tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4145603139776141256.post5958724873384455826..comments2023-08-27T21:32:52.742-07:00Comments on Outside The Interzone: Flash Wedge!Lockwoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05960762797349483760noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4145603139776141256.post-34165671371011498572010-02-17T10:20:34.681-08:002010-02-17T10:20:34.681-08:00Late to the party, but I found this press release ...Late to the party, but I found this press release really interesting. http://www.noc.soton.ac.uk/nocs/news.php?action=display_news&idx=708 It's on calcareous tests (shells) of foraminifera found in the Mariana Trench in the Hadal Zone. These organisms appear to agglomerate pieces of shell from other organisms that have sunk this deep, but not completely dissolved. I am going to check out the full article...<br />Gooday, A. J., Uematsu, K., Kitazato, H., Toyofuku, T. & Young, J. R. Traces of dissolved particles, including coccoliths, in the tests of agglutinated foraminifera from the Challenger Deep (10,897 m water depth, western equatorial Pacific). Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers 57(2), 239-247 (2010). doi:10.1016/j.dsr.2009.11.003Melhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09604241692429050566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4145603139776141256.post-64259898742194891552010-02-13T12:39:04.408-08:002010-02-13T12:39:04.408-08:00Thanks Lockwood! I'll unveil it Monday.Thanks Lockwood! I'll unveil it Monday.Callan Bentleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15422791444429372896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4145603139776141256.post-15677109206661683322010-02-12T21:23:05.581-08:002010-02-12T21:23:05.581-08:00I was much better looking as Anne, but thanks for ...I was much better looking as Anne, but thanks for the correction anyhow.<br /><br />To comment on Ole's blog you need to set up an Opera user account - kind of a pain, since he's the only geoblogger I know who uses Opera, but to be fair, no more odius than setting up a Blogger account used to be to comment on Blogger blogs (at least I think that was once what one had to do to comment on Blogger).Ron Schotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10020094512548523216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4145603139776141256.post-28769764997835131452010-02-12T13:35:03.780-08:002010-02-12T13:35:03.780-08:00I don't think Ole Nielsen's excellent &quo...I don't think Ole Nielsen's excellent "<a href="http://my.opera.com/nielsol/blog/" rel="nofollow">olelog</a>" geoblog gets enough attention, so I'll highlight two of his recent posts that are right up my alley:<br /><br />Feb 1: <a href="http://my.opera.com/nielsol/blog/rhomb-porphyry" rel="nofollow">Rhomb Porphyry</a><br /><br />and<br /><br />Feb 2: <a href="http://my.opera.com/nielsol/blog/swedish-porphyries" rel="nofollow">Swedish Porphyries</a><br /><br />Enjoy!Ron Schotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10020094512548523216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4145603139776141256.post-65517768412181596912010-02-12T12:54:48.271-08:002010-02-12T12:54:48.271-08:00I really liked the USGS Corecast interview to the ...I really liked the USGS Corecast interview to the scientists involved in the Pliocene Research, Interpretation and Synoptic Mapping (PRISM) group, who are trying to reconstruct the global climate of the mid-Pliocene, a period when temperatures were 3ºC warmer than today, in order to get a better understanding of the possible future of the Earth due to climate change.<br /><br />http://www.usgs.gov/corecast/details.asp?ep=115<br /><br />And just to highlight an article related to this side of the equator, I'd like to recommend a post from The Volcanism Blog I recently discovered (it's a few months old though): The ecological impact of the Chaitén eruption.<br /><br />http://volcanism.wordpress.com/2009/10/27/the-ecological-impact-of-the-chaiten-eruption/Miguel Verahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09135303456230361686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4145603139776141256.post-34568210092247399942010-02-12T11:59:32.945-08:002010-02-12T11:59:32.945-08:00a little real time volcanoe action
http://antigua...a little real time volcanoe action<br /><br />http://antiguasunonline.com/news/local/254699-ash-fall-continues.htmljtmckeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15433859148877596237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4145603139776141256.post-32054196582613210862010-02-12T11:48:19.008-08:002010-02-12T11:48:19.008-08:00Who doesn't love aeolian processes? Sand dunes...Who doesn't love aeolian processes? Sand dunes! On Mars!<br /><br />http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2010/02/martian-dune-mystery-solved-by-bouncing-sand-grains/Dave Schumakerhttp://geology.rockbandit.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4145603139776141256.post-13465636482043251792010-02-12T11:47:13.311-08:002010-02-12T11:47:13.311-08:00But for something not written by me, I recommend t...But for something not written by me, I recommend this essay on the name of the Silurian Period, by the builders of Silurian Software:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.silurian.com/silurian.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.silurian.com/silurian.htm</a>Andrew Alden, Oakland Geology bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17369367151045054784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4145603139776141256.post-69337075893906638292010-02-12T11:31:46.363-08:002010-02-12T11:31:46.363-08:00A Twitter comment sparked a fun afternoon rereadin...A Twitter comment sparked a fun afternoon rereading James Hutton's original "Theory of the Earth" paper of 1788 and writing <a href="http://geology.about.com/od/creationism_not/qt/huttoncreationist.htm" rel="nofollow">this short article</a> on the days when geologists were all creationists:<br /><br />http://bit.ly/ceH8NHAndrew Alden, Oakland Geology bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17369367151045054784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4145603139776141256.post-6022129717234322462010-02-12T11:08:17.285-08:002010-02-12T11:08:17.285-08:00Teachers without borders have been looking at the ...Teachers without borders have been looking at the Haiti recovery and using some lessons from their work in Chengdu China to start making plans. Here is their one page "what happened" link :http://teacherswithoutborders.org/pages/haiti-earthquakeGeology Happenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17009558103508195084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4145603139776141256.post-32932984822198233972010-02-12T10:53:55.553-08:002010-02-12T10:53:55.553-08:00I really enjoyed this Little River video, tweeted ...I really enjoyed this Little River video, tweeted by Anne Jefferson: <a href="http://serc.carleton.edu/details/files/19076.html" rel="nofollow">Hydraulics over a weir</a>.<br /><br />Then, finally taking <a href="http://geofroth.org/?p=27" rel="nofollow">Kyle's suggestion</a> I downloaded <a href="http://www.geosetter.de/en/" rel="nofollow">Geosetter</a> and have been experimenting with geotagging.<br /><br />I've seen many other interesting sites this week...Silver Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03131032620978696727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4145603139776141256.post-22000842369340930992010-02-12T10:27:25.923-08:002010-02-12T10:27:25.923-08:00Let me include the link ;-)
http://quiviracoali...Let me include the link ;-) <br /><br />http://quiviracoalition.org/Detailed/On-Line_Store/Books/Let_the_Water_Do_the..._1113.htmlcoconinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12050625735753145388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4145603139776141256.post-48377867386817686962010-02-12T10:25:58.849-08:002010-02-12T10:25:58.849-08:00Here's mine: A link to the Quivira Coalition ...Here's mine: A link to the Quivira Coalition website for a recent book by one of my favorite stream restoration gurus - Bill Zeedyk. I've had the opportunity to work with Bill on several occasions and I have great admiration and respect for all that he's been able to accomplish in the southwest in terms of good rural road-building, stream restoration and water education.coconinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12050625735753145388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4145603139776141256.post-21524315354359523382010-02-12T06:27:46.013-08:002010-02-12T06:27:46.013-08:00Lee Allison had a recent post about how subsidence...Lee Allison had a recent post about how subsidence in Wenden, Arizona may be contributing to flooding in the area (Centennial Valley, AZ): http://arizonageology.blogspot.com/2010/02/centennial-wash-flood-prone-areas-may.html<br /><br />An interesting possibility that is a cautionary tale (among many) for water managers in desert regions. Also, the sheer irony of this sort of 'hydrological reciprocity' is notable.Dr. Jerquehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15934444760785537721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4145603139776141256.post-3602551848765447312010-02-12T05:56:44.420-08:002010-02-12T05:56:44.420-08:00I'll nominate some more Haiti-related stories:...I'll nominate some more Haiti-related stories: first, an entry from the <a href="http://haitigps.wordpress.com/2010/01/30/day-6-2nd-day-in-port-au-prince/" rel="nofollow">NSF Geophysicists in Haiti blog</a>, which is a great chance to see what geologists are doing to help people recover from the recent earthquake. This particular entry has some really striking photos - not just of destruction, but looking at things from the point of view of people trying to go about life as usual.<br /><br />Closer to home for me, there's an <a href="http://www.buffalo.edu/news/10847" rel="nofollow">article about one of UB's earthquake engineering doctoral students</a> who is actually from Haiti, and was featured on a number of national news shows recently. UB's Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research (MCEER) is one of the only places in the country where full-scale buildings and bridges can be tested for earthquake safety on shake tables, and they've recently sent a team of scientists and engineers down to Haiti to help assess damaged buildings there.Jessica Ballhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13117925212295349320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4145603139776141256.post-55511795507786758152010-02-12T05:36:53.121-08:002010-02-12T05:36:53.121-08:00Hmmm, so many things to chose from!
How about:
A...Hmmm, so many things to chose from!<br /><br />How about:<br /><br /><a href="http://serc.carleton.edu/earthandmind/posts/haitimetaphor.html" rel="nofollow">An interesting take on the Haiti earthquake</a>: does the fact that everyone was "surprised" by it - despite the fairly specific warnings - provide a depressing model for how civilisation is (not) going to react to the looming threats of climate change and resource shortages: ignore before, shocked after?<br /><br /><br />Amazing photos of a 1km lava fountain and ash-plume lightning at Sakura-jima featured on <a href="http://volcanism.wordpress.com/2010/02/11/sparks-fly-in-sakura-jima-eruption/" rel="nofollow">The Volcanism Blog</a> (the <a href="http://www.kago-net.com/index.php?itemid=127" rel="nofollow">linked video</a> is also worth a watch)<br /><br />(and I agree with Anne, give it some time - this is the first non-sleeping/working) time I've had to comment...Chris Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10923865059164569384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4145603139776141256.post-19090544997493967452010-02-12T03:04:05.355-08:002010-02-12T03:04:05.355-08:00OK, I'll kick things off by supplying two of m...OK, I'll kick things off by supplying two of my retweets from the past few days.<br /><br />First, via ChrisR and Ron Schott, a press release describing a January Geology article about a new advance in using cosmogenic nuclides for estimating erosion rates in watersheds: <a href="http://www.uvm.edu/~uvmpr/?Page=News&storyID=16008" rel="nofollow">http://www.uvm.edu/~uvmpr/?Page=News&storyID=16008 </a>(Also, there's a video.)<br /><br />Second a post from Andy Russell summarizing where the real holes are in climate science: <a href="http://andyrussell.wordpress.com/2010/02/10/on-the-real-holes-in-climate-science/" rel="nofollow">http://andyrussell.wordpress.com/2010/02/10/on-the-real-holes-in-climate-science/</a><br />(Hint: It's not what the cranks would have you believe.)<br /><br />And give the flash wedge meme some time. It is less than 24 hours old.Anne Jeffersonhttp://scienceblogs.com/highlyallochthonousnoreply@blogger.com