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Thursday, 28 August 2014

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Leaving Hawaii 

Ontario-geofish [22:37:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (122 visits) info

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I don't think I'd make a good lottery winner. This has been very high class and hectic. Too much rich food and loud entertainment. 😀 Can't wait to go to the cottage. Now we got a long red eye to look forward

Reduce, Reuse and Re-(bi)cycle 

State of the Planet [21:42:47]  recommend  recommend this post  (132 visits) info
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Audra Stark plans to pedal 300 miles from New York City to Washington, D.C., from Sept. 20-24 to raise money for The Earth Institute and other organizations working on the issues of climate, environment and transportation. “Too often I’ve found myself and others complaining about and debating an issue without taking action in our daily lives," she said. "Joining Climate Ride is one more way I can act on my lifelong concern about climate change, and take a further step on my personal road to [...]

Göppert, 1842. Über die fossile Flora der Quadersandsteinformation in Schlesien 

kreidefossilien.de [20:46:11]  recommend  recommend this post  (101 visits) info
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Johann Heinrich Robert Göppert, 1842. Über die fossile Flora der Quadersandsteinformation in Schlesien - als erster Beitrag zur Flora der Tertiärgebilde. Novorum Actorum Academiae Caesareae [...]

Kennedy, 1967. Burrows and surface traces from the Lower Chalk of southern England 

kreidefossilien.de [19:13:04]  recommend  recommend this post  (119 visits) info
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 GB
William James Kennedy, 1967. Burrows and surface traces from the Lower Chalk of southern England - Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Geology London 15 (3):

Poet and Paleontologist – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 

History of Geology [18:12:23]  recommend  recommend this post  (99 visits) info
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 DE
The German lawyer, author, poet, politician and artist Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (born August 28, 1749-1832) was also a mining engineer and quite interested in geology and paleontology. In the year 1775, [...]

Urban Geology of London 

Geology in the West Country [18:07:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (111 visits) info
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Fish learn to walk 

Geology in the West Country [17:57:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (122 visits) info
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Update on Bárðarbunga and Askja volcanoes at 13:34 UTC 

Iceland Volcano and Earthquake blog [15:34:47]  recommend  recommend this post  (155 visits) info
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This is a none picture update on Askja and Bárðarbunga volcanoes. The reason for this none picture update is that I haven’t had time to work on the images yet. This is the first time this has happened [...]

Hayward Baker Breaks Ground on Recently Awarded K-10 South Lawrence Trafficway Ground Improvement Project in Lawrence, Kansas 

GeoPrac.net [15:26:05]  recommend  recommend this post  (851 visits) info
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Hayward Baker (HB) recently began work on a $9.1 million ground improvement contract for the K-10 South Lawrence Trafficway (SLT) Project located in Lawrence, Kan. as a subcontractor to Emery Sapp & Sons, [...]

GeoPhone 

Netzwerk für geowissenschaftliche Öffentlichkeitsarbeit [13:36:42]  recommend  recommend this post  (84 visits) info
Der Geopark Kyffhäuser bietet ein Hörerlebnis per Telefon: Das HörErlebnis

August 28, 2014 

Geology.com News [08:10:46]  recommend  recommend this post  (112 visits) info
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 US,CN
Why 8 Out of 9 Californians Don’t Buy Earthquake Insurance Bloomberg Businessweek Drone Video of Napa Earthquake Damage Los Angeles Times World’s Largest Dam Removal Project – In Washington! [...]

Mengapa Panik dengan BBM ? 

Dogeng Geology [02:53:17]  recommend  recommend this post  (122 visits) info

 JP
Paling tidak ada dua hal penting dalam soal subsidi BBM ini yaitu pembatasan volume (46 juta kilo liter) dan pembatasan jumlah subsidi (rupiah). Perhitungan Pertimina, jatah kuota premium akan habis 20 [...]

In our opinion: Recent Napa Valley earthquake reminds Utahns to be prepared 

Utah Geological Survey - blog [01:57:04]  recommend  recommend this post  (105 visits) info
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 US
Another article about earthquake preparedness that refers to a helpful publication, Putting Down Roots. Check it out! deseretnews.com California’s Napa Valley was fortunate that the 6.0 earthquake that [...]

Unclear what is happening in Bárðarbunga volcano 

Iceland Volcano and Earthquake blog [01:38:53]  recommend  recommend this post  (99 visits) info
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 KM
This information is going to get outdated extremely fast. Earthquake activity remains high. Cauldron have formed in Vatnajökull glacier just SE and SSE of Bárðarbunga volcano. The cauldrons are 4 to 6 km [...]

The oddly expressive hoodoos of Goblin Valley State Park 

Utah Geological Survey - blog [20:27:24]  recommend  recommend this post  (93 visits) info
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 US
mnn.com Named for its thousands of bizarre, goblin-like rock formations, Utah’s Goblin Valley State Park is a hidden gem in the San Rafael Desert. The goblins, known scientifically as [...]

Beasts of Antiquity 

DinoGoss [19:11:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (52 visits) info
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So, it looks like my new book, Beasts of Antiquity: Stem-Birds In the Solnhofen Limestone (Pan Aves 2014), is now available for preorder! Well, the ebook version anyway, but that's not a bad thing (see [...]

Mendip Rocks! 

Geology in the West Country [18:12:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (130 visits) info
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Biggest Cave is in Shetland 

Geology in the West Country [18:04:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (128 visits) info

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Read moreDon't forget the Bath Geological Society's talk about the Geology of the Shetland Islands on Thursday September

Zebra Mussels Outpace Walleye In Lake Mille Lacs 

Lake Scientist [15:58:44]  recommend  recommend this post  (102 visits) info
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 US,RU
Officials with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources say the biomass of zebra mussels in Lake Mille Lacs dwarfs that of walleye, according to the Minneapolis Star Tribune. Around 2[...] The post Zebra [...]

Scot Litke Named 2014 DFI Distinguished Service Award Recipient 

GeoPrac.net [15:32:16]  recommend  recommend this post  (727 visits) info
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 HU,US
Hawthorne, NJ (August 21, 2014): S. Scot Litke, D.GE (Hon.) is the recipient of DFI’s highest award to an individual, the Distinguished Service Award. He is the 34th recipient of the award, honoring [...]

Dataforensics Rapid CPT Software Receives Major Update 

GeoPrac.net [15:18:03]  recommend  recommend this post  (130 visits) info

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Norcross, GA – August, 2014 – Dataforensics proud to announce a major update to its Rapid CPT Software. The new version of Rapid CPT (version 4.2) drastically improves performance. Depending on [...]

One of Geology's Little Mysteries Solved: The Sliding Stones of Racetrack Playa in Death Valley 

Geotripper [09:33:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (186 visits) info
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Bonnie Claire Playa in Nevada There are side shows that happen in the sciences. There are the big mysteries of the cosmos and earth history that take many years and the work of dozens or hundreds of the [...]

Parapatoceras Ammonite Fossil 

Louisville Area Fossils [03:00:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (131 visits) info
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 Jurassic; IT,FR
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Here is a picture of a Parapatoceras sp. ammonite fossil at the Museo di Paleontologia at Sapienza University of Rome Italy. Creatures like this existed in the middle Jurassic Period (ICS geological [...]

Major dinosaur track site uncovered 

Utah Geological Survey - blog [02:08:27]  recommend  recommend this post  (104 visits) info
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 US
moabsunnews.com “Researchers with the Utah Geological Survey have correlated, or matched up, the unit to another outcrop to the east, and were able to obtain a zircon date of about 112 million years in [...]

Come to the Dark Side: Distinguished Lecture Explores Dark Matter 

BEYONDbones [01:56:44]  recommend  recommend this post  (80 visits) info
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The ordinary atoms that make up the known universe — from our bodies and the air we breathe to the planets and stars — constitute only 5 percent of all matter and energy in the cosmos. The rest is known [...]

Tientje voor T. rex 

Koprolitos [00:16:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (80 visits) info
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 NL,US
El múseo Naturalis Biodiversity Center, situado en Leiden (Holanda), llevó a cabo una campaña publicitaria para intentar llevar a esta institución los restos fósiles de un tiranosaurio hallado en Montana [...]
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