

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And so, we'll leave the millsite and locked gate on the northeast side of Mineral Ridge to get on with thesis hunting outside Nevada, for a change, and ... what's that up ahead? As we round the bend, The Crater, a basalt cinder cone comes fully into view. The Crater, beyond the metal posts of the old gate. In the photo above, the low range of hills beyond the Clayton Valley playa on

2nd photo for blog below 

JOIDES Resolution blogs [2016-02-14 22:46:04]  recommend  recommend this post  (167 visits) info
Pretty little G. multicamerata

Happy International Women in Science Day! 

JOIDES Resolution blogs [2016-02-11 23:00:34]  recommend  recommend this post  (151 visits) info
The photo is actually still missing two of the women aboard this expedition. Also, please make sure to read the updated webpage for Expedition 361 - I've added a "primer" version to the scientific abstract explaining the expedition's mission and goals.  Let me know if it

Happy Year of the Monkey! 

JOIDES Resolution blogs [2016-02-08 22:13:28]  recommend  recommend this post  (694 visits) info

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Our three scientists working at Japanese universities created a New Year's dragon and welcomed in the Year of the Monkey, complete with candy erupting as fire from the dragon's craw.  A much more entertaining staff meeting!  Unfortunately I only have a photo of the puppet's head - if someone shares a photo of Francisco, Kaoru and Masako performing in it, I will replace mine for

2nd photo for blog below 

JOIDES Resolution blogs [2016-02-04 13:10:27]  recommend  recommend this post  (114 visits) info

Born This Day: Roy Chapman Andrews 

Palaeoblog [2016-01-26 14:55:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (166 visits) info

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Photo from Parade of Life Through The Ages, by Charles Knight, Nat. Geo., Feb. 1942. From the American Museum of Natural History web site: Adventurer, administrator, and Museum promoter — Andrews (Jan. 26, 1884 – March 11, 1960) spent his entire career at the American Museum of Natural History, where he rose through the ranks from departmental assistant, to expedition organizer, to

Aerial Views of Two Northwest Volcanoes 

Looking for Detachment [2016-01-22 18:30:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (674 visits) info
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My first view of Mt. Rainier out the window on New Year's Day was quite colorful, but the high-order rainbow effect of alternating pinks and greens was due to refraction, from shooting sideways through the Bombadier Q400's window toward the front of the plane. I waited until Rainier moved fully into view for the next shot: Photo looking almost due east. The high peak on the left is

The Conclusion of Our Float Test 

Looking for Detachment [2016-01-12 18:30:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (166 visits) info
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We're about to test the rocks I posted about last week. We have six float candidates (description here). I voted for rocks #2 and #3 (as counted from the left in the photo shown above), with a "might" for #1 and "probably not" for #5. I did have the distinct advantage of being able to hold the specimens, thereby testing the heft In comments, I got votes for: 1) Howard: none of the above

Finding a Thesis: Coming into Clayton Valley 

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On the road to Silver Peak from the east, about six or seven miles past Alkali and while one is still on pavement, Clayton Valley comes into view. The road turns to dirt—gravel and dust—not far beyond this first photo, and not far before the second. Panoramic view of Clayton Valley in front of the eastern nose of Mineral Ridge. The same photo, labelled. In this view, we're looking
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