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Geoblogosphere weekly review (50th week of 2011, 1300 weeks ago)

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Blogs:

Most active blogs:
  1. Geology.com News (40 posts)
  2. AGU Meetings (24 posts)
  3. State of the Planet (19 posts)
  4. Geology News (11 posts)
  5. JOIDES Resolution blogs (10 posts)
  6. Geology in the West Country (10 posts)
  7. James’ Empty Blog (9 posts)
  8. Ontario-geofish (9 posts)
  9. Volcano Science And News Blog (9 posts)
  10. Dave Hone’s Archosaur Musings (8 posts)
Most visited blogs:
  1. Geology.com News (3460 visits)
  2. Iceland Volcano and Earthquake blog (1726 visits)
  3. Geology in the West Country (1718 visits)
  4. AGU Meetings (1611 visits)
  5. Louisville Area Fossils (1251 visits)
  6. State of the Planet (1042 visits)
  7. Geology Joe (1025 visits)
  8. Arizona Geology (755 visits)
  9. Earth Sciences and Maps Library Blog (698 visits)
  10. Geology News (651 visits)

Topics:

Top keywords:
  1. 2011 Fall Meeting (23)
  2. Dinosaurs (14)
  3. San Francisco (12)
  4. American Geophysical Union (11)
  5. earthquakes (11)
  6. Energy (10)
  7. Geophysical (9)
  8. flickr (8)
  9. Meeting (8)
  10. silurian (7)
Top places:
  1. San Francisco (15)
  2. United States (11)
  3. California (8)
  4. Japan (6)
  5. Pacific Ocean (5)
  6. Antarctic (4)
  7. Canada (4)
  8. Indiana (4)
  9. Iceland (4)
  10. Arizona (4)
Top stratigraphy:
  1. Silurian (7)
  2. Cretaceous (7)
  3. Ordovician (5)
  4. Devonian (3)
  5. Triassic (2)
  6. Mesozoic (2)
  7. Jurassic (1)
  8. Neogene (1)
  9. Carboniferous (1)
  10. Cenozoic (1)

Posts:

The 10 most frequently clicked posts:

Soil gas sampling

Geology Joe [2011-12-04 01:10:00]   recommend this post  (1025 visits)
This is me, in early november collecting a soli gas sample from a site in Brewer,

Import Reliance on Critical Minerals

Geology.com News [2011-12-04 22:17:19]   recommend this post  (994 visits)
The American Geosciences Institute has an interesting article on critical minerals that outlines what makes a mineral “critical” and how the sudden loss of these resources could impact both the U.S. and global economy. The United States has a [...]

Troosticrinus reinwardti Blastoid

Louisville Area Fossils [2011-12-04 18:30:00]   recommend this post  (801 visits)
The elusive Silurian blastoid, Troosticrinus reinwardti, found in Decatur County, Tennessee. This specimen was found in the Brownsport Formation. Named for Tennessee's first state geologist, Gerard Troost (learn more about Troost: CLICK HERE).Thanks [...]

New media hype over Katla volcano

Iceland Volcano and Earthquake blog [2011-12-04 05:35:08]   recommend this post  (744 visits)
There apparently is a new media hype over Katla volcano in the British press. This time around it is from BBC News. The news in question claims that a eruption in Katla volcano is going to have a global impact. … Continue reading

New Canary Island emerges from the sea

Geology in the West Country [2011-12-06 17:58:00]   recommend this post  (728 visits)
An undersea volcano erupting just south of Spain's Canary Islands may be the beginnings of a new island, or an extension to an existing one. For more than a month, the underwater volcano has been erupting three miles to the south of El Hierro, [...]

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AGU Meetings [2011-12-08 04:06:44]   recommend this post  (716 visits)
The news about drought is that – compared to other natural hazards like earthquakes and hurricanes – it doesn’t make the news that often. Droughts are the “Rodney Dangerfield of natural hazards,” said Don Wilhite of the University of [...]

Pastmapper: 1853 San Francisco in 2011

Earth Sciences and Maps Library Blog [2011-12-09 01:29:35]   recommend this post  (698 visits)
  Brad Thompson has just released Pastmapper, a new platform for describing the past. With Pastmapper, users can see mapping of the past in a contemporary context as well as understand about the past in a contemporary context. Currently, [...]

Two small quakes near Kaibab along Utah border

Arizona Geology [2011-12-10 03:14:00]   recommend this post  (694 visits)
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsus/Quakes/uu12081854.phpTwo small quakes hit about 8 miles west of Kaibab, Arizona, just south of the Utah border, yesterday (Thursday). A magnitude 2.2 quake occurred just before noon, local time, [...]

Harmonic tremor in El Hierro volcano drops

Iceland Volcano and Earthquake blog [2011-12-06 10:11:28]   recommend this post  (691 visits)
There was a change in the eruption in El Hierro volcano last night. The harmonic tremor started to drop of slowly. This drop in harmonic tremor comes several days after a drop in earthquake activity happened. But it might be … Continue reading [...]

January 7th - Chalk and Literature

Geology in the West Country [2011-12-04 11:57:00]   recommend this post  (684 visits)
Chalk and literature – Watership Down and the chalk ridge A circular walk of about 2-3 miles to blow away the cobwebs after Christmas and New Year. A walk along the chalk escarpment. Includes art and music as well as literature! Part of the NWD [...]
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