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Selected IFCEE 2015 Articles Free for Limited Time 

GeoPrac.net [2015-07-27 10:00:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (165 visits) info

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The 2015 International Foundation Congress and Equipment Expo was held in San Antonio back in March of this year.  The proceedings from IFCEE 2015 are now available online and for purchase at the ASCE Library.  However, they are offering a selection of papers for free for a limited time, you just need to be registered with ASCE Library. You can register for free to get access if you haven’t already. Group Effects on Piles Behavior under Lateral Loading Pooya [...]

Obama Administration Releases Federal Fracking Regulations 

Mineral Law Blog [2015-03-20 23:58:18]  recommend  recommend this post  (143 visits) info

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Today, Friday, March 20, the Bureau of Land Management (“BLM”), an agency within the Department of the Interior, published regulations for hydraulic fracturing on Federal and Indian lands.  The Final Rule becomes effective in 90 days and will impact about 2,800-3,800 wells each year.  In 2013, 90% of the 2,800 new wells on Federal and … Continue

Highs and lows: height changes in the ice sheets mapped 

Gunnars Geo-Blog [2014-08-20 20:42:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (178 visits) info

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     Researchers from the Alfred Wegener Institute in Germany have used satellite data to map elevation and elevation changes in both Greenland and Antarctica. The new maps are the most complete published to date, from a single satellite mission. They also show the ice sheets are losing volume at an unprecedented rate of about 500 cubic kilometres per year. The results are published today

Advice to high school senior 

Seismos [2014-07-14 00:25:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (711 visits) info

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Jul 13, 2014, at 1:55 PMHello,My name is Ross [----] and I will be a senior at [----] High school in Missouri this year. I am considering either geology or geophysics as a major for college. I am specifically looking for guidance regarding the future job outlook for both of these careers in the next 20 years. I am also considering majoring in petroleum engineering and need some insight about the advantages and disadvantages concerning this career compared to geology/geophysics. Also, [...]

US Mining Salaries: 2013 Survey Results 

I think mining [2014-01-23 02:02:01]  recommend  recommend this post  (95 visits) info

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I  received the CostMine U.S. Metal & Industrial Minerals Mine Salaries, Wages & Benefits, 2013 Survey Results a month or two back.  Now is time to get down to blog about some of the salaries.  All figures are in thousands of US dollars per year.  First some averages for all mines in the USA: General

Video timeline of 2012 Arizona earthquakes 

Arizona Geology [2013-02-18 22:02:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (59 visits) info
Jeri Young, who runs the Arizona Broadband Seismic Network for AZGS,  compiled all the earthquakes we identified for 2012.  We put these into Microsoft's Layerscape software (easy to do from Excel spreadsheets) to create a short timeline showing where the earthquakes occurred through the year.     The video starts at January 2012 and runs through January 2013.   Dates are shown in the

Most Popular GeoPrac.net Content of 2012 

GeoPrac.net [2013-01-14 14:07:03]  recommend  recommend this post  (126 visits) info
Sorry for the delay, I found some problems with my script that generates these statistics.  Here are the most popular GeoPrac.net articles that were published during 2012.  I have pro-rated the total number of hits based on how long they have been published.  That might give a bit of an edge to articles published more recently, but the alternative would bias towards those articles published earlier in the year.  At any rate, enjoy!  P.S. – Sign up for the free [...]

First geologic map of Arizona re-issued 

Arizona Geology [2013-01-13 22:49:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (93 visits) info
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AZGS has re-issued the first statewide geologic map of Arizona in recognition of our 125th anniversary this year.  The Geologic Map of the State of Arizona, 1924, by N.H. Darton, C. Lausen and E.D. Wilson is online for free downloading.   The authors were all leading lights of the early years of geologic exploration in Arizona. The original map was published at
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