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The Accretionary Wedge 45 - Geological Pilgrimage

GeoSphere [2012-05-01 00:18:00]   recommend this post  (158 visits)

The Accretionary Wedge is back for its 45th edition this month and it is a great topic:  Geological Pilgrimage – the sacred geological place that you must visit at least  once in your lifetime.  This topic is further defined [...]

Ammonite Eats

Laelaps [2012-04-29 18:17:14]   recommend this post  (140 visits)

A few weeks ago I wrote about how mosasaurs deftly cracked into the coiled shells of ammonites. The immense, seagoing lizards had a well-honed technique for breaking open the outer defenses of cephalopods – more squishy ammonite meat, less hard [...]

24/7/365

A Long Way To Go [2012-04-29 22:07:00]   recommend this post  (134 visits)

Long time no see! Unfortunately, my posting frequency has become signifi-cantly lower again. I haven't lost my desire to share some of my impressions and thoughts on geoscience and career paths, but my professional life has become a different one [...]

Con America a Siberia (Mikel Urmeneta)

Koprolitos [2012-04-29 15:30:00]   recommend this post  (132 visits)

Esta es la viñeta de Mikel Urmeneta que ilustra el artículo "¿Cómo murió la mamut Yuka?" firmado por América

What's that gosling?

The Disillusioned Taxonomist [2012-04-29 19:20:00]   recommend this post  (125 visits)

Hey readers, long time no blog I know... there should be some nice new material appearing on this patch of cyberspace in the next few months [if I can be arsed]. Well, for now, here's a photo of a cute ickle gosling. Anyone able to identify the [...]

1906 San Francisco in Ruins - Zoomable!

The Dynamic Earth [2012-04-29 16:40:00]   recommend this post  (123 visits)

Man, I hate to bring folks down, but take a look at this - the USGS has rephotographed George Lawrence's famous photo of the ruins of San Fran taken just a few weeks after the famously apocolyptic 1906 earthquake.  Super high resolution and [...]

Geologische Schatzkammer Tauernfenster: Das Kupfer von Prettau

Geschichte der Geologie [2012-04-29 18:53:00]   recommend this post  (120 visits)

Vor langer, langer Zeit trieb ein Bauer einen Stier, den er auf dem Markt gekauft hatte, über den Alpenhauptkamm vom Zillertal zum Ahrntal. Der Bauer hatte seine liebe Not mit dem bösartigen Tier, kaum hatte er es mit dem Stock gebändigt, riss es [...]

When space rocks hit the big time

Glacial Till [2012-04-29 18:00:04]   recommend this post  (119 visits)

If you’re like me and involved in planetary sciences or meteorites, or just a space-buff in general, this week must have seen like mana from whatever god you may or not believe in. There were a couple big news items … Continue reading [...]

5000 images online

Inside the www.foraminifera.eu Project [2012-05-03 18:31:00]   recommend this post  (114 visits)

On the 1st of May 2012 we added the 5000th image to the Foraminifera.eu Database.To find the images you are looking for we created our database-query. It allows to choose from a set of criteria in classification, locality, geological time + others. [...]

How Do You Land on Mars?

Geology.com News [2012-04-30 14:25:13]   recommend this post  (113 visits)

NASA has a 60 second video that explains how they land a spacecraft on