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Friday, 12 September 2008

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Should You be Making Maps? 

The Geo Factor [22:54:37]  recommend  recommend this post  (37 visits) info
A couple of recent blog discussions reminded me of an age-old controversy around computers. Computers automate tasks and allow wider information access, making it easier for more people to doThe post Should You be Making Maps? appeared first on The Geo

Big Horned Sheep 

Paleo Dude [16:58:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (138 visits) info
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Had a great week in the field (all two days of it). On our way to the Suarez Site we stopped at Crystal Geyser, always a good resting place. We walked around and took a few pictures of geologic formation and plants fossilizing.We headed driving along on the newly graded and graveled roads that the oil companies have pushed in the area. We made good time. Finally on the old two track, we were back in the rocks and the sand. As we went around one bend, a big horned sheep ran out in front of us. [...]

Recreating a 65 Million-Year-Old Battle 

Dinosaur George [16:03:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (52 visits) info

 Jurassic
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A friend of mine asked me how I create the fight scenes for Jurassic Fight Club. I thought it was an interesting question, and so I decided to share the information here on my blog.First let me tell you that [...]

XV Jornadas DEAC (Departamento Eduación y Acción Cultural) 

el blog de paleoymas.com [09:17:00]  recommend  1 recommendations  (49 visits) info
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Entre los días 22 y 24 de Octubre se va a celebrar en el Museo de Bellas Artes de Coruña las XV Jornadas DEAC, un evento con larga tradición en el que se exponen las últimas tendencias y conocimienos [...]

Book Review: Microvertebrate Fossil Assemblages 

The Open Source Paleontologist [00:00:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (40 visits) info
<!-- @page { size: 8.5in 11in; margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } --> Microvertebrate Fossil Assemblages: Their Role in Paleobiology and Paleobiogeography, edited by Julia T. Sankey and [...]

Geology students are happy 

Sedimentary Basins and Petroleum Geology [00:00:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (71 visits) info
This article in the Guardian was good to see. Apparently, a survey of some 220,000 students in the UK suggested that 95% of the geologists were happy with their degrees, the highest percentage for any subject. [...]

Holothurian Video Friday!! 

Echinoblog [00:00:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (52 visits) info
The Famous Defense Response of a tropical holothurian Reddish Holothurian (don't know what it is-but a gorgeous animal) and a bit of Pentaceraster cumingi "Sea Apple" (Pseudocolochirus [...]

More of the first day of field work 

Crystallizations [00:00:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (58 visits) info
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So here I am looking all happy in my field area with my sledge hammer. It is my implement of destruction for igneous rocks. Isn't the sky a beautiful blue, sure don't get that hue of color back in the Central [...]

Should You be Making Maps? 

The Geo Factor [00:00:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (73 visits) info
A couple of recent blog discussions reminded me of an age-old controversy around computers. Computers automate tasks and allow wider information access, making it easier for more people to do more things with [...]

September 12th rant 

Office of Redundancy Office [15:23:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (46 visits) info
Well, its September 12, do you remember where you were 7 years ago, or have you forgotten? (I was at work again, stewing, considering reenlistment) Stonekettle remembers (by the way, thank you), most Americans [...]

A Dubious Honor... 

Echinoblog [00:00:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (51 visits) info
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Sea Cucumbers are among MSNBC's top eight organisms that make you go

Carried away at the Pizza Place 

Christie at the Cape [00:00:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (75 visits) info
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This is what can happen if you mark cross sections and eat pizza and there are crayons on the table. Particularly if you keep thinking about what you wish the cross sections would look

Gulf of Mexico info 

GPC Geology Blog [00:00:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (49 visits) info
The two most important things to read are: 1) Gulf of Mexico facts and threats. 2) Artificial Reefs Other stuff that might help you understand the subject a little better: Gulf of Mexico maps , Flower [...]

Image of the week #2 

Sedimentary Basins and Petroleum Geology [00:00:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (66 visits) info

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This is from my PhD thesis. Although at first sight it probably looks like a cross-section through a fold/thrust belt, the scale is somewhat different. It's actually a scan of a large thin section. The folds [...]

Seven Steps to Earthquake Safety: Step 5-Protect yourself during earthquake shaking- drop, cover, and hold on 

The Great Southern California ShakeOut [00:00:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (48 visits) info
The previous tips have concentrated on getting ready for the next earthquake. What should you do during and after earthquakes? During earthquakes, drop to the floor, take cover under a sturdy desk or table, [...]

Some quirky observations on lambeosaurine phylogeny 

Why I hate Theropods [00:00:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (52 visits) info
For one of the classes I'm taking at MU, I had to write a brief paper (2-3 pages) on a new species described in the past two decades. Being the raging dinosaur aficionado that I am (or perhaps because I am [...]
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