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Boston.com has a gallery of photos taken in Indonesia of the Mount Merapi eruption and its impact. Some of the photos are scientific but others show damage, injury and death caused by the
Geological Musing in the Taconic Mountains [2010-11-12 04:12:00]
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So, I've neglected my blogging once again and got a gentle nudge this evening at the Fine International Gigapan Conference to return to the cause. It only makes sense that my 'return' should be Gigapan related... I have a number of Gigapan images [...]
Abb. 1:Mount Merapi am 8. November 2010. Credit: NASA
Der Mount Merapi ist nach wie vor aktiv und zeigt bislang keine Anzeichen dafür, dass sich daran in nächster Zeit etwas ändern könnte. Am 8. November erreichten [...]
Some areas of the seafloor are littered with manganese nodules that are rich in metals such as copper, nickel, cobalt and manganese. They are also known to contain rare earth elements in recoverable quantities. Anticipated shortages of rare earth [...]
We're a little loopy at LRRD now, from both overwork and excitement.Today we moved the Em4 model we hauled to GSA-Denver off a truck and into our lab. The rules of hydraulic similitude dictated a 4-meter length for the Em4. It's about the size [...]
This week on the Science Channel the Meteorite Men searched a few strewn fields in Chile’s Atacama Desert. The Atacama is a great place to search for meteorites because the climate is very dry and meteorites are not rapidly attacked by [...]
Fast hätte ich es vergessen: Hier das Poster das Stefan und ich auf der PalGes zum Thema Furchensteine vorgestellt haben.Die Chiemsee-Furchensteine: wie aus Bioerosion eine Katastrophe wird Ja, ich weiss... wir haben uns [...]
Nicht erst seit der letzten Finanzkrise ist es in aller Munde: Das Staatsdefizit. Das möchten die betreffenden Staaten natürlich gerne wieder senken, und es mangelt auch nicht an Vorschlägen. Waren während der Krise keine [...]
Earth Observatory has a satellite image that clearly shows the calcium carbonate deposits in Pyramid Lake, located near the Nevada-California border. The calcium carbonate is in the form of tufa, a type of limestone formed by the precipitation of [...]
So, I'm about a week late to the party, but I wanted to make sure we all recognize the 10th anniversary of the Smithsonian Institute and USGS Global Volcanism Program's Weekly Volcanic Activity Report. I know, for me, it was one of the first things [...]