Home Featured Archives Search Subscribe PDA-Friendly News Feeds
News From Sunday, May 09, 2010
11:14:40 PM Once a slacker not always a slacker
Chicago Tribune - Chicago,IL,USA

A master's degree in geology from Columbia University, a doctorate in geology from Columbia University and the American Museum of Natural History in New ... [more]

8:53:53 PM Discoveries might reveal origins of Southeastern NC's first inhabitants
StarNewsOnline.com - Wilmington,NC,USA

Geologists said the rock, called black chert or novaculite, was previously thought to only be available in vast quantities in the mountains of Arkansas. ... [more]

6:23:57 PM Aceh Shaken Again, but Experts Assure Residents
Jakarta Globe - Jakarta,Indonesia

Though two major earthquakes have rocked Aceh in a span of about a month, a geologist said this was normal and did not necessarily portend a major temblor ... [more]

10:44:22 AM Geology and mines commission funds interior roadworks
Stabroek News - Georgetown,Guyana

By Stabroek staff | May 9, 2010 in Local News The Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) has transferred some $1.8 billion to the Public Works Ministry ... [more]

10:32:24 AM Geologists try to date latest shaking from Stateline Fault
Las Vegas Review - Journal - Las Vegas,NV,USA

By KEITH ROGERS A trenching operation that UNLV geologists launched west of Pahrump is aimed at finding out when the Stateline Fault last moved and how .... [more]

10:29:32 AM Ash Cloud Going Near To Spain Airports
Mixx Buzzers (blog)

The volcano is still on observation and Geologist are now finding ways to have early reports and updates about the situation of the volcano. [more]

9:57:30 AM Australia's Victoria sitting on $20 billion-worth of gold?
Oneindia

Vladimir Lisitsin of GeoScience Victoria, a government agency in Melbourne that maps the geology of the region, says that much of the state's so-called gold ... [more]

8:22:04 AM Tsunami warning lifted after 7.4 quake in Indonesia
Reuters - NY,USA

.... an earthquake of magnitude 7.4 struck Sumatra, Indonesia, the country's quake agency and the United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported on Sunday. ... [more]

6:24:14 AM 2 moderate quakes strike S. Calif.; no damage
The Associated Press

.... US-Mexico border area about 16 miles southwest of El Centro, near the small farm town of Seeley, according to a report from the US Geological Survey. ... [more]

6:14:59 AM Geologist Manning: Oil and gas under-explored
The Trinidad Guardian

I was a geologist in Petrotrin, it was Texaco at the time, and I saw a letter in a file which said: since oil was a wasting asset, it was about to run out ... [more]

5:30:44 AM Rocky Mountain College graduate list
Billings Gazette

Murray John Dighans Jr.: Peerless; geology. Demetrius JinWoo Donovan (cum laude): Brainerd, Minn.; business management. Nathan James Elmore (cum laude): ... [more]

4:20:30 AM Quake, rattle and roll? Not in Western Pennsylvania
Leader Times - Kittanning,PA,USA

Pitt's Department of Geology and Planetary Science feeds its earthquake readings into a public database of the Incorporated Research Institutions for ... [more]

2:51:29 AM No magic bullet in gulf spill
Virginia Adds 49K New Voters in August

By Joel Achenbach | May 8, 2010; 3:39 PM ET A bit about natural gas hydrates from the US Geological Survey. I get the distinct impression that "fishing" (to ... [more]

2:43:20 AM US Adminstration Gulf Oil Spill Update: List Of Actions In Last 24 Hours
Eurasia Review

The US Geological Survey Oil Response Team was activated to communicate and coordinate daily response activities, including supplying biologic, ... [more]

2:27:12 AM The Impending Divorce of Our Gypsy and … San Diego
Women on the Web - New York,NY,USA

Yes, the chance (and likelihood as geologists keep reminding us) of a "big one" hitting California again is not to be taken lightly. ... [more]

12:53:19 AM Two earthquakes shake southern California
Examiner.com - San Francisco,CA,USA

The US Geological Survey says that at 11:33 am, an earthquake measuring 5.0 on the Richter scale hit about 16 miles west-southwest of El Centro. ... [more]



Smallcap Watch offers stock quotes and more!
web analytics provided by iWebTrack
Geology News is a Rare Artifact website.
Screenshots provided by Free website thumbnails.