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Saturday, 07 July 2018

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The 2018 World Cup logo is based on the dorsal view of the Xenoposeidon holotype NHMUK PV R2095

Sauropod Vertebra Picture of the Week [22:16:18]

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You can’t tell me that’s a coincidence. References Taylor, Michael P. 2018. Xenoposeidon is the earliest known rebbachisaurid sauropod dinosaur. PeerJ 6:e5212. doi: 10.7717/peerj.5212 Supplementary information It’s coming home.

Toronto real estate does the dead cat bounce

Ontario-geofish [21:31:00]

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* no cats were killed in the making of this blog. Latest housing chart. The media has this as 'hot'. They always say that. Anyway, listings have soared, and sales and prices aren't doing much. 'They say a dead cat can bounce if it drops from high enough.' My old guy dropped the price 20-30% to sell. Some new houses have gone on the market in the area at prices higher than peak.

Massive landslide in western Iceland (highly localized)

Iceland Volcano and Earthquake blog [21:28:38]

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A massive landslide has fallen in western Iceland from a mountain called Fagraskógarfjall. This landslide is estimated to be 2 km wide and 1,5 km long at earlier measurements. I don’t know yet much material [...]

9th to 15th July 2018

Geology in the West Country [17:28:00]

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NEXT WEEKS EVENTS 9th TO 15TH JULY 2018 THE FOLLOWING IS AN EXTRACT FROM BRISTOL AND WEST COUNTRY GEOLOGY CALENDARS MORE DETAILS CAN BE FOUND IN THE BRISTOL AND THE WEST COUNTRY CALENDARS AND ON [...]

River Otter on the Tuolumne

Geotripper [18:33:00]

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I am quite lucky to have the Tuolumne River in my backyard. The river rises in the highest regions of Yosemite National Park, flows through incredible and largely unknown gorges that rival the Grand Canyon in [...]