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Italian Seismologists to be tried for manslaughter
I came across this on the web, downloaded it, but didn't make a note of the source.
However I thought it might be of interest.
read more »Asteroid goes by the planet closer than the moon
A huge asteroid will streak over the Atlantic Monday morning, coming within 7,500 miles of the surface. That is nearer to the earth than the moon. It is the fifth nearest such occurrence recorded. Article resource - Fifth closest Asteroid recorded shaves the passes earth by Newsytype.com.
We're in no danger, scientists say
read more »Hawaii's volcanic hotspot appears badly off-center
I submit the url for the story recieved in an email from a google source
http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2011/06/hawaiis-volcanic-hotspot-appears-badly-off-center.ars
I will leave you to make up your own mind. I remain slightly skeptical.
IDA Unveiled
For the benefit of anyone who hasn't yet seen the news:
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/05/090519-missing-link-found.html
Whilst perhaps a little sensationalist it's interesting nonetheless...
Dinosaurs and the Cretaceous Terrestrial Revolution
The belief that dinosaurs underwent explosive species diversification just before they were wiped out is an illusion. A new study, published today, showed that the main evolutionary changes took place early in the dinosaur's history. The authors constructed a "supertree", which shows how species of dinosaurs evolved and carried out analysis on this to show when the major speciation events occurred.
The paper is published in Royal Proc. Soc. and the abstract and some more links are below:
read more »Precambrian Impact Layer 'Discovered' In Scotland
A Precambrian impact as been 'discovered' in NW Scotland.
The Stac Fada Member of the Torridonian Stoer Group, previously believed to be a volcanic mudflow deposit has been reinterpreted as a fossilised ejecta blanket from a meteorite impact about 1.2 billion years ago.
Geology article abstract
http://www.gsajournals.org/perlserv/?request=get-abstract&doi=10.1130%2FG24454A.1
BBC News Story
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7314329.stm
Good page on previous interpretation with outcrop and thin section photos from Oxford Uni.
http://www.earth.ox.ac.uk/~oesis/nws/nws-a98-st1.html#field
One year on...
Hello again and welcome to the fourth GeologyRocks Newsletter. In this newsletter, I'd thought I'd recap the last year's activity comparing them against the plan, as it's been a year since this version of GeologyRocks was released. However, as per usual first here's new content that's been put on over the last couple of months.
read more »Magnetic Map Of The World
The World Digital Magnetic Map of the World has just been released by the Commission for the Geological Map of the World. The BBC News website has the story and a stunning downloadable pdf version.
GeologyRocks Newsletter: Reviewers
Time for the third GeologyRocks newsletter - later than scheduled, but good things come to those who wait. In this newsletter, I'm covering a new review system that will be put in place for content. I'll be interested to see what people think of this. Of course we start with a look at the new content over the last couple of months.
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