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Friday, 26 April 2013
Geophysicist challenges fracking’s bad rep
Mark Zoback, a geophysicist at Stanford University, cringes at the word “fracking”. He doesn’t oppose this controversial process of extracting fossil fuels from shale rock, or hydraulic fracturing. He just laments the stigma of itsOverview of Triassic Pterosaurs Suggests Norian Origin
Geological Quote of the Week - Bird Frisbee
This quote is from a book about evolutionary convergence."Continuing work has shown that the resolution of oilbirds' echolocation is rather crude, at least when it comes to avoiding discs deliberately [...]The Other California: Springtime along the Great Western Divide
Carbon Isotope Analysis of Ouled Abdoun Basin, Morocco Has Implications for Africa's Earliest Placentals
Educator How-To: Deciphering Papyrus with the Egyptian Book of the Dead
Background: The Book of the Dead, ironically, is not a book at all, but rather a diverse collection of magical spells intended to aid the dead in successfully navigating the complicated and oft tumultuous [...]Stories on today's Arizona Mining Review online video magazine
Till, signaling Future North
Glacial till: the product of relentless grinding, pushing, pulverizing, mashing, sitting, sliding, waiting, flowing, advancing and retreating— repeating. google map of Long Island and Cape Cod Over the next [...]Sonoran Desert land bill to be filed today
Lauren Vargo (’13) starts off the Wooster Geologists in the 2013 Senior Research Symposium at The College of Wooster
WOOSTER, OHIO–The College of Wooster has an annual celebration of Independent Study after all the theses are done and (most) of the oral examinations. It is much fun as our students present their [...]Anthems for junior geology enthusiasts
The Kent State University Child Development Center kindergarten class is coming to visit the Geology Department this morning. They are going to get a chance to work on the Emriver stream table, figure out the [...]Friday folds: Simple shear and the unfolding of folds
The Friday fold combines a moment of insight on a field trip in the Archean Superior Province and a new paper published this month in the journalSelithiris sella Brachiopod Fossil
Louisville Area Fossils [12:00:00]
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Geosciences column: Perfecting palaeogeographic reconstructions
GeoLog-The official blog of the European Geosciences Union [11:00:04]
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We model the changes in the geographic location of continents via paleogeographic reconstructions. However, the current methodology for generating these reconstructions is not without problems! Publication of [...]
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STEM: The Shortage
There is now evidence to contradict the widely held belief that there is a shortage of STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics)Pangaea (2013)
Stranded Natural Gas
Stranded gas is natural gas in discovered conventional gas and oil fields that is currently not commercially producible for either physical or economic reasons. USGS has published a new report titled: Role of [...]The First Satellite Images of Polar Ice Coverage
BBC.com has an article about the first satellite maps of the Arctic and Antarctic, produced in the 1960s and now providing useful information about polar iceBrazil Mining Photos
Just back from a trip to Brazil. Here are some photos. The boats took us upriver to the site of a proposed mine. Artisanal mining is in progress at the site and it is a dirty andAventuras y desventuras de un friki-ejipero en Atarfe. Parte 1.
Investigación GeoPaleoBiológica en Somosaguas [21:22:00]
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Wooster Geology poster session at the 2013 Senior Research Symposium at The College of Wooster
WOOSTER, OHIO–It was a bit of a crowded room in Andrews Library for our geology seniors (and all their friends, family and faculty), but it was a very happy place. Joe Wilch (above) escaped the crowd, [...]
Overview of the Triassic Pterosaur Record
Another paper from the upcoming volume on Triassic archosaurs. Dalla Vecchia, F. 2013. Triassic Pterosaurs. From Nesbitt, S. J., Desojo, J. B. & Irmis, R. B. (eds) 2013. Anatomy, Phylogeny and [...]Daily Geology Photos – April 26
A summary of photos posted on flickr today, tagged with “geology.” Displayed below are 46 geology-related photos were added to flickr today. Similar Posts on Geology News: Daily Geology Photos [...]25 Aniversario de la Sala de las Tortugas de la Universidad de Salamanca
DIY Dinosaurs, Part 1: papier mache
Sauropod Vertebra Picture of the Week [17:18:22]
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Earlier this spring London and I got on a building dinosaurs kick, inspired by this post at Tumblehome Learning. I used a few of these photos as filler in this post, but I haven’t talked much about what [...]
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Georgia Dam-Triggered Earthquakes
11 Types of Holes in Rocks
Sometimes the most interesting thing to see in a rock is the parts that aren't rock: the voids in it. Geologists have hundreds of names for rocks and their textures and constituents; here are 11 names for the [...][jules' pics] IIASA
Finally the big day came and we jumped into a taxi and headed for IIASA. It is located in a palace in a village a bit outside Vienna, called Laxenburg. At IIASA they do all sorts of things like global energy [...]South Africa Mining / Exploration Geology Field Trip: A Preview
First of all, I want to apologize to my readers that blogging here on Georneys has been somewhat light over the past several weeks. There are a couple of reasons why. The first reason is that my work as a [...]The answer is blowing in the wind: The warming went into the deep end
There has been an unusual surge of interest in the climate sensitivity based on the last decade’s worth of temperature measurements, and a lengthy story in the Economist tries to argue that the climate [...]STEM: The Shortage
There is now evidence to contradict the widely held belief that there is a shortage of STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) workers. More...Spinophorosaurus en Únicatv
Dinosaurios (el cuaderno de Godzillín) [08:00:00]
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What is a Maar?
Maars are the second most common volcanic feature on Earth. The largest maars are found on the Seward Peninsula of Alaska. Do you know what they are and how theyAn update on the Bingham Canyon mine landslide
Kennecott allowed the media to visit the mine to see the landslide yesterday, and provided an update on theirTop concepts:
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