• TWO NEW DINOSAUR SPECIES FOUND AT UTAH SITE

    Updated: 2010-11-30 19:45:57
    sltrib.com Utah’s Cedar Mountain Formation has yielded two new species of iguanodont, cousins of the famous iguanodon, the plant-eating, beaked-mouthed dinosaur known for its ability to walk on its hind legs. Working on federal land in two eastern Utah sites, teams led by the Utah Geological Survey discovered the two specimens in 2004. It took years of [...]

  • Daily Geology Photos – November 30

    Updated: 2010-11-30 17:20:09
    A summary of photos posted on flickr today, tagged with “geology.” Displayed below are 63 geology-related photos were added to flickr today. Similar Posts on Geology News: Daily Geology Photos – September 23 Daily Geology Photos – May 10 Daily Geology Photos – May 19 Daily Geology Photos – May 21 Daily Geology Photos – [...]

  • Geology Links for November 30th, 2010

    Updated: 2010-11-30 16:01:07
    Links from del.icio.us, tagged with geology for November 30th, 2010: USGS Scientific Investigations Report 2010-5220: The Principal Rare Earth Elements Deposits of the United States—A Summary of Domestic Deposits and a Global Perspective How to Teach With Google Earth Climate during the Carboniferous Period Mapas IGME – ServiciosWMS My Grandson The Rock : Krulwich Wonders… [...]

  • Daily Geology Photos – November 29

    Updated: 2010-11-29 17:20:06
    A summary of photos posted on flickr today, tagged with “geology.” Displayed below are 28 geology-related photos were added to flickr today. Similar Posts on Geology News: Daily Geology Photos – September 23 Daily Geology Photos – May 10 Daily Geology Photos – May 19 Daily Geology Photos – May 21 Daily Geology Photos – [...]

  • Geology Links for November 29th, 2010

    Updated: 2010-11-29 17:00:07
    Links from del.icio.us, tagged with geology for November 29th, 2010: Washington USGS Education Earth Science Teaching: Lesson Plans, Classroom Activities Brute force: Huge 1,000 ton boulder carried down mountainside by power of Icelandic volcano (Mail Online) National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) dialogue for kids – volcanoes in love with geosciences Dig It Up [...]

  • Daily Geology Photos – November 28

    Updated: 2010-11-28 17:20:09
    A summary of photos posted on flickr today, tagged with “geology.” Displayed below are 55 geology-related photos were added to flickr today. Similar Posts on Geology News: Daily Geology Photos – September 23 Daily Geology Photos – May 10 Daily Geology Photos – May 19 Daily Geology Photos – May 21 Daily Geology Photos – [...]

  • Geology Links for November 27th, 2010

    Updated: 2010-11-28 03:00:10
    Links from del.icio.us, tagged with geology on November 27th, 2010: My Grandson The Rock : Krulwich Wonders… : NPR NOVA Online Measuring Continents on the Move Kinetic City: Shape It Up DEP: Geology of Devil’s Hopyard State Park all-geo.org: Geology blogging portal Tennessee Landforms GLOBE: Home MetEd Registration Page tsunami module COMET program UCAR TeachersFirst [...]

  • Geology Links for November 27th, 2010

    Updated: 2010-11-28 01:00:14
    Links from del.icio.us, tagged with geology for November 27th, 2010: Kinetic City: Shape It Up DEP: Geology of Devil’s Hopyard State Park all-geo.org: Geology blogging portal Tennessee Landforms GLOBE: Home MetEd Registration Page tsunami module COMET program UCAR TeachersFirst Content Matrix Hydrothermal Veins and Alteration How Do WE Rock Around the Clock? – Google Maps [...]

  • Daily Geology Photos – November 27

    Updated: 2010-11-27 17:20:08
    A summary of photos posted on flickr today, tagged with “geology.” Displayed below are 45 geology-related photos were added to flickr today. Similar Posts on Geology News: Daily Geology Photos – September 23 Daily Geology Photos – May 10 Daily Geology Photos – May 19 Daily Geology Photos – May 21 Daily Geology Photos – [...]

  • Lava-Flow Hazard Zones of Kilauea Volcano

    Updated: 2010-11-27 10:00:51
    Kilauea is Hawai`i’s youngest volcano and one of the world’s most active. Over 90 percent of Kilauea’s surface is covered by lava less than 1,100 years old. In historical time, all of Kilauea’s eruptions have occurred either in or near its summit caldera, or along the east or southwest rift zones. For the foreseeable future, [...]

  • Twitter Tuesdays and Facebook Fridays Start This Week!

    Updated: 2010-11-22 21:13:52
    We are thrilled to announce two new promotions for this holiday season involving both twitter and facebook - Twitter Tuesdays and Facebook Fridays! Each Tuesday on Twitter and each Friday on Facebook we will announce a great deal on one of our most popular items that is good for that day ...

  • Geology Links for November 21st, 2010

    Updated: 2010-11-21 10:00:05
    Links from del.icio.us, tagged with geology for November 21st, 2010: mantle and core composition – Mantle composition, Core composition, Fig … Geological maps | NSW Department of Primary Industries Catalog: Earth Revealed My Grandson The Rock : Krulwich Wonders… : NPR Earth Revealed: Introductory Geology – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia History of Biology HighlightsHistory of [...]

  • Press Release: Good Luck, Nanosail-D!

    Updated: 2010-11-18 08:00:00
    On the Planetary Society web site: Good Luck, Nanosail-D!

  • APPLIANCE REBATE PROGRAM TO END SOON

    Updated: 2010-11-16 14:14:00
    deseretnews.com A state incentive program that gives cash to people who trade in their old, energy inefficient appliances is coming to a close. Cash for Appliances, a popular program that has helped more that 12,000 people cut energy costs by upgrading to Energy Star rated appliances, has less that 10 percent of its funds remaining. The program [...]

  • The Barbie Fan in Thermal Emissivity mode Geologic Froth

    Updated: 2010-11-11 21:27:20
    Posterous Geologic Froth Digital geologic flotsam for . all Blog Me Back to blog Viewed times Favorited 0 times November 10, 2010 The Barbie Fan in Thermal Emissivity mode Edit Delete Autopost Freaking . awesome Tweet Comments 0 Leave a comment .

  • The Barbie Fan in Thermal Emissivity mode Geologic Froth

    Updated: 2010-11-11 21:27:17
    Posterous Geologic Froth Digital geologic flotsam for . all Blog Me Back to blog Viewed times Favorited 0 times November 10, 2010 The Barbie Fan in Thermal Emissivity mode Edit Delete Autopost Freaking . awesome Tweet Comments 0 Leave a comment .

  • Heavy Landscape Visualization Owyhee River area Geologic Froth

    Updated: 2010-11-11 21:27:17
    : Posterous Geologic Froth Digital geologic flotsam for . all Blog Me Back to blog Viewed times Favorited 0 times November 10, 2010 Heavy Landscape Visualization : Owyhee River area Edit Delete Autopost Tweet Comments 0 Leave a comment .

  • Heavy Landscape Visualization Owyhee River area Geologic Froth

    Updated: 2010-11-11 21:27:14
    : Posterous Geologic Froth Digital geologic flotsam for . all Blog Me Back to blog Viewed times Favorited 0 times November 10, 2010 Heavy Landscape Visualization : Owyhee River area Edit Delete Autopost Tweet Comments 0 Leave a comment .

  • Owyhee River lava paleomag sites Geologic Froth

    Updated: 2010-11-11 21:27:13
    Posterous Geologic Froth Digital geologic flotsam for . all Blog Me Back to blog Viewed times Favorited 0 times November 10, 2010 Owyhee River lava paleomag sites Edit Delete Autopost Tweet Comments 0 Leave a comment .

  • Owyhee River lava paleomag sites Geologic Froth

    Updated: 2010-11-11 21:27:07
    OK , got . it Hey , thanks for coming . Would you mind signing in Posterous Geologic Froth Digital geologic flotsam for . all Blog Me Back to blog Viewed times Favorited 0 times November 10, 2010 Owyhee River lava paleomag sites Edit Delete Autopost Tweet Comments 0 Leave a comment .

  • 73 UTAH SCHOOLS TO GET SOLAR PANELS TO GENERATE ENERGY, TEACH CHILDREN

    Updated: 2010-11-09 20:16:29
    deseretnews.com A wet and gloomy Monday, the sun nowhere in sight, was the setting for the announcement at Hillside Middle School that 73 solar panels will be installed atop 73 schools across Utah. The solar photovoltaic arrays will be placed on the roof of at least one school in each of Utah’s 41 school districts to generate [...]

  • PREPARE YOUR FAMILY FOR A DISASTER IN YOUR AREA

    Updated: 2010-11-08 17:49:50
    mormontimes.com If highway construction projects have taught commuters anything, it’s that even a single lane restriction can bring traffic to a crawl. Now imagine the impact on your commute because of a unexpected force of nature — like a strong earthquake, a blizzard, flooding rains or a tornado. Along Utah’s Wasatch front, a fault spans 240 miles, [...]

  • SAGA OF SNAKE VALLEY: BATTLING OVER UTAH WATER

    Updated: 2010-11-08 17:15:11
    KCSG.com Dean Baker, a rancher and activist for the protection of water rights in west-central Utah’s Snake Valley, could become wealthy by selling his property to the Southern Nevada Water Authority. The principal communities in the Snake Valley, from north to south, are Callao, Trout Creek, Partoun, EskDale, Baker, and Garrison. “People don’t understand me,” Baker said, [...]

  • Remember the Walker River map from last year Geologic Froth

    Updated: 2010-11-06 10:46:54
    Posterous Geologic Froth Digital geologic flotsam for . all Blog Me Back to blog Viewed times Favorited 0 times November 5, 2010 Remember the Walker River map from last year Edit Delete Autopost Well , it was a battle to get it done before GSA in Portland last year . This year I had more help , and we barely got the north half done in time . Looks ok . needs considerably more work to be publishable . Nonetheless , it is a great example of abandoning the Quad mapping model in order to adequately characterize a distinctive geologic system . This area corresponds to about two quads worth of area but spans parts of 9 or 12 . quads Tweet Comments 0 Leave a comment .

  • Remember the Walker River map from last year Geologic Froth

    Updated: 2010-11-06 10:46:50
    Posterous Geologic Froth Digital geologic flotsam for . all Blog Me Back to blog Viewed times Favorited 0 times November 5, 2010 Remember the Walker River map from last year Edit Delete Autopost Well , it was a battle to get it done before GSA in Portland last year . This year I had more help , and we barely got the north half done in time . Looks ok . needs considerably more work to be publishable . Nonetheless , it is a great example of abandoning the Quad mapping model in order to adequately characterize a distinctive geologic system . This area corresponds to about two quads worth of area but spans parts of 9 or 12 . quads Tweet Comments 0 Leave a comment .

  • Nice layer arrangement for mapping an alluvial river Geologic Froth

    Updated: 2010-11-06 10:46:46
    Posterous Geologic Froth Digital geologic flotsam for . all Blog Me Back to blog Viewed times Favorited 0 times November 5, 2010 Nice layer arrangement for mapping an alluvial river Edit Delete Autopost I showed this image in my recent GSA talk . It involves the obvious combination of slopeshaded LiDAR and NAIP imagery . This approach will be old , old news in a year or . so Tweet Comments 0 Leave a comment .

  • Some Owyhee River landslide images with contours Geologic Froth

    Updated: 2010-11-06 10:46:44
    OK , got . it Hey , thanks for coming . Would you mind signing in Posterous Geologic Froth Digital geologic flotsam for . all Blog Me Back to blog Viewed times Favorited 0 times November 5, 2010 Some Owyhee River landslide images with contours Edit Delete Autopost Made with Global Mapper in order to evaluate topography related to landslide damming and . overflow Tweet Comments 1 Nov 05, 2010 Miguel Vera said . Looks pretty good . I just love how easy is to create contours using GM . Leave a comment .

  • Nice layer arrangement for mapping an alluvial river Geologic Froth

    Updated: 2010-11-06 10:46:44
    Posterous Geologic Froth Digital geologic flotsam for . all Blog Me Back to blog Viewed times Favorited 0 times November 5, 2010 Nice layer arrangement for mapping an alluvial river Edit Delete Autopost I showed this image in my recent GSA talk . It involves the obvious combination of slopeshaded LiDAR and NAIP imagery . This approach will be old , old news in a year or . so Tweet Comments 0 Leave a comment .

  • Some Owyhee River landslide images with contours Geologic Froth

    Updated: 2010-11-06 10:46:41
    OK , got . it Hey , thanks for coming . Would you mind signing in Posterous Geologic Froth Digital geologic flotsam for . all Blog Me Back to blog Viewed times Favorited 0 times November 5, 2010 Some Owyhee River landslide images with contours Edit Delete Autopost Made with Global Mapper in order to evaluate topography related to landslide damming and . overflow Tweet Comments 1 Nov 05, 2010 Miguel Vera said . Looks pretty good . I just love how easy is to create contours using GM . Leave a comment .

  • Pre-Holiday Sale – 20% off Kits

    Updated: 2010-11-05 00:28:57
    Get ready for the holidays with our 20% off sale. From now through November 15th save up to 20% on all of our best selling rock and mineral kits. Including: My Rockin' Collection - Deluxe Kits Minerals Igneous Rocks Metamorphic Rocks Sedimentary Rocks My Rockin' Collection - Junior Kits Minerals Igneous Rocks Metamorphic Rocks Sedimentary Rocks Rock Detectives Kits Mineral Mission Igneous ...

  • ANCIENT OWL’S MEALS OFFER CLUES TO CLIMATE CHANGE

    Updated: 2010-11-03 16:48:15
    sltrib.com Homestead Cave is not much to look at, a modest opening in a knoll at the north end of Utah’s Lakeside Mountains. But it has yielded a paleontological jackpot for scientists reconstructing ancient Great Basin environments thanks to owls that spit up small-animal prey in the cave for thousands of years. The piles of regurgitated pellets [...]

  • REPORT WARNS OF SHRINKING AQUIFER WEST OF CEDAR CITY

    Updated: 2010-11-03 16:23:56
    sltrib.com Just as a bank account dips when withdrawals exceed deposits, so the water table in the Cedar Valley Aquifer has been dropping over the past 70 years as discharge rates have exceeded recharge, and the losses likely will continue unless measures are taken to plug the problem. That was the conclusion of a report delivered Thursday [...]

  • UTAH GEOLOGIC CALENDAR AVAILABLE NOW

    Updated: 2010-11-03 15:37:30
    sltrib.com Some of Utah’s most scenic geologic wonders from slot canyons to glaciers are featured in the Utah Geological Surveys 2011 calendar. The calendar, on sale for $4.95 at the Department of Natural Resources Bookstore at 1594 W. North Temple or online at www.mapstore.utah.gov, features more than 50 photos of Utah taken by staff members on assignment. The [...]

  • CEDAR VALLEY WATER

    Updated: 2010-11-03 15:26:57
    sltrib.com Big cracks are forming in the floor of Cedar Valley. They’ve already undermined one unfinished subdivision north of Enoch, and they’re still growing. One is 2.4 miles long. If unchecked, they could threaten Enoch itself, not to mention local roads and buried utility lines. This is not a Halloween story, or the movie “Tremors.” It’s scarier, [...]

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