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| Wednesday, November 18th, 2009 | 1:46 pm
[rolinator]
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| | Wednesday, October 14th, 2009 | 3:28 pm
[lunar_alchemy]
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Fossils;
Fossils have always fascinated me, but i admit, i do not know much about them.
i just recently visited the Cheltenham Badlands in Ontario and found a few rocks that look like they may have fossils in them, and i was hoping some of you might help me identify them!
( more about the badlands and photos of the rocks ) | | Saturday, October 10th, 2009 | 2:05 pm
[andrewalden]
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Advice on Calif Coast Range crossings
Next week I want to drive from the Bay Area to Klamath Falls Oregon and include a side trip across the Coast Range, from US 101 to I-5. There are four possibilities: Ukiah to Williams (CA 20), Laytonville to Willows (CA 162), Garberville/Fortuna to Redding (CA 36/3/299) and Arcata to Weed (CA 299/3). Any tips, advice, and things worth seeing on those routes? Are any of them impossible in a day? Etc. | | Thursday, September 10th, 2009 | 11:31 pm
[12_30_87]
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Oregon
I'm going on vacation in Oregon (Lake Oswego) next week. Are there any worthwhile geology spots or cool hiking/backpacking adventures that I should know about from personal experience? | | Monday, August 31st, 2009 | 4:21 pm
[andrewalden]
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Send a Geo-blogger to Antarctica
Hi all, I've decided to throw my field hat in the ring for the "Blog Your Way to Antarctica" contest. How it works is, the entrant with the most votes by September 30 gets to be the designated blogger on a voyage to Antarctica in early 2010. Why not send a real science blogger, right? My goal is to get as many votes as possible early, like in the next couple days. There are two ways to view the entries, newest first and most popular first. If all goes right, I can qualify for the second by the time I'm pushed off the first by new entrants. My entry is at http://www.blogyourwaytoantarctica.com/blogs/view/590If you like this idea, please let your friends/coworkers/classmates/teachers/fa milies/hairdressers/baristas/traffic cops know. Many thanks, Andrew Alden, geology blogger/writer/photographer at About.com (geology.about.com) | | Wednesday, August 26th, 2009 | 3:58 pm
[hydro365]
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Groundwater Blogging
I shamelessly am asking you guys, wonderful and knowledgeable geologists, to visit my new groundwater blog.
The original idea is about groundwater that we don’t learn in school. I put things that I learn at work, and could be useful for groundwater practitioner. Also, it could be a source for research materials.
Groundwater Everyday: http://hydro365.com
I would really like to hear your opinion, suggestion, and advice on how to improve this blog. It would be really awesome if you want to contribute a post, either. Share the (knowledge) wealth.
Thanks in advance. Regards, Ori S. | | Wednesday, August 19th, 2009 | 9:40 pm
[greengadfly]
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| | Monday, August 3rd, 2009 | 10:56 am
[calysto]
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This Sunday, 8/9/09 at 9 PM Eastern, the National Geographic Channel is premiering a new 2-hour documentary called "Drain the Ocean." They use computer graphics to give viewers a look at what the ocean floor would look like without any water. It focuses on the geology of the ocean and the Earth's crust. The previews look really neat. The CGI in the commercials looks sort of like an enormous Grand Canyon. | | Friday, July 31st, 2009 | 10:53 pm
[killar_t0fu]
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Geology newbie
Hi there! I'm a 2nd-year undergraduate who recently declared a geology major after taking a fascinating introductory class last semester. I originally only took it to avoid having to deal with annoying chemistry and/or physics labs, but ended up falling in love with geology! (And of course, two semesters each of chem/physics lab are a part of the major! Oh, the irony.) I've signed up for a mineralogy course next semester and I'm excited for it. At the same time I'm sort of overwhelmed, though- there's a whole lot to review and learn! We briefly identified some rocks in lab last semester, but if you asked me to identify them now I probably wouldn't be able to (except for the obvious ones). I checked out a book from the library about rocks with lots of lovely pictures, but it's not really the same thing as having the samples in person, you know? Anyway, I'm rambling now, and I don't really have a specific question, but since there appear to be a lot of postgrads here, I was wondering what your undergrad experience was like, what to expect from the classes (I've only taken intro so far), how to be best prepared, any advice you can offer would be great! =) Also, geology-related book recommendations would be awesome! I really enjoy well-written nonfiction. Current Mood:  excited | | Tuesday, June 30th, 2009 | 7:42 pm
[tectonic_drift]
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Landscape question
I am interested in hearing what possibly could have created this landscape?  Is this an old eroded lava field? This is a field in northern California near Paynes Creek. | | Sunday, June 28th, 2009 | 8:34 pm
[horehound3]
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sample bags
I am shopping for sample bags and was wondering if anyone had a preferred fabric type. I have been looking at Hubco sample bags http://www.hubcoinc.com/sample_bags.htm which come in cotton, polyester, and polypropylene. Obviously it's not too big of a deal, since it's just a bag for holding rocks, but there is a significant price difference on some sites. I guess cotton bags might be more prone to mold, perhaps? I will probably go with the cheapest type, but just wanted to be sure no one had any outrageously terrible sample bag experiences before I made my purchase :) | 8:47 am
[sn1885a]
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Hypothetical fossil ownership question
A random thought I had on waking up this morning... Say you're walking along the road, and you come to a roadcut. Just above the roadcut is a barbed fence closing off private property. You're lucky enough to find a fossil here--not just any fossil, but a big one, maybe even a game-changer. The problem is, it's partly beside the road (presumably funded by federal, state, or local government), but clearly extends well into the roadcut (and hence cannot be excavated without digging into private property). Does it belong to you, the government, or the anonymous landowner? Any answers are much appreciated. :) -John | | Monday, June 15th, 2009 | 4:33 pm
[fabulousme]
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Where to look?
Can someone explain to me the SMOW scale, or point me to a good resource? Google isn't helping but I can tell it seems to have something to do with maybe O isotopes and/or seawater salinity. It just isn't anything that has come up in any of my books or classes up to this point, and it's being referenced in a paleoclimate text I'm reading. Any help appreciated - thanks! | | Saturday, June 13th, 2009 | 3:30 pm
[djtseliot13]
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Volcano blogging is back!
If anyone is interested, ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/syndicated.gif) volcanosummer is up and running once again! Join me as I cavort across ten of the world's coolest volcanoes in the next two weeks. After that I may be heading back to Hawai`i for more research, and I'll also be travelling to the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute to work on my thesis (mapping the rift zone of the submarine volcano Loihi)! Updates for the next two weeks will be arriving via VolcanoSummer's new Twitter account. There will be pictures immediately, and better ones after I return home. I'll be hiking Mount St. Helens, so this could get interesting. You can also find both regular and Twitter updates on the original VolcanoSummer site, so stay tuned for more! Many thanks to those of you who tuned in last year for my Hawaiian adventures. | | Sunday, June 7th, 2009 | 5:31 pm
[heywood417]
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Registrations & Certifications
Hoping this is an appropriate post for this community--if it's not, please let me know. x-posted to ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif) geographyI currently live in Louisiana & am an environmental consultant for a private consulting firm. I've been with my company for nearly 4 years. However, for numerous reasons, I'm starting to have the envie to move back to my home state of Missouri to be closer to my family. I realize that in the current economic climate, I'm going to have a difficult time trying to find a job up there (my own company has laid off several lower level people from our office--none from the environmental department, but we're not hiring any new people either). I also recognize living out of state puts me at a disadvantage. I know I'm going to have to make a hell of an impression on any potential employers to get them to think "hmm...sure, we can give this job to some chick who hasn't even lived in this state for the last 5 years". My first thought goes to certifications. I was adamantly trying to get my REP (Registered Environmental Professional) when I first started at my office--however our GM said that it wasn't really a "necessary" affiliation & that he hadn't seen much benefits from it. However, in the past I've noticed that it IS a preferred certification on some job ads for larger firms. So I don't know if that's just a "big firm" thing, or would benefit me all around. Because I have a master's degree, I'm eligible for my REP without taking the exam. Cost is $250, annual renewal is $90. This cost is reasonable. And then...there's a Certified Environmental Scientist course being offered at the local university. It's the NREP certification, so it's legit...It's 8 hours of class, followed by the 2 hour, open book exam. Cost is $800. Which has kind of an "ouch" factor right now....BUT, if it could REALLY benefit me getting a new job, then would it be worth it? Or, since I have a Masters in Environmental Analysis, would it just be a waste of money? My dilemma springs from the fact that, by all technical definitions, my Masters is in Geography, on the Environmental Analysis track. And it's an M.A., not an M.S., because at my graduate university, the Geog dept is in the College of Liberal Arts (had I gotten a Geog Masters at my undergrad univ, it would have been an MS, because there it's in the College of Natural & Applied Sciences). And I've always been a little self-conscious of that "MA" thing. Does it really matter? Or is a Masters just a Masters, whichever way you slice it? Would it be likely that someone could potentially not see me as a "scientist" because my undergrad is in Environmental Photojournalism (individualized program--Major in Mass Media, minor in Geology), & my Masters is in Geography? Even though I've been an Environmental Professional for the last 4 years? I feel like taking the CES exam & passing would definitively prove that I KNOW my science, and make me a "certified" scientist... I also don't want to become one of those "letter hounds" who gets certs simply to have acronyms behind their name, without them having any bearing on their actual professional ability or experience. *sigh* Any thoughts? Recommendations for alternate certs? Opinions on the actual certs I mention? I appreciate all feedback. | | Thursday, June 4th, 2009 | 4:33 pm
[idaho88]
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Sedimentology!
This is a log of a marine sequence. Could someone help me analyse the sedimentary environment this was made in?  I can see that the upwards coarsening points us towards something like a delta, or what I suspect even more; a beach zone with a regression going on. In my eyes it shows signs of getting shallower and shallower (the ripple marks as well as parallell lamination) - and at one point there is a change of climate and we get a transgression with newer sediments in an upwards fining. BUT. What I don't understand is the change in silt - sand - silt - sand at the bottom part of the figure. What has caused these periodic changes? Waves? Changes in feeding of sediments into the ocean? | | Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009 | 4:13 pm
[calysto]
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Google Ocean
The latest version of Google Earth, 5.0, includes "Google Ocean," which allows you to explore the ocean floor around the world, up to and including the Mariana Trench. There's plenty of info on oceanic biology for those interested, but for a geology buff like myself it has a beautiful rendering of the ocean floor too. [ Google Ocean info page] | | Wednesday, May 27th, 2009 | 10:39 am
[lyosh108]
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| | Saturday, May 23rd, 2009 | 9:11 am
[petite_mewsette]
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Name that rock!
At the beach yesterday, my mother and I found several small, black rocks with gold flecks. They are a little rough on the exterior, and very, very sparkly. (They sparkle less when wet.) Ideas? Thanks so much for helping us name our mystery rock! :) Sadly, Google was no help. :\ | | Sunday, April 26th, 2009 | 8:48 am
[calysto]
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A Sucker is Born Every Minute
An Idaho man has decided that a rock face which has recently undergone a landslide is a miraculous representation of the hand of God. He's so inspired by the "miracle"... that he is trying to sell the rights to the geologic formation on eBay. Article, with picture: [ link] |
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