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Wooster’s Fossil of the Week: An asaphid trilobite from the Middle Ordovician of the Leningrad Region, Russia

Wooster Geologists [2013-05-05 07:28:21]   recommend this post  (114 visits)

This weathered trilobite is nothing like the gorgeous specimens of this genus you can buy at various rock shops around the world and on the web, but it has sentimental value to me. I collected it on an epic field trip in Russia in 2009. We hacked [...]

all aboard the bullsh*t express, choo-choo, part 1

Why I hate Theropods [2013-05-09 01:40:00]   recommend this post  (110 visits)

It costs $18 to read a 1 page article about how Jean-Jacques Hublin is worried that "draconian access requirements are squandering the potential of imaging technology to advance human palaeontology".  I suppose I should feel better in that [...]

Montclair ballfield and the Hayward fault

Oakland Geology [2013-05-05 02:08:21]   recommend this post  (72 visits)

This is the view from atop the old railroad crossing at Mountain Boulevard, overlooking the south end of Montclair Playground. The Hayward fault is mapped running through here from about third base on the ballfield at the left across the field of [...]

An expected journey

Dave Hone’s Archosaur Musings [2013-05-05 22:22:02]   recommend this post  (57 visits)

Well I’m back from my trip to the Tyrrell to do the research part of Project Daspletosaurus. I’ve had a great time and been extremely busy, but in addition, barely had any internet access or there would have been more blog posts. Now I [...]

Other corals from Iowa

Views of the Mahantango [2013-05-05 09:01:00]   recommend this post  (45 visits)

Here are some corals that my friend Nathan gave me from the Cedar Valley formation of Iowa (Devonian, Givetian stage).A couple of Favosites: Specimen #1Specimen #2Side by sideA rugose coral of unknown speciesSome more rugose corals And then there is [...]

New Arizona publications from USGS

Arizona Geology [2013-05-06 01:57:00]   recommend this post  (41 visits)

Here are a few recent publications on Arizona from the US Geological Survey with links to the downloadable files: Hydrogeologic framework and estimates of groundwater storage for the Hualapai Valley, Detrital Valley, and Sacramento Valley [...]

Sustainability Management Students Present Innovative Solutions to Clients’ Challenges

State of the Planet [2013-05-08 16:20:05]   recommend this post  (37 visits)

On Tuesday, April 30, students in the Master of Science in Sustainability Management program presented their final Capstone Workshop presentations for fellow students, program faculty, and colleagues at Rennert Hall at Columbia University. This [...]

Analysing the Bingham Canyon mine landslide part 2: the landslide track

The Landslide Blog [2013-05-06 10:25:41]   recommend this post  (36 visits)

The second part of my three-part posting analysing the Bingham Canyon landslide using images provided by Kennecott

How To Think Like a Scientist and Why You Should

Dan\'s Wild Wild Science Journal [2013-05-05 07:00:40]   recommend this post  (36 visits)

Anecdotal evidence can be very interesting, and it can lead to great discoveries, but it’s usually false. Unfortunately, many people make almost all of their decisions based on it. In some rare cases it’s almost a necessity, but in [...]

Imaggeo on Mondays: Spying on the Arctic

GeoLog-The official blog of the European Geosciences Union [2013-05-06 12:00:01]   recommend this post  (36 visits)

This week’s Imaggeo on Mondays is brought to you by the photographer himself, Fabien Darrouzet who captured the beautiful glacial landscape during a summer expedition to the Arctic.  This picture was taken in Svalbard (78° lat.) in June 2012. I [...]