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It has often been said that geology is the study of scales. Time scales, large scales, small scales and many others. Indeed, one of the most crucial parts of any photo or map is the scale....
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It's one of the most astounding viewpoints in all of North America. The Black Mountains form the eastern edge of Death Valley, and they are one of the most rugged mountain fronts in existence. In places the mountains are so steep that one cannot see [...]
I found this lump of a gray rock in southeastern Indiana along a highway near the town of Liberty. It is from the Saluda Formation (Upper Ordovician), a thin unit that was likely deposited in very shallow, lagoonal waters along the Cincinnati Arch. [...]
You may use artificial sweeteners in your tea or coffee, maybe even sprinkle some on your food, but there’s nothing quite like the miracle fruit to make sour foods more palatable. Just gnaw on one of these berries for a … Continue [...]
It turns out that studying lava flows at the bottom of the ocean uses many of the same methods as studying lava flows on other planets, writes Lamont's Elise
As I mentioned in the previous post, I found a few specimens of pelecypod in the Bois d'Arc formation that are just casts or molds that I can't really ID. This specimen looks like it may belong to the genus Nucula or Grammysia.This next specimen [...]
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I blame it all on the warmists. They were able to use semantics and philosophy to set aside the Scientific Method and create the new Consensus Science. Now everybody has jumped on that bandwagon. This thing has a tiny flashlight [...]
From 4-10 September, 2016, the 35th General Assembly of the European Seismological Commission (ESC) will be held in Trieste, Italy. Deadline for abstract submission is 30 April, early bird registration ends 31 May. The meeting covers a whole range [...]
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I always thought that kaleidoscopes were named after someone named
Kaleid, but the authoritative source (Wikipedia, of course) indicates
that the name is a mixture of Latin terms that translates to
"observation of beautiful forms." [...]