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News From Thursday, February 04, 2010
10:21:11 PM Road of Ruins
NBC Los Angeles - Los Angeles,CA,USA

By JONATHAN LLOYD It's seen fire and rain, and now geologists are trying to figure out what's next for Angeles Crest Highway. The mountain road has been ... [more]

10:03:43 PM Strong Earthquake Reported Off Northern California Coast
FOX News - USA

The US Geological Survey reports that the temblor hit at 12:20 pm about 35 miles northwest of the town of Petrolia and nearly 50 miles west of Eureka. .... [more]

9:36:09 PM State moots uniform granite mining policy
Business Standard - India

“We have decided to convene a meeting of ministers of mines and geology of all the southern states during April in Bangalore to discuss various issues and ... [more]

7:55:50 PM Living History Talk at heritage museum
Sedona Red Rock News - Sedona,AZ,USA

This program will feature local geologist Wayne Ranney speaking on “What's New in Sedona Geology.” Ranney is a well-known geologist and author who has worn ... [more]

7:25:18 PM New Guinea Gold Corporation - Board re-organisation and management changes
Trading Markets - Los Angeles,CA,USA

Luke Sendo has been appointed Chief Geologist and Douglas Ulman has been appointed Mine Superintendent. Luke and Douglas will be responsible for all geology ... [more]

7:15:21 PM Early complex life
Planet Earth - Swindon,Wiltshire,UK

The fossils Liu and his colleagues found come from an era geologists call the Ediacaran. They show trails with a distinctive pattern that suggest some sort ... [more]

1:39:15 PM Bird Ridge vapor vents draw curiosity of hikers and geologists
Turnagain Times - Girdwood,AK,USA

She queried Alison Till of the US Geological Survey, and Till brought the issue to a colleague, John Paskievitch. Eventually the mystery found its way to ... [more]

10:42:48 AM Parts Of Angeles Crest Road Closed Until March
CBS 13 - Sacramento,CA,USA

.... had broken off the road and slid down hillsides. Caltrans geologist Kris Barker says designers were trying to think of creative ways to rebuild the highway. [more]

9:43:40 AM USGS report offered early look at Haiti's quake damage
Washington Post - Washington,DC,USA

The signal was relayed to scientists, including those at the US Geological Survey Center in Reston. "At 21 minutes, they knew about 2 million people would ... [more]

9:10:36 AM Guest column: Geology, not 'pact with the Devil,' caused earthquake
Dothan Eagle

The disastrous earthquake was geological; the events following the quake are theological, not the reverse, as Robertson and DeJournett proclaim. ... [more]

7:52:34 AM Windows Through Time
Catskill Daily Mail - Catskill,NY,USA

We geologists routinely travel back hundreds of millions years into “deep time.” Much of my own work involves Devonian Age rocks which are mostly a bit less ... [more]

5:58:14 AM Puny fossil find is big to science
Salt Lake Tribune - Salt Lake City,UT,USA

Photo courtesy Utah Geological Survey Jeff and Denise Roberts love to roam the hills south of Richfield, sleuthing for fossils and ancient artifacts. .... [more]

5:34:01 AM Recent rains cause more rockslides
WRCB-TV - Chattanooga,TN,USA

A Department of Transportation geologist and engineer says the freezing and thawing pries apart layers of rock, and the rainfall can reduce the strength of ... [more]

4:10:37 AM Earthquakes continue to rumble underneath Yellowstone
9NEWS.com

17, there have been more than 1700 tremors recorded by the US Geological Survey in Golden. Yellowstone is the site of at least three super volcanic .... [more]

1:09:25 AM ISU Professor Donates $200000 Field Camp To University
KIFI - Idaho Falls,ID,USA

"It's a world-class place to teach geology. There are rocks of all kinds within a half an hour of Mackay and so we have kids from all over the country that ... [more]



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