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Geoblogosphere weekly review (48th week of 2010, 869 weeks ago)
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Bulusan Volcano, Philippines
One of the most prominent among the active volcanic arcs in the Philippine Mobile Belt is the Bicol Arc, a ~260 km long volcanic arc located in the central-eastern margin of the Philippine Mobile Belt. The Bicol Arc hosts three of the active [...]
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The Jaws of Plant Predators
This is a guest post by Thomas M. Fletcher, Christine M. Janis and Emily J. Rayfield from the Department of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, authors of Finite Element Analysis of Ungulate Jaws: Can Mode of Digestive Physiology be Determined? [...]The Most Expensive Gemstone: Pink Diamond Sells for $46 Million
A 24.78 carat “fancy intense pink” diamond named “The Graff Pink” was sold at auction in Geneva for $46 million. This is the highest price ever paid for a gemstone atYoungina, Undergrad Research, and Nick Gardner
Last week, the online, open access journal Palaeontologia Electronica published a new issue, with a fantastic spectrum of papers. Much discussion has ensued on the blogosphere. For one, PE is unusual among paleontological journals in having its own [...]
Sand and ice 1: deep time and the struggles of life
Catching up on catching up, I finally settled down for an hour or so to attack the pile of journals and magazines that had accumulated during my travels – a forlorn task, since there is always a pile. TheMorphology of a forced regression
'Forced regression' is an important concept in sequence stratigraphy - it occurs when relative sea level falls and the shoreline shifts in a seaward direction, regardless of how much sediment is delivered to the sea. This is in contrast with [...]
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Kazakhstan Oil and Gas
“Full development of its major oilfields could make Kazakhstan one of the world’s top 5 oil producers within the next decade. With production of 1.54 million barrels per day (bbl/d) in 2009, Kazakhstan is already a major producer, and [...]Mystery Rock Found in Waldron Shale Pile
This rock was found in a pile of Silurian Period Waldron Shale next to a busy parking lot. One side of it has a black layer that attracts a magnet. [I sometimes test things found with rare earth magnets after watching the Science Channel [...]
Iceland: Nearly 100% Renewable Energy
Almost 100% of the energy consumed in Iceland is produced from renewable sources. This video provides a good summary of how they produce their energy. They used to be big fossil fuelJersey City Zoning vs Natural Gas Pipeline
Jersey City passed a zoning ordinance to ban a proposed natural gas pipeline from crossing the city. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission says that a city can not use zoning ordinances to block interstate Ads: