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Japan: The earthquake/groundwater connection

NGWA blog [2011-03-17 18:33:41]   recommend this post  (1502 visits)

What happens above the Earth’s surface was dramatically apparent in the recent earthquake devastating Japan. What’s not obvious to the public are impacts beneath the surface to groundwater.While it’s too early to assess, the Japanese can [...]

Animation of Japan foreshocks-main shock-aftershocks

Shaking Earth [2011-03-16 23:57:00]   recommend this post  (1481 visits)

This animation from YouTube showns the main shock at 1:16, with both preceding foreshocks and succeeding aftershocks. Because the energy release increases by a factor of 27.5 with each step in magnitude, most of the energy is released by the main [...]

Hallo Welt!

Caring about Sediments [2011-03-13 18:21:01]   recommend this post  (1376 visits)

Willkommen auf meinem neuen Science-Blog. Die Idee für den Namen des Blogs habe ich übrigens von WALSH, K. (2004): Caring about Sediments: The Role of Cultural Geoarchaeology in Mediterranean Landscapes. In: Journal of Mediterranean Archaeology, [...]

Sea-level development along the NE German Baltic Sea coast

Projektblog - Geozon Science Media [2011-03-15 15:15:00]   recommend this post  (963 visits)

The sea level rise due to climate change is superimposed in the region NE German Baltic Sea by an isostatic component. This was acknowledged by the author team led by Reinhard Lampe from the University of Greifswald in an already [...]

Sendai Japan Tsunami: Before and After Satellite Images

Geology.com News [2011-03-14 20:32:44]   recommend this post  (898 visits)

NASA’s Earth Observatory has before and after satellite images that show the geographic extent of tsunami flooding along the coastline near Sendai,

The vesper bat family tree: of myotines, plecotins, antrozoins, and all those cryptic species (vesper bats part II)

Tetrapod Zoology [2011-03-17 16:13:00]   recommend this post  (887 visits)

So, in the previous article we introduced vesper bats (sensu lato) as a whole, covered the idea that they're pretty diverse in morphology and behaviour, and also looked quickly at where they seem to fit within the bat family tree as a whole. As [...]

Japan earthquake - seismograms

Shaking Earth [2011-03-15 01:57:00]   recommend this post  (866 visits)

My geophysics students Eamon Hall, Conor Neal, and Stacey Sosenko tracked down this seismogram from the Australian seismograph network:Seismograms from the western Australia network of seismograms shows the initial pulse a little more than 10 [...]

Sound of the Japan Earthquake

Geology.com News [2011-03-17 22:47:04]   recommend this post  (843 visits)

The ListenToTheDeep.com website has a sound record of the recent 9.0 M earthquake off the coast of

Maps relevant to the Japanese earthquake of 2011

Geology in Motion [2011-03-14 00:56:07]   recommend this post  (791 visits)

Note: This blog is only for the purpose of providing maps to help with locations.  I am updating the previous posts on the events rather than starting new posts continuously. Unfortunately it's not easy to control the layout of pictures in this [...]

Mine Safety. Mine Safety in Alaska.

I think mining [2011-03-18 00:33:43]   recommend this post  (740 visits)

Mining can be the safest activity.  What you need is the right safety program and skilled people to lead the mine safety program.  That is the message that comes through clear from the presentations this morning at the Alaska Miners Association [...]