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Guest post: The 'sandwave' - a homage to Elvis?

Through the Sandglass [2013-09-07 12:27:46]   recommend this post  (2786 visits)

John Lackie writes: Last year I had the pleasure of going on a four-day residential field course as part of an Open University geology module (SXG288); one of the sites we visited had a spectacular feature that might be

Dashboard Cam Captures Massive Rock Fall

Geology.com News [2013-09-02 00:06:21]   recommend this post  (978 visits)

In northern Taiwan an enormous rock misses a car by perhaps one or two feet. The incident was captured by the dashboard cam of a following car. See the video on The Telegraph

Promicroceras Ammonite Fossils

Louisville Area Fossils [2013-09-01 02:00:00]   recommend this post  (820 visits)

These fossil ammonites are a Promicroceras sp. found in the Black Ven Marls Member.  These small creatures existed in the Sinemurian age or stage (about 191 million years ago) in the Early Jurassic Period.  This age was named in [...]

Multiview of a cervical vertebra of the Apatosaurus ajax holotype YPM 1860

Sauropod Vertebra Picture of the Week [2013-09-03 23:11:33]   recommend this post  (767 visits)

I was recently bemoaning the lack of published diplodocid cervical illustrations in dorsal view. Subsequently I mentioned that Upchurch et al. (2005) had illustrated five cervicals of an Apatosaurus specimen. I was overlooking one other paper that [...]

Mysterious Mass Sunflower Starfish (Pycnopodia) Die-off in British Columbia

Echinoblog [2013-09-03 23:53:00]   recommend this post  (755 visits)

Today is a "report from the field" by Jonathan Martin, a research associate at Simon Fraser University, who is among other things, an ROV pilot, diver and photographer. His pictures can be found at this Flickr stream here. Martin has [...]

Glacial erratic inventory website open for business

Northwest Geology Field Trips [2013-09-01 02:48:59]   recommend this post  (746 visits)

  The Washington Glacial Erratics website has just opened for business. It is an inventory database and map showing glacial erratics (8-10 feet minimum size) across the state of Washington. Anyone can add their favorite glacial erratics [...]

Into the Great Unknown: Exploring the Heart of a Long-Gone Mountain Range (and words from home!)

Geotripper [2013-09-01 08:20:00]   recommend this post  (735 visits)

 We were really out of touch. In the eight days we had been gone on the Colorado River (the Great Unknown), I sent one text from camp the first night (surprise, cellular coverage at mile 6!), and on the second or third night I had a two-minute [...]

A new outcrop of Catoctin meta- volcanic breccia

Mountain Beltway [2013-09-03 14:37:49]   recommend this post  (668 visits)

Lily and I took our son to the Virginia Scottish Games on Sunday. This is an annual competition of events in traditionally Scottish feats – throwing heavy things, mainly. There is also fried food, whisky, and some terrific music. The event is [...]

Lava-Ice Interactions at Veniaminof Volcano in Alaska

Geology.com News [2013-09-01 13:46:01]   recommend this post  (667 visits)

Erik Klemetti comments on recent photos from Veniaminof Volcano located on the Alaska Peninsula about 500 miles southwest of

Southampton Geographers Attend RGS Annual International Conference 2013

Geography Postgrads [2013-09-03 19:43:22]   recommend this post  (653 visits)

A short review of our visit to this year's RGS-IBG Conference as attened by Southampton Geography & Environment staff and