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New location, promising future
Our Colorado News
The transfer of the Colorado Geological Survey to the Colorado School of Mines is almost a done deal. A bill transferring the powers, duties and function of the Colorado Geological Survey (CGS), including the state geologist's office, to the School o [more]
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2 hours ago.
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China gearing up for shale gas auction
United Press International
Zhang Jinchuan, a geology professor at the China University of Geosciences in Beijing and government adviser, told Bloomberg News the auction was a positive sign for the country. "It's obvious the second round of shale gas auctions is getting near an [more]
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3 hours ago.
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School district threatens to sue over subway route
GoErie.com - Erie,PA,USA
Geology and engineering experts criticized county transportation researchers. The Los Angeles Times (http://lat.ms/Joui4b) says geologist Eldon Gath called it paradigm-driven and opinion-driven, not science. Beverly Hills school board president Brian [more]
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4 hours ago.
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Forest recovering from Mt. St. Helens explosion: research (w/ Video)
Phys.Org
Landsat, a satellite program operated by NASA and the US Geological Survey acquired the images between 1979 and 2011. In them, scientists have an unprecedented opportunity to witness how life recovers from devastation. The animation begins with ... [more]
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7 hours ago.
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GSI Survey on Platinum
Press Information Bureau (press release) - India
Minister of Mines (Independent Charge), Shri Dinsha J. Patel informed Lok Sabha today in a written reply that Geological Survey of India (GSI) has found presence of Platinum Group of Elements (PGE) in Tamil Nadu, Odisha and other parts of the country [more]
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8 hours ago.
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6.2-magnitude quake strikes far off Chile's coast
USA Today - McLean,VA,United States
The US Geological Survey says the quake's epicenter was 336 miles (542 kilometers) west-southwest of Castro, Los Lagos. It struck Thursday evening local time off the coast of the Aysen region and at depth of 6.2 miles (10 kilometers). Aysen Gov. [more]
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12 hours ago.
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Beverly Hills threatens legal action over subway extension
Did White House fake link between Saddam and Al Qaeda?
A special hearing Thursday about the proposed route for the Westside Subway Extension was dominated by science, with geologists and engineers pointing to maps and the existence -- or lack thereof -- of earthquake faults and decrying the way Los Angel [more]
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13 hours ago.
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Exodus continues near China's Three Gorges Dam
MarketWatch - USA
The latest relocation plan was unveiled in April by the Three Gorges Geological Disaster Prevention Leading Group Office, a branch of the Ministry of Land and Resources. Due to the reservoir project, officials say, cracks have been spreading inside . [more]
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14 hours ago.
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Mount St. Helens monument gets new life
The Columbian - Vancouver,WA,USA
By Eric Florip US Geological Survey scientist David Johnston was stationed at what's now known as Johnston Ridge on the morning of May 18, 1980. He was among 57 people killed by the massive eruption. This photo was taken one day earlier. [more]
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15 hours ago.
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Local Geologist Speaks About Rock Fire Incident
10News.com - San Diego,CA,USA
In initial tests, two of the rocks tested for a phosphorous substance and geologist Pat Abbott said it should not have been on the rocks. "There's nothing flammable in these rocks whatsoever," said Abbott. He identified the rocks as a type of ... [more]
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17 hours ago.
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Geologists, Engineers Dispute Metro's Seismic Claims About Westside
MarketWatch - USA
MarketWatch (press release) LOS ANGELES, May 17, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- After months of exhaustive study, a team of geologists and engineers today concluded that many of the claims made by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation A [more]
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Thursday, May 17
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In fact, one person in particular, geologist John S. Cummings, who discovered and documented the subsurface amount of copper, gold and zinc in 1977, knows that history all too well. Cummings, 82, was at the forefront of efforts to locate minerals and [more]
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Thursday, May 17
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Northwest Cable News - Portland,OR,USA
Several witnesses report waking up to what they say was a small earthquake south of McCall early Thursday morning around 4:30 am However, those shaky claims have employees at Idaho's US Geological Survey scratching their heads in disbelief. [more]
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Thursday, May 17
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CBS Local
A soil survey conducted in March discovered four seismic faults running directly underneath the campus at 1090 Nithsdale Road, prompting US Geological Survey spokeswoman Dr. Lucy Jones to call for the school to be torn down. [more]
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Thursday, May 17
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Phys.Org
New Lithosphere articles posted online 16 May 2012 report on (1) seismic anisotropy measured beneath 14 broadband stations in southeastern India; (2) why geoscientists should persist in their efforts to reach and study such spectacular sub-sea geolog [more]
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Thursday, May 17
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MarketWatch - USA
The evening also has a special purpose, to raise money for a bursary in David's name that will go to deserving students in the geology faculty at UBC. David knew all too well that the mining business has plenty of lean years to go with the rich ones. [more]
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Thursday, May 17
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MarketWatch - USA
MarketWatch (press release) The report is authored by Richard C. Capps, PhD, RPG, SME Registered Geologist. The Golden Trail Project is situated within the recently identified Eastern Nevada Gold Trend being explored and developed by Newmont Mining a [more]
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Thursday, May 17
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Honolulu Star-Advertiser (blog)
Though providing numbers, the study by the US Geological Survey didn't report something new. Coastal erosion has been evident, clear in constant attempts to keep the ocean at bay, in lawmaking and legal conflicts over receding real estate, ... [more]
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Thursday, May 17
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FOX News - USA
.... significant damage, but some Anchorage residents say items toppled or fell off shelves. Besides those in Anchorage, residents in a 120-mile swath of southcentral Alaska, from Palmer to Kenai, reported feeling the earthquake to the US Geological [more]
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Thursday, May 17
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Tucson Citizen
17, 2012, under Geology According to a story in the Arizona Daily Star: “The United States is running out of helium.” However, as pointed out by Arizona State Geologist Lee Alison, Arizona has helium resources that could help fill the gap. [more]
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Thursday, May 17
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NatGeo News Watch
Geology was not the Major's only interest, and as a part of its work, the Powell Survey collected ethnological information on the Indians wresting a living from the plateaus. For a while, Powell himself served as an Indian Commissioner — a another jo [more]
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