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Geoblogosphere weekly review (24th week of 2015, 888 weeks ago)

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  5. Laelaps (1616 visits)
  6. Geotripper (1573 visits)
  7. OpenTopography Blog (1469 visits)
  8. Views of the Mahantango (1302 visits)
  9. Koprolitos (1098 visits)
  10. Geology in the West Country (1000 visits)

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Posts:

The 10 most frequently clicked posts:

Mrakibina cattoi trilobite from Morocco

Views of the Mahantango [2015-06-07 09:01:00]   recommend this post  (712 visits)
This cool looking trilobite is Mrakibina cattoi from the El Oftal formation Jebel Mrakib, Ma'der, Alnif, Morocco. It resembles a Greenops sp. trilobite, due to the smooth cephalon thet extends into the genal spines and the feathery looking pygidium. [...]

Driving Through the Most Dangerous Plate Boundary in the World: A Gentle Landscape Belies a Fiery Past

Geotripper [2015-06-07 01:28:00]   recommend this post  (685 visits)
As we leave the Great Valley behind on our journey through the most dangerous plate boundary in the world, we finally enter the world of the Sierra Nevada. Many may think of Yosemite Valley or Lake Tahoe when the Sierras are mentioned, but the [...]

Our arid planet

Through the Sandglass [2015-06-07 15:18:38]   recommend this post  (684 visits)
Yet again, thank you NASA. As announced last month, their latest extraordinary earth-monitoring system is in orbit, commissioned and providing data: SMAP, the Soil Moisture Active Passive mission provides a high-resolution view of continuing changes [...]

A Geologist (also named Hayes) Sits Through "San Andreas", the Movie

Geotripper [2015-06-08 09:53:00]   recommend this post  (667 visits)
What the heck is this? These are fault slickensides (scraping marks from fault motions) at Hoover Dam. Where the movie says there are no faults. I love sitting through geology-based movies, so I can sit and smirk at the screen and criticize the [...]

T. rex Autopsy Goes into the “Belly of the Beast” and Beyond

Laelaps [2015-06-07 16:00:21]   recommend this post  (652 visits)
Scientists, psychologists, and philosophers have all forwarded reasons why they think dinosaurs have such a tenacious hold on

9th June - 24th July - Geology and Landscape of Gloucestershire and surroundings

Geology in the West Country [2015-06-07 15:46:00]   recommend this post  (645 visits)
Geology and Landscape of Gloucestershire and surroundingsA weekly field-based introductory course.No previous knowledge of geology is assumedTuesday evenings 9th June to 21st July 2015Gloucestershire is one of the most geologically diverse counties [...]

Brazil Nut Effect ~ Exploring the Glen Rose Limestone, Part 2

Fossils and Other Living Things [2015-06-09 15:34:00]   recommend this post  (595 visits)
My first impression wasn’t wrong, it was just incomplete because I’d fallen victim to the Brazil nut effect.In my previous post, I described the shells of Orbitolina texana, an agglutinated foraminifera, which appear in staggering numbers in a [...]

OSL-Thermochronometry progress

Active Tectonics Blog [2015-06-08 02:19:00]   recommend this post  (591 visits)
In the mid 2000s, I worked a lot in the Tien Shan of Kyrgyzstan with numerous colleagues and friends including Andrey Korjenkov, Ernes Mamyrov, Irina Povolotskaya, Chris Crosby, and Benny Guralnik. These were great times. Benny had joined my team [...]

Titanosaurus from Terror of Mechagodzilla

Palaeoblog [2015-06-07 15:58:00]   recommend this post  (589 visits)
Titanosaurus from Terror of Mechagodzilla (1975). From Black

Dinosaur Tracking

Laelaps [2015-06-08 16:03:25]   recommend this post  (558 visits)
When I think of dinosaurs, I think about bones. The skeletons that sunk their ancient talons into my
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