It's not possible to describe/The unspeakable power of god/So he on the evening of the 25 August/Terrible has done in this valley to the place of Plurs/Where a part of the mountain was taken down/Just on target of Plurs/(Anonymous, Chiavenna 26 August 1618)The 25 August 1618, after our modern [...]
September 2, 1806 - the village of Goldau was destroyed by a landslide, coming from the mountain of Rossberg - nearly 500 people died. It was the first time that a naturalistic approach to a geological catastrophe was chosen instead of the assumption that the landslide was a punishment by god. [...]
Not enough Flagstaff homeowners were hurt by July and August floods to qualify for federal assistance from FEMA, according to a story in the Arizona [Flagstaff] Daily Sun. The threshold is said to be 100 residences or more and $6.6 million in damages.Coconino County and the State may yet be [...]
One of my readers has asked a few questions about the jet stream. As I intended to reply with a few general basic principles rather than going into too much detail, and as my posts are generally about simplified general basic principles, I thought that I might as well make a post of my reply.Jet [...]
Diedonnè-Silvain-Guy-Tancrede de Gvalet de Dolomieu, born June 23, 1750 in the village of Dolomieu, was a typical naturalist of his time. With 26 years he travelled trough half Europe, he got interested in the mines of the Bretagne and the basaltic plateau in Portugal, and he visited South Italy [...]
'Stocky dragon' dinosaur terrorized Late Cretaceous EuropeBalaur bondoc used extendable claws to attack and tear apart prey IMAGE: This reconstruction shows the skeletal anatomy of Balaur bondoc. [...]
As Pakistanis struggle to recover in the aftermath of the recent flooding there and as relief has come to many parts of Russia after a record breaking heatwave, it's interesting to take a look at the causes of both. Dr. Jeffrey Masters at Weather Underground has written an interesting blog post [...]
Links from del.icio.us, tagged with geology for August 31st, 2010: Double space strike ’caused dinosaur extinction’ 6 • Continental Drift and Plate Tectonics w/Disovery Education – Ashford School Technology Lesson Plans Iowa’s Manson Impact Structure google earth [...]
The California Division of Oil, Gas & Geothermal Resources currently has two classifications of jobs posted for numerous vacancies – they are looking to recruit through universities for both recent graduates as well as ones who have years of experience in the petroleum industry for a senior [...]
In July our small group of hobby-micropaleontologists heads to the chalk-quarry Laegerdorf near Hamburg: doors are open, it its collectors Sunday. While our macropaleontological colleagues are already busy with their heavy equipment and first findings of belemnites are reported we discuss the [...]
Hey folks,Sorry for being absent over the last month or so; I've spent an inordinate amount of time up at Lake Tahoe with my family (i.e. ~5 trips totaling over 1 month) and the rest of the time I spent collecting thesis data and fossils in Santa Cruz, and working on manuscripts. With regards to [...]
I find the NOAA image below an excellent starting point for a discussion of the two weather events that became hot news this summer.The Great Russian Heat Wave of 2010 brought temperatures of 37°C or more to Moscow, and smog and smoke from wildfires blanketed the city for many days. Air pollution [...]
Coconino County public works have erected jersey barriers (concrete wall segments) around nearly 25% of the homes in areas affected by the July 20 flood.Many more homeowners on the east side of the city have created sandbag barriers around their buildings and across yards or at the upstream point [...]
AZGS geologist is in Flagstaff, mapping and assessing the debris flows that accompanied the July 20 flood that damage so many homes in the Timberline and Donney Park subdivisions on the east side of the city. The floods and debris flows were a result of the denuded slopes from the recent Schultz [...]
To protect the 3.000 inhabitants of the France village of Saint-Gervais–Le Fayet from a possible glacier outburst, the authorities have decided to drill into and install pumps on the Glacier de Tête-Rousse (Mont Blanc Massif), where a larger volume (65.000 cubic meters) of stagnant water is [...]
On July 28th in Peshawar, Pakistan, it rained more in one day than it had ever previously rained for the entire month. In the face of that kind of event, it’s hard not to think that we are entering unprecedented times. (It is still raining, with forecasts of more to come, with 1,600 people [...]
This may be coming a little late but it is still relevant, I believe. The AAPG puts out a "magazine" sort of thing to its members, the AAPG Explorer, to its members and in the June 2010 issue they had an interesting remark to make on the Gulf oil spill. This is the opening passage:"The following is [...]
“Floods on the Indus River continued to surge downstream into southern Pakistan more than three weeks after the initial floods started. The floods began in late July when unusually intense monsoon rains fell over northern Pakistan. By August 19, about one-fifth of Pakistan was flooded. The [...]
From GSA (Geological Society of America) Connections:Each month (or thereabouts), the themed geology blog carnival "Accretionary Wedge" invites geoblogger contributions. July's theme, the role of geoblogosphere, generated quite a bit of activity. A synthesis of contributions is hosted on the [...]
In the previous Matamata article I discussed the very scary skull and hyoid anatomy of this singular South American turtle. The 'ugly' look of the Matamata is well known, but hopefully you now know that the Matamata should also be famous for its large size, for its massively thick, long neck, [...]
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