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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.
Iapetus AdventuresThe thoughts of an ancient undergrad
- Location: Hunstanton, North Norfolk coast.
- Date Taken (dd-mm-yy): June 2010
Dramatic colour banded cliffs at Hunstanton. The dark, orange brown sandstone is overlain by a thinner layer of red chalk which is overlain by a creamy white pure chalk. These are all Cretaceous in age.
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- Location: Overstrand Norfolk coast UK
- Date Taken (dd-mm-yy): 26/06/2010
Thrust slice of chalk forming a raft structure within the glacial till. The main mass has flint horizons which clearly show the chalk has been folded.
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- Location: Precordillera, San Juan, Argentina
- Date Taken (dd-mm-yy): 2007
Excellent exposure of columnar basalts.
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- Location: Howick, Northumberland, UK
- Date Taken (dd-mm-yy): 03/07/2010
The slickensides are the vertical markings in the centre of the photograph.
The face is the North part of the Howick Fault in Northumberland, and the marks were caused at the time of faulting.
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- Location: Howick, Northumberland, UK
- Date Taken (dd-mm-yy): 03/07/2010
Bit of nice herringbone cross stratification as pointed out by the finger.
Taken on a field trip to Howick Northumberland UK.
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