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- Fossils at an Online ExhibitionUpdated: Sat Jul 19 03:39:04 2008
Museums are shaking off their patina of dust and coming alive on the Web--even the fossils… - Geology of the California CoastUpdated: Fri Jul 18 01:07:38 2008
A survey of California's coastal geologic attractions, from north to south… - Geology of the California CoastUpdated: Fri Jul 18 01:07:38 2008
A survey of California's coastal geologic attractions, from north to south… - Geology of the California CoastUpdated: Fri Jul 18 01:07:37 2008
A survey of California's coastal geologic attractions, from north to south… - California Coast Geology - Marin HeadlandsUpdated: Fri Jul 18 01:05:39 2008
Between Stinson Beach and the Golden Gate lie high sea cliffs of Franciscan rocks… - California Coast Geology - Drake's Bay, Point ReyesUpdated: Fri Jul 18 01:04:36 2008
Sir Francis Drake's ships are said to have anchored here in 1579… - California Coast Geology - Shell Beach, CaliforniaUpdated: Fri Jul 18 01:03:33 2008
Shell Beach is a classic place to study the variety of rocks in the Franciscan Complex… - California Coast Geology - Shell Beach RocksUpdated: Fri Jul 18 01:03:33 2008
Even gray days are colorful at Shell Beach… - California Coast Geology - Mouth of the Russian RiverUpdated: Fri Jul 18 01:03:32 2008
The Russian River brings lots of sand to the coast near Jenner during its winter floods… - California Coast Geology - Beach North of Jenner, CaliforniaUpdated: Fri Jul 18 01:03:32 2008
A typical beach in California's Franciscan terrane… - California Coast Geology - Arch and Chimneys Near Jenner, CaliforniaUpdated: Fri Jul 18 01:03:32 2008
Sea arches and chimneys are common attractions of northern California beaches… - California Coast Geology - Gualala BlockUpdated: Fri Jul 18 01:02:31 2008
The sliver of the California coast south of Point Arena is called the Gualala block… - California Coast Geology - Cape MendocinoUpdated: Fri Jul 18 01:01:17 2008
Cape Mendocino, westernmost point in California, seen from Mattole Road… - California Coast Geology - Beach near Trinidad HeadUpdated: Fri Jul 18 01:00:15 2008
Beach near Trinidad Head north of Humboldt Bay, near Eureka… - California Coast Geology - Point Loma, CaliforniaUpdated: Fri Jul 18 00:58:04 2008
Point Loma guards the entrance to San Diego Bay… - California Coast Geology - Islas Coronados, MexicoUpdated: Fri Jul 18 00:58:04 2008
To the south of San Diego's Coronado Beach lie the Coronado Islands, uplifted bits of a large offshore platform… - California Coast Geology - Avila Beach, CaliforniaUpdated: Fri Jul 18 00:57:02 2008
At Avila Beach is a world-class display of pillow lava… - California Coast Geology - Laguna Beach, CaliforniaUpdated: Fri Jul 18 00:57:02 2008
Laguna Beach displays young sedimentary rocks in a dramatic and easily accessible setting… - California Coast Geology - Santa Monica Beach, CaliforniaUpdated: Fri Jul 18 00:57:02 2008
Santa Monica is at the north end of nearly 100 kilometers of sand between here and Newport Beach… - California Coast Geology - Santa Monica Platform, CaliforniaUpdated: Fri Jul 18 00:57:02 2008
The city of Santa Monica appears to sit on a broad wave-cut platform that is gently tilted by recent tectonic movements… - California Coast Geology - Whalers Cove at Point Lobos State ReserveUpdated: Fri Jul 18 00:55:56 2008
Point Lobos is a wonderland of clear waters, wildlife, kelp forests and rocks… - California Coast Geology - Big Sur Rocks, CaliforniaUpdated: Fri Jul 18 00:55:56 2008
The water is tempting while driving through Big Sur… - California Coast Geology - Big Sur Coast, CaliforniaUpdated: Fri Jul 18 00:55:55 2008
The Big Sur coast is largely Franciscan rocks… - California Coast Geology - Wave-Cut Platform at Davenport, CaliforniaUpdated: Fri Jul 18 00:52:32 2008
Ancient shorelines on the Santa Cruz County coast… - California Coast Geology - Oakland Harbor in San Francisco BayUpdated: Fri Jul 18 00:48:09 2008
The harbors in San Francisco Bay are protected from Pacific storms by hills of the Coast Ranges… - California Coast Geology - Ocean Beach, San FranciscoUpdated: Fri Jul 18 00:48:09 2008
San Francisco's western edge is a series of dune fields and seacliffs… - California Coast Geology - Northern San Mateo Peninsula, CaliforniaUpdated: Fri Jul 18 00:48:09 2008
South of San Francisco, young sedimentary rocks give way to Salinian granite… - California Coast Geology - Angel Island and San Francisco BayUpdated: Fri Jul 18 00:47:06 2008
San Francisco Bay is unique on the California coast, a huge sheltered estuary with excellent harbors… - California Coast Geology - The Golden Gate from the Oakland HillsUpdated: Fri Jul 18 00:47:06 2008
This view shows the Golden Gate with little Alcatraz Island in front of it and the granitic Farallon Islands beyond on the horizon… - California Coast Geology - Bird Island and Point BonitaUpdated: Fri Jul 18 00:46:00 2008
Bird Island and Point Bonita guard the entrance to the Golden Gate… - California Coast Geology - The Golden Gate, CaliforniaUpdated: Fri Jul 18 00:46:00 2008
The Golden Gate is a strait connecting San Francisco Bay with the Pacific… - California Coast Geology - Rodeo Beach and Fort Cronkhite, CaliforniaUpdated: Fri Jul 18 00:44:55 2008
Just north of the Golden Gate is the gravel bar of Rodeo Beach with old Fort Cronkhite at left… - California Coast Geology - Stinson Beach, CaliforniaUpdated: Fri Jul 18 00:44:55 2008
Stinson Beach sits east of the San Andreas fault… - California Coast Geology - View South from Bodega HeadUpdated: Fri Jul 18 00:43:52 2008
Point Reyes is visible in the distance… - California Coast Geology - Shell Beach ColorsUpdated: Fri Jul 18 00:43:51 2008
A stash of boulders as colorful as a kid's marble collection… - California Coast Geology - Bodega Head Looking NorthUpdated: Fri Jul 18 00:43:51 2008
Bodega Head is a notable block of granitic rocks brought here from far away… - California Coast Geology - Granite Stacks at Bodega HeadUpdated: Fri Jul 18 00:43:51 2008
The fractured granite of Bodega Head forms rugged stacks under the attack of the Pacific waves… - California Coast Geology - Earthquake Beach South of Fort RossUpdated: Fri Jul 18 00:41:42 2008
The San Andreas fault returns to sea at this nameless beach south of Fort Ross… - California Coast Geology - Alder CreekUpdated: Fri Jul 18 00:40:35 2008
The San Andreas fault comes ashore here a little east of Point Arena… - California Coast Geology - Shelter Cove, CaliforniaUpdated: Fri Jul 18 00:40:35 2008
Shelter Cove is the town perched on Point Delgada… - California Coast Geology - Lost Coast and King RangeUpdated: Fri Jul 18 00:40:34 2008
North of Shelter Cove is the roadless King Range, also known as the Lost Coast… - California Coast Geology - Key Map of the California CoastUpdated: Fri Jul 18 00:39:31 2008
Key map showing many localities in this photo tour… - California Coast Geology - Introduction - Baker Beach, San FranciscoCreated: Fri Jul 18 00:39:30 2008
Baker Beach is a type specimen of the California coast… - Landslides - La Conchita Earthflow of 1995Updated: Thu Jul 17 18:51:38 2008
The La Conchita landslide of 1995, in the gallery of landslide photos… - LandslidesUpdated: Thu Jul 17 18:51:28 2008
Gallery of landslide photos… - LandslidesUpdated: Thu Jul 17 18:51:28 2008
Gallery of landslide photos… - LandslidesUpdated: Thu Jul 17 18:51:28 2008
Gallery of landslide photos… - Landslides - Monitoring Rock StabilityUpdated: Thu Jul 17 01:07:16 2008
Plumb lines and tautwires help gauge motions of an old quarry wall… - Landslides - Bridge Structure Affected by SlumpUpdated: Thu Jul 17 01:05:04 2008
Slumping and settling can disrupt structures like this concrete bridge… - Landslides - Fire Triggered LandslideUpdated: Thu Jul 17 01:05:03 2008
Landslides are a common aftereffect of fires… - Craters on Mars from Mariner 4Updated: Wed Jul 16 18:50:13 2008
The first picture to prove that impacts are a real geologic agent… - Fossil Wood Gallery - Fossil Tree Trunk, ZimbabweUpdated: Mon Jul 14 05:02:41 2008
Fossilized wood from Zimbabwe has a bluish-green color… - Fossil Wood GalleryUpdated: Mon Jul 14 05:02:35 2008
Examples of fossilized wood… - Fossil Wood GalleryUpdated: Mon Jul 14 05:02:35 2008
Examples of fossilized wood… - Fossil Wood GalleryUpdated: Mon Jul 14 05:02:35 2008
Examples of fossilized wood… - Geology of the Planet MercuryUpdated: Sat Jul 12 20:18:18 2008
The planet Mercury is poised for an explosion of new information… - About Geology -- The Complete Guide to GeologyUpdated: Sat Jul 12 04:51:09 2008
About Geology includes everything from outer space to the Earth's core, from the oldest fossils to the landslides and earthquakes of today… - Earth's Most Ancient PlacesUpdated: Tue Jul 8 23:20:38 2008
Several localities of astonishing antiquities… - Ground-Penetrating RadarUpdated: Tue Jul 8 22:58:42 2008
A crew demonstrates ground-penetrating radar in the field. … - Ground-Penetrating RadarUpdated: Tue Jul 8 22:58:42 2008
A crew demonstrates ground-penetrating radar in the field. … - Ground-Penetrating RadarUpdated: Tue Jul 8 22:58:42 2008
A crew demonstrates ground-penetrating radar in the field. … - Geologic Map of TexasUpdated: Sun Jul 6 00:20:19 2008
Texas geologic map, courtesy of the state bureau of economic geology… - Surface Geologic Map of IowaUpdated: Sat Jul 5 23:40:41 2008
Surface geologic map of Iowa, courtesy of the state geological survey… - Bedrock Geologic Map of IowaUpdated: Sat Jul 5 23:39:37 2008
Iowa bedrock geologic map, courtesy of the state geological survey… - Geologic Map of HawaiiUpdated: Sat Jul 5 23:34:15 2008
Hawaii geologic map from the USGS, presented at four different scales… - Geology of the Delphic OracleUpdated: Sat Jul 5 23:07:00 2008
Newly published research unveils an ancient mystery without tarnishing its wonder… - About QuicksandUpdated: Sat Jul 5 23:03:23 2008
Is quicksand real, or is it only in the movies?… - Flood, the Routine DisasterUpdated: Sat Jul 5 22:40:19 2008
Nature may love a flood, but floods are civilization's worst enemy--one we make ourselves… - The Mohs Hardness of CoinsUpdated: Sat Jul 5 22:36:36 2008
Experiments with using coins in your Mohs hardness kit… - The Great Cascadia Earthquake of 2xxxUpdated: Sat Jul 5 22:20:40 2008
Cascadia is America's tectonic version of Sumatra, where the great quake of 2004 occurred… - Volcano Movies of 1997 - 'Volcano' and 'Dante's Peak'Updated: Sat Jul 5 22:12:39 2008
The leads in "Volcano" and "Dante's Peak" were tall, dark and explosive… - Geological Thinking - Method of Multiple Working HypothesesUpdated: Sat Jul 5 22:00:03 2008
The scientific method we're taught in school is a cartoon… - Evolution in a NutshellUpdated: Sat Jul 5 21:52:16 2008
The theory of evolution grows out of common sense and a simple hypothesis… - Warren Carey, Last of the GiantsUpdated: Sat Jul 5 21:45:54 2008
This discredited thinker is still a model geologist… - About Mercury: The Geology of QuicksilverUpdated: Sat Jul 5 21:42:18 2008
The strange and hazardous element mercury is still of scientific interest… - The Century in Review: CoelacanthsUpdated: Sat Jul 5 21:39:04 2008
The 20th century's greatest fish story--the discovery of the coelacanth--still has legs… - Save the Geysers!Updated: Sat Jul 5 21:33:03 2008
Thar they blow! a survey of geysers around the world… - Saving Lives with Earthquake EngineeringUpdated: Thu Jul 3 05:01:50 2008
Earthquake engineers are out there learning lessons from earthquakes… - Asbestos in a NutshellUpdated: Thu Jul 3 04:52:10 2008
This mineral resource has been first a boon, then a bane in its century of commercial existence… - Top 10 Action Steps to Take Against EarthquakesUpdated: Thu Jul 3 04:40:41 2008
Earthquake professionals list the elements of a quake-resistant society… - Geology of HeliumUpdated: Thu Jul 3 04:31:34 2008
The gas in your party balloons is a genuine Earth product… - Seven Things You Need to Know about the OceanUpdated: Thu Jul 3 04:22:20 2008
Ocean literacy is based on just seven essential principles… - The Geology of BricksUpdated: Thu Jul 3 04:18:34 2008
Brickmaking transforms low-strength mud into artificial stone… - Loch Ness PhenomenonUpdated: Thu Jul 3 04:05:44 2008
A skeptical Earth scientist throws more cold water on Scotland's liveliest legend… - A Day of Total Terroir 1: Geology in the Wine CountryUpdated: Thu Jul 3 03:57:56 2008
The story of a geologist's day trip around the Napa Valley in search of the elusive quality called terroir… - Edmond Halley, Father of GeophysicsUpdated: Thu Jul 3 03:55:32 2008
The great astronomer was also a great geophysicist… - Mapping Deep Time - About Geologic Time PeriodsUpdated: Thu Jul 3 03:48:07 2008
How we learned to keep track of geologic time without using clocks or numbers… - The Day After TomorrowUpdated: Thu Jul 3 03:43:26 2008
What's praiseworthy about this climate-change blockbuster is that it has a real villain, not Godzilla. … - Zircon, Zirconia, Zirconium MineralsUpdated: Thu Jul 3 03:29:33 2008
The zirconium minerals zircon, baddeleyite and zirconolite are a close family… - Earth's Formation in a NutshellUpdated: Thu Jul 3 03:25:18 2008
The straight story of how Earth began, as today's geologists tell it… - The Mountain Problem - The Century in ReviewUpdated: Thu Jul 3 03:22:17 2008
A century of geologic progress has changed our textbook picture of mountains… - Seismic Testimony from the KurskUpdated: Thu Jul 3 03:19:45 2008
The death agony of the Russian submarine Kursk was heard by the world seismograph network… - A Better Kind of Earth DayUpdated: Thu Jul 3 03:15:17 2008
Why not give Earth Day some geo-cultural backbone?… - Etna the EternalUpdated: Thu Jul 3 01:11:45 2008
The 2001 eruption, and the human response, is a repeat performance of a mythic drama… - The Fitness of GeologyUpdated: Thu Jul 3 01:06:16 2008
Geologists may be the fittest of scientists… - Coal in a NutshellUpdated: Thu Jul 3 01:02:43 2008
Introducing coal: how it forms, what's in it, what it tells us… - Petroleum in a NutshellUpdated: Thu Jul 3 00:58:31 2008
The basics about this important geologic commodity… - Geo-Safaris and Geological TravelUpdated: Thu Jul 3 00:53:00 2008
With geo-safaris you bring back not trophies but knowledge to use at home… - Nannobacteria: A Bunch of RotUpdated: Thu Jul 3 00:48:44 2008
The mysterious, extremely small particles dubbed nannobacteria may have an explanation as crumbs from the dinners of decay microbes… - The Still Small Voice of WIMPs - Underground LaboratoriesUpdated: Tue Jul 1 02:05:23 2008
When searching for WIMPs, scientists seek the quietest places deep underground… - The Bre-X Gold ScandalUpdated: Tue Jul 1 01:00:12 2008
First there is a mountain of gold, then there is no mountain, then there is no gold mining company named Bre-X… - Do Bombs Cause Earthquakes? Human-Triggered EarthquakesUpdated: Mon Jun 30 23:52:36 2008
Short answer: no. It depends on what you mean by earthquake and by cause… - What Are Fossils?Updated: Mon Jun 30 23:35:17 2008
Fossils are precious gifts from the geologic past… - Quakespotting, a GeopoemUpdated: Mon Jun 30 23:29:18 2008
After spotting an earthquake swarm on the Web, I set out to catch a seism. … - Uranium in a NutshellUpdated: Mon Jun 30 23:26:58 2008
The basics of uranium geology… - AGU Fall Meeting 2000 DiaryUpdated: Mon Jun 30 23:24:42 2008
Day one of the world's largest geophysical meeting, the Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union in San Francisco, 15-19 December 2000… - Measuring Earthquake MagnitudesUpdated: Mon Jun 30 23:19:51 2008
Nowadays, every earthquake magnitude scale is the Richter scale… - The Tokai Earthquake of 20xxUpdated: Mon Jun 30 23:13:18 2008
Japan has been preparing for it for over 25 years… - A Brief History of the PrecambrianUpdated: Mon Jun 30 23:06:38 2008
Four billion years condensed into two pages… - Ask a GeologistUpdated: Mon Jun 30 23:01:30 2008
To get questions answered on the Internet, the old ways may be the best… - The Tibetan PlateauUpdated: Mon Jun 30 22:40:16 2008
The largest highest place on Earth is a showcase of plate tectonics… - Geologic Destinations for California TouristsUpdated: Mon Jun 30 22:38:07 2008
If you're going to California, be sure to put some of these geologic attractions on your must-see list… - The Quaternary Refuses to DieUpdated: Sat Jun 28 04:45:32 2008
How the International Stratigraphic Commission dealt out the whole Quaternary Period in 2004… - Transforms in a NutshellUpdated: Sat Jun 28 04:38:49 2008
Basics of plate tectonics: what happens when plates move past each other… - Earthquake Prediction: Mission ImpossibleUpdated: Sat Jun 28 00:02:34 2008
Quake prediction is best left to the quacks, say the scientists… - Connecticut GeologyUpdated: Fri Jun 27 23:57:42 2008
Born-and-bred Westerners may find that Connecticut's laid-back landscape is way cool… - Asphalt VolcanismUpdated: Fri Jun 27 23:51:41 2008
A newly discovered form of volcano spews natural tar onto the deep seafloor… - Natural AsphaltUpdated: Fri Jun 27 23:51:10 2008
Natural asphalt from the McKittrick oil seep… - Observing the Deep SeaUpdated: Fri Jun 27 23:43:47 2008
A new wave of scientific observatories within and on the bottom of the sea is giving us--and the Web--new eyes… - Top 25 PhD Geology CollegesUpdated: Fri Jun 27 23:38:36 2008
These 25 American colleges grant the huge majority of the geology PhD's held by U.S. college faculty… - Where Were You for Loma Prieta?Updated: Fri Jun 27 23:30:43 2008
Memories come rumbling back at this time of year, especially to your About Geology Guide… - Tombolos, Songs in SandUpdated: Fri Jun 27 01:01:15 2008
It's not a dance step, but a lyrical beach landform. See several tombolo images from around the world… - Toward a National Geologic TrailUpdated: Fri Jun 27 00:45:41 2008
America's biggest flood may become its biggest virtual park… - Geologic Gift IdeasUpdated: Fri Jun 27 00:19:22 2008
A few suggestions for something to get your favorite geologist… - Meteorites from Other PlanetsUpdated: Fri Jun 27 00:12:31 2008
Rocks from the Moon and Mars are found on the ground on Earth… - A Superfault SuperlandslideUpdated: Fri Jun 27 00:06:53 2008
The world's largest landslide is explained with hotspots and superfaults… - Unwrapping FossilsUpdated: Fri Jun 27 00:04:41 2008
Spotting a fossil is always a thrill, but only the first step… - Did You Feel It?Updated: Thu Jun 26 23:51:29 2008
Gauging earthquakes on the Web with the Community Internet Intensity scale… - Earthquake IntensitiesUpdated: Thu Jun 26 23:44:01 2008
Intensity scales measure how bad a quake is, on a scale from I to XII… - A New Case for Atlantis?Updated: Thu Jun 26 23:37:31 2008
Recent geologic fieldwork points west of Gibraltar… - Benjamin Franklin, Earth ScientistUpdated: Thu Jun 26 23:25:11 2008
Franklin contributed to basic and applied science with a selflessness all his own. … - Field Etiquette for GeologistsUpdated: Thu Jun 26 23:15:00 2008
The health of the profession depends on basic good behavior… - Common Rock DensitiesUpdated: Thu Jun 26 23:09:05 2008
Density, or specific gravity, of common rock types… - About Liquefaction - Giving GroundUpdated: Thu Jun 26 23:00:36 2008
Liquefaction is a subtle and devastating effect of earthquakes that only now is being widely assessed… - Introducing the AnthropoceneUpdated: Thu Jun 26 22:52:08 2008
A brand-new name for the current time period, the Anthropocene Epoch, might get some currency… - Earth Rotation Studies: Earth Science in Space 4Updated: Thu Jun 26 22:43:45 2008
Space research allows us to pull tons of signals from the Earth's rotation, as the world turns… - Drilling VolcanoesUpdated: Thu Jun 26 00:35:36 2008
Drilling into active volcanoes is not as crazy as you think… - The Web-Wide WorldUpdated: Thu Jun 26 00:28:38 2008
Digital Earth combines enormous amounts of data in a geographically organized database… - Mapping the Past - Paleogeographic MapsUpdated: Thu Jun 26 00:18:21 2008
Mapping a world we've never seen, as opposed to the Earth of today, takes a lot of imaginative work… - Infrasound: Air SeismologyUpdated: Thu Jun 26 00:13:56 2008
Infrasound is the strange territory between sound and seismology… - Paleotempestology - Paleohurricane ScienceUpdated: Thu Jun 26 00:08:07 2008
Geologists can find traces of storms past… - The Clear LiteratureUpdated: Thu Jun 26 00:01:03 2008
There's a third, online way besides the open and gray literature… - Recipes for VolcanoesUpdated: Wed Jun 25 23:56:17 2008
Moviemakers and scientists have gone beyond vinegar and baking soda… - Landslides in a NutshellUpdated: Wed Jun 25 23:47:12 2008
Landslides make landscapes the way sculptors work: by removal… - Coal in the HomeUpdated: Wed Jun 25 23:39:12 2008
Americans don't burn coal at home any more, but it still works for most of the world… - Carbon SequestrationUpdated: Wed Jun 25 23:30:36 2008
Putting greenhouse gases into the ground is a promising technology… - Preserving Geologic HeritageUpdated: Wed Jun 25 23:20:29 2008
Should we treat geological treasures like endangered species? A growing movement says yes… - Why You Should Vote for GeologistsUpdated: Wed Jun 25 23:07:35 2008
The best person for the job may well be a geologist… - Bedrock Geologic Map of WyomingCreated: Wed Jun 25 18:16:59 2008
Wyoming geologic map, from the 1974 Geologic Map of the United States… - Mystery SpotsUpdated: Wed Jun 25 04:49:18 2008
Some roadside attractions claim strange geophysical effects, but those claims are hokum… - Earthquake LightsUpdated: Wed Jun 25 04:38:05 2008
A new theory of earthquake lights looks promising… - Rhenium-Osmium StudiesUpdated: Wed Jun 25 04:26:58 2008
These two exceedingly rare metals can now be studied for their unique clues to deep Earth history… - Earth Day? How About Earth Life?Updated: Wed Jun 25 04:25:00 2008
Looking beyond Earth Day to the program humanity really needs… - Potassium-Argon Dating Methods - K-Ar and Ar-Ar DatingUpdated: Wed Jun 25 04:22:23 2008
Potassium-argon isotopic dating is especially useful for determining the age of lavas… - About Geothermal EnergyUpdated: Wed Jun 25 04:19:31 2008
Geothermal energy exploits the Earth's heat budget… - Black Smokers, Cold Seeps, Whale FallsUpdated: Wed Jun 25 04:14:01 2008
Three different seafloor communities have a worldwide connection… - Unconformities: Gaps in the RecordUpdated: Wed Jun 25 04:08:31 2008
In rocks, what is not there can be as informative as what is there… - Preparedness Pays in SeattleUpdated: Wed Jun 25 04:04:36 2008
The February 2001 Seattle earthquake has demonstrated that preparedness pays… - Clues from Solar StudiesUpdated: Wed Jun 25 03:48:07 2008
Studying the Sun tells a lot about the Earth… - Radioisotopes from SpaceUpdated: Wed Jun 25 03:44:19 2008
Closing in on radiocarbon discrepancies through the space program pays off in knowledge about the Earth… - Viewing Earth from on HighUpdated: Wed Jun 25 01:02:19 2008
The big view of Earth's surface that space gives geologists makes possible discoveries never before imagined… - Brought To You By . . . Science WritersUpdated: Wed Jun 25 00:54:36 2008
A look at the pros who really bring you the news from science… - Geologic JobsUpdated: Wed Jun 25 00:44:38 2008
Is this your life? Geology, the job, and where to get it… - Two Ways to Look at CavesUpdated: Wed Jun 25 00:39:58 2008
A look at caves by a former caver and current armchair scientist… - Toward Real-Time Earthquake WarningsUpdated: Wed Jun 25 00:34:05 2008
Ultrafast quake warnings are the future promise, but meanwhile early-warning systems are bringing us benefits right now… - Ancient RemainsUpdated: Wed Jun 25 00:25:04 2008
The actual bodies of dead (and living) things can last nearly forever… - Handicapping the NewsUpdated: Wed Jun 25 00:20:32 2008
A how-to on looking ahead of the news cycle… - Strange Seismometers - Seismic Intensity IndicatorsCreated: Wed Jun 25 00:13:23 2008
A seismometer can be as simple as a rock just standing there or as unexpected as soup cans on the grocer's shelves… - The Nevada Silver RushCreated: Wed Jun 25 00:10:15 2008
Oh for the days when horn silver lay on the ground in the Nevada silver rush… - Desert Pavement TheoriesUpdated: Wed Jun 25 00:02:34 2008
Competing theories explain desert pavement from above and below. … - Oldoinyo Lengai, World's Weirdest VolcanoUpdated: Tue Jun 24 23:58:22 2008
Oldoinyo Lengai erupts sodium carbonate--not quite a big rock candy mountain, but then nothing else about it is quite like the song… - Jökulhlaups - Glacial Outburst FloodsUpdated: Tue Jun 24 23:54:45 2008
Jökulhlaups are peculiar glacial floods, as impressive as the people who live with them… - What Is Geology's Nobel Prize?Updated: Tue Jun 24 23:49:32 2008
Nothing in geology quite measures up to the Nobel Prize… - Sherlock Holmes, Forensic GeologistUpdated: Tue Jun 24 23:42:37 2008
The great detective Sherlock Holmes is the exemplar of the modern geologist… - What Is Commercial Granite?Updated: Tue Jun 24 05:06:11 2008
The granites of geology and commerce are quite different… - A Tour of Joshua Tree National ParkUpdated: Tue Jun 24 04:50:02 2008
A photo tour of the geologic and botanical highlights of Joshua Tree National Park, in California's desert lands… - A Look at the PlayaUpdated: Tue Jun 24 00:40:50 2008
Why do dry lake beds occur? And why are they called playas?… - Ballfield DirtUpdated: Tue Jun 24 00:26:48 2008
Baseball is played on a precision geotechnical product. … - Geology Wallpaper Images - Oregon OutbackUpdated: Tue Jun 24 00:19:47 2008
A selection of wallpaper images from the Oregon Outback… - Geology Wallpaper Images - Stones and SedimentsUpdated: Tue Jun 24 00:19:47 2008
A selection of wallpaper images of stones and sediments… - Geology Wallpaper Images - Rock CloseupsUpdated: Tue Jun 24 00:19:46 2008
A selection of wallpaper images of rocks in loving detail… - Geology Wallpaper Images - Cascade Range and Columbia BasaltUpdated: Tue Jun 24 00:18:44 2008
A selection of wallpaper images of the Cascade Range and the Columbia River basalt… - Geology Wallpaper Images - California Coast RangeUpdated: Tue Jun 24 00:18:43 2008
A selection of wallpaper images of the California Coast Range… - Geology Wallpaper Images - Gulf of AlaskaUpdated: Tue Jun 24 00:17:41 2008
A selection of 800x600 and 1024x768 wallpaper images of the Gulf of Alaska… - What Is a Mineral?Updated: Tue Jun 24 00:10:34 2008
Minerals meet four criteria, more or less strict… - GeyserUpdated: Tue Jun 24 00:04:08 2008
Photo of Castle Geyser, in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming… - Stone Tools Then and NowUpdated: Mon Jun 23 23:58:18 2008
flint knapping arrowheads chalk conching chocolate errett callahan scalpels obsidian chert agate geology stone tools… - Tsunamis: Killer WavesUpdated: Mon Jun 23 23:45:23 2008
Tsunamis or tidal waves--whatever you call them, watch out. … - All About the San Andreas FaultUpdated: Mon Jun 23 23:38:01 2008
Home page for everything about the San Andreas fault… - Geology Desktop Wallpaper PicturesUpdated: Mon Jun 23 23:21:20 2008
Free 800x600, 1024x768 and 1280x1024 geology pictures for your computer's desktop wallpaper…