geology

Earthquakes, El Ninos fatal to earliest civilization in Americas

harminka — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 13:14:21 -0600

First came the earthquakes, then the torrential rains. But the relentless march of sand across once fertile fields and bays, a process set in motion by the quakes and flooding, is probably what did in America's earliest civilization.

Soil maps generate reliable Quaternary geologic map

harminka — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 02:49:01 -0600

Geologists, archeologists, anthropologists, ecologists, engineers, and natural resource managers routinely use National Cooperative Soil Survey (NCSS) data across field sciences.

Horizon Project: Earthquake Data Shows Frightening Trend

Armen Hareyan — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 08:09:16 -0600

Brent Miller from the Horizon Project research team provided several indicators to watch for over 18 months ago on the national Coast to Coast AM radio show that would indicate world changing events could be very close.

British geology students fined in China for "illegal map-making"

Armen Hareyan — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 20:32:37 -0600

Three British geology students of Imperial College London have been fined in China for "illegal survey and map-making activities", according to local media. In addition to making maps, the students were researching fault lines and earthquake activity in Xinjiang, which is a tense Muslim province to the west of the country, where anger against Chinese rule sparked deadly attacks in 2008.

Deep heat solution to 500-million year mystery

harminka — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 08:35:22 -0600

Scientists from the universities of Leicester and Cambridge and from the British Geological Survey have published new research in the journal Geology this month (November) shedding new light on a 500-million year old mystery.

War from Ground Up

harminka — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 06:34:33 -0500

The connection between geology and the history of the Civil War has fascinated Robert Whisonant since his undergraduate days, and now Whisonant has teamed up with geomorphologist Judy Ehlen, both of Radford University, to take history, military history in particular, a step deeper -- into the geology beneath the soldiers' feet.

Oldest known rock on Earth discovered

harminka — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 08:20:02 -0500

Canadian bedrock more than 4 billion years old may be the oldest known section of the Earth's early crust.

Isthmus of Panama formed as result of plate tectonics

harminka — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 01:36:45 -0500

Contrary to previous evidence, a new University of Florida study shows the Isthmus of Panama was most likely formed by a Central American Peninsula colliding slowly with the South American continent through tectonic plate movement over millions of years.

Geologists push back date basins formed, supporting frozen Earth theory

harminka — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:05:33 -0500

Even in geology, it's not often a date gets revised by 500 million years.

Organizing an Earth Systems Science Agency

harminka — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:28:57 -0500

In an article published today in the journal Science, a group of former senior federal officials call for the establishment of an independent Earth Systems Science Agency (ESSA) to meet the unprecedented environmental and economic challenges facing the nation. They propose forming the new agency by merging the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

Toxic to aliens, but key to health of planet

harminka — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 13:21:16 -0500

Scientists at the University of Leicester are using an ingredient found in common shampoos to investigate how the oxygen content of the oceans has changed over geologically recent time.

New research refutes myth of pure Scandinavian race

harminka — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 00:27:18 -0500

A team of forensic scientists at the University of Copenhagen has studied human remains found in two ancient Danish burial grounds dating back to the iron age, and discovered a man who appears to be of arabian origin.