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7:18:49 AM Virtual geology museum, an Oman-German project gets $7000 environment grant
Muscat Daily

A joint project between Oman and Germany to set up a virtual museum of geological wonders in the sultanate, has received US$7000 from Ford Motor Company's Conservation and Environmental Grant for 2011-12. World Habitat Society GmbH from Germany and . [more]

6:14:57 AM No Pyramid Expected in Plans to Probe Mt. Sadahurip
Jakarta Globe - Jakarta,Indonesia

A team of geologists is planning to probe the structure of Mount Sadahurip in West Java, but not to check whether there is a pyramid underneath as rumors alleged, a team member claimed on Tuesday. A group of travel organizers, Geotrek Indonesia, ... [more]

6:14:57 AM Guihulngan, Negros 'severely damaged' by quake, urgently needs supplies
GMA News

A team of geologists from the University of the Philippines and the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) who happened to be in the area when the tremor rocked Negros Oriental said the town needs food, water, and gasoline ... [more]

5:35:47 AM Little Rock at Center of Big Controversy
BU Today - United States, MA

Photos by Kalman Zabarsky In an office on Commonwealth Avenue sits a small rock that is shaking geology to its core. About an inch long, gray and a little chalky, to the untrained eye it's indistinguishable from any other lying on the sidewalk. [more]

4:05:54 AM Drill, new maps call attention to region's propensity for earthquakes
Henderson Gleaner - Henderson,KY,USA

It is estimated there is a 10 percent chance in any 50-year period that a similar earthquake could happen in the New Madrid seismic zone, said Oliver Boyd, a geophysicist with the US Geological Survey. MOLLY BARTELS / COURIER & PRESS Nicholas Igou, 7 [more]

3:33:01 AM Texas Water District Acts to Slow Depletion of the Ogallala Aquifer
NatGeo News Watch

Photo by John Charlton, Kansas Geological Survey. A group of farmers in northwest Texas began 2012 under circumstances their forbearers could scarcely imagine: they faced a limit on the amount of groundwater they could pump from their own wells on .. [more]

2:28:13 AM Baldwin set to pay $33765 in groundwater contamination search
The Birmingham News - al.com - Birmingham,AL,USA

According to county documents, geologists with Highland Technical Services will conduct and "alternate source demonstration" to find out if the arsenic that periodically appears in groundwater tests at the site is naturally occurring. [more]

1:39:25 AM State installs new seismic instruments in High Desert
Desert Dispatch - Barstow,CA,USA

By SAM PEARSON, Staff Writer BARSTOW • The California Geological Survey has installed new equipment in the Barstow area to take measurements during earthquakes. The three new “accelerographs” collect data about how buildings respond to shaking ground [more]

1:39:25 AM Earthquake: 3.3 quake strikes off Catalina Island
criticism

A shallow magnitude 3.3 earthquake was reported Tuesday afternoon, six miles from Avalon, according to the US Geological Survey. The temblor occurred at 4:30 pm Pacific time at a depth of 0 miles. According to the USGS, the epicenter was 26 miles fro [more]

12:31:58 AM Mars-bound NASA rover carries coin for camera checkup
PhysOrg.com - Evergreen,VA,USA

The "hand lens" in MAHLI's name refers to field geologists' practice of carrying a hand lens for close inspection of rocks they find. When shooting photos in the field, geologists use various calibration methods. "When a geologist takes pictures of . [more]



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