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The Japanese tsunami: researching the aftermath

Through the Sandglass [2013-04-28 13:21:15]   recommend this post  (933 visits)

The differences in the coastal geomorphology along the Pacific coast of Tohoku in part controlled the impact of the Tohoku-oki tsunami. a. The steep sided valleys of the Sanriku coastline focussed the tsunami waves causing a run up height

A 90 Degree Shift in Drilling

Geology.com News [2013-04-28 14:07:38]   recommend this post  (803 visits)

As recently as 2008, most of the drilling activity in the United States was being done with vertical wells. Today most of the wells being drilled are

May 5th auction in Silver Spring MD, Armory Show, Microscopy event

DC Geology Events [2013-04-28 01:05:39]   recommend this post  (803 visits)

Attention Rock Hounds! For those serious crystal geeks – May 3rd and 4th – MNCA Micromount Symposium in Falls Church VA  -   closed invitation – but you can contact Jim Kosta for more information – having a microscope is [...]

New Papers: BSSA Special Issue on the Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami, Japan, March 2011

Paleoseismicity [2013-05-04 10:31:14]   recommend this post  (791 visits)

The latest issue (May 2013) of the Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America (BSSA) is dedicated to the Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami of March 2011. The studies published therein deal with the source models of the megaquake and rupture [...]

Two CO2 wells permitted in St. Johns field

Arizona Geology [2013-05-04 01:28:00]   recommend this post  (777 visits)

Kinder Morgan received permits from the Arizona Oil & Gas Conservation Commission, for two new carbon dioxide wells in the St John's field in eastern Arizona. The  10-26-30 State (permit #1146) and 9-25-30 (permit #1147) wells are both in [...]

Status of the Bingham Canyon Mine Landslide

Geology.com News [2013-04-28 21:54:37]   recommend this post  (772 visits)

ABC News has an article that looks at the status of the Bingham Canyon copper mine after a landslide has cut off production from the pit and will have the company excavating landslide debris instead of

Wooster’s Fossil of the Week: Tubular drillholes (Upper Ordovician of the Cincinnati Region)

Wooster Geologists [2013-04-28 07:59:10]   recommend this post  (761 visits)

This is one of the simplest fossils ever: a cylindrical hole drilled into a hard substrate like a skeleton or rock. The above image is of a hardground (cemented carbonate seafloor) from the Upper Ordovician of northern Kentucky with these borings [...]

Analysing the Bingham Canyon mine landslide part 1: the landslide source area

The Landslide Blog [2013-04-30 09:16:51]   recommend this post  (751 visits)

Part one of a three part series of posts looking in detail at the Bingham Canyon mine landslide in

What specimen is this?

Sauropod Vertebra Picture of the Week [2013-05-01 10:08:36]   recommend this post  (711 visits)

A quiz. What is this? Here it is in close-up: (Click through the pictures for full resolution.) Anyone

Stromer–The Electric Bike I Want

I think mining [2013-04-29 01:54:16]   recommend this post  (666 visits)

A standard Sunday bike ride: down the hill, along the treed lanes, and to the Lonsdale Quay for lunch.  There along the pier was the USS Lake Champlain and thousands of people in line to get closer to see it. Amongst all the people, I spied two [...]