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Here are the topics and hosts for the next 4 editions of the Accretionary Wedge: #33 – April – John Van Hoesen of Geologic Musings in the Taconic Mountains hosts. He asks, “How much or what kind of ‘geology’ have you incorporated into you [...]
Geological Musing in the Taconic Mountains [2011-03-06 23:51:00]
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Posting late for this Accretionary Wedge and I was a little overwhelmed by 'favorite' geology photo; I wasn't sure how to decide on my favorite of all time, so I narrowed down my favorite taken during the the last year...Last summer I drove out to [...]
I’ll leave this beautiful sand to speak for itself. It’s from Apolakia Beach on the west coast of Rhodes in the chain of Greek Islands, the Dodecanese. This multi-coloured diversity of grains is a geological anthology of the island’s
The VolcanoDiscovery.com website has some spectacular photos of Indonesia’s Bromo Volcano in Strombolian
Wildlife documentaries are not in short supply. In addition to long-running weekly programs like Nature on PBS and major television events such as the BBC’s Life, there are now entire channels devoted to showcasing seemingly endless playlists [...]
It occurred to me while reading noted historian Douglas Brinkley’s new book The Quiet World: Saving Alaska’s Wilderness Kingdom 1879-1960 that some things don’t seem to change. Brinkley’s book chronicles the efforts of the Federal government [...]
Mixing of classic mantle reservoirs in tetrahedron space, Figure 2 from Hart et al. (1992). Click to view larger.If I ever name a mantle reservoir, I am going to call it the MOJO. Why? Because I would love to give a geochemistry talk where I discuss [...]
Pterosaur eggs have featured on the Musings before, most recently with the quite amazing Darwinopterus egg, but also before with a cast of one of only three known pterosaur embryos. Here though is a picture of an original specimen on display at the [...]
“ESA’s Mars Express has returned new images of an elongated impact crater in the southern hemisphere of Mars. Located just south of the Huygens basin, it could have been carved out by a train of projectiles striking the planet at a shallow [...]
Wenn alles glatt geht, wird sie am Mittwoch um 17:57 Uhr MEZ wieder auf der Erde landen und so ihre letzte Mission beenden. Danach geht die Discovery in den wohlverdienten Ruhestand. Irgendwie wird der Himmel für mich nicht mehr ganz der selbe [...]