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Western US Quake? Fifty simulations of the ‘Really Big One’ show how a 9.0 Cascadia earthquake could play out
The largest number yet of detailed simulations for how a Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake might play out provides a clearer picture of what the region can expect when the fault unleashes a 9.0 earthquake. Geology News — ScienceDaily
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The West Coast Fossil Park, Western Cape, South Africa
While planning a touring holiday, which encompassed part of the west coast of South Africa, I spotted the words “fossil park” on the map, about 150km north of Cape Town, some distance from a village called Langebaanweg. Intrigued to find … Continue reading
Holocene warming in western continental Eurasia driven by glacial retreat and greenhouse forcing
Nature Geoscience 10, 430 (2017). doi:10.1038/ngeo2953 Authors: Jonathan L. Baker, Matthew S. Lachniet, Olga Chervyatsova, Yemane Asmerom & Victor J. Polyak Nature Geoscience – Issue – nature.com science feeds
bijoux-et-mineraux:Citrine – Olkhovka, Western Siberia, Russia
bijoux-et-mineraux: Citrine – Olkhovka, Western Siberia, Russia Geology Nerd
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Scientists uncover large M.H million sq. kilometers reservoir of melting carbon underneath Western United States
New analysis describes how scientists have used the world’s largest array of seismic sensors to map a deep-Earth space of melting carbon overlaying M.H million sq. kilometers. Situated underneath the Western US, 350km beneath Earth’s floor, the found melting area … Continue reading
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The Other Saber-tooths: Scimitar tooth cats of the Western Hemisphere
Recently, in the autumn of 2011, a beautiful and richly illustrated book was published by a group of sabre-tooth experts. In the year 2000, the authors – Virginia Naples, Larry Martin and John Babiarz – described or the first time … Continue reading
USGS Maps for Central U.S. Overstate Earthquake Hazard in Western Kentucky
Kentucky Geological Survey A new publication from the Kentucky Geological Survey at the University of Kentucky concludes that the national earthquake hazard maps developed by the U.S. Geological Survey seriously overstate the hazard in the New Madrid Seismic Zone, which … Continue reading
Signs of life uncovered inside meteorite found in western Turkey
A part of the meteorite on display at Istanbul University’s Geology Museum. (AA Photo) A research team from National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and Istanbul University detected amino acids ? important organic compounds that form the human body ? … Continue reading
Geologist says dinosaur fossils found in western India
Gujarat, sometimes dubbed India’s Jurassic Park, is home to one of the world’s largest collections of dinosaur remains A geologist said Saturday his team has discovered what it believes are dinosaur fossils in the western Indian state of Gujarat that … Continue reading
Rock samples from Western US teach how to hunt for life on Mars
Petrographic thin section made from core sample is shown. This 30 micron thin slice of rock allows a view of the types of features thought to be microbial. Here, the blue layers are an epoxy added in to see void-space … Continue reading