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News From Wednesday, June 09, 2010
11:05:25 PM Top Vibrations Specialists
Energy Digital (blog)

GeoSonics and Vibra-Tech Engineers utilize technology to understand how the geology around a mining operation affects ground vibrations from blasting. .... [more]

10:24:34 PM Big Oil Is Still Boss
Truthdig - Los Angeles,CA,USA

In doing this, he and his team mistakenly accepted assurances by oil company engineers and geologists that offshore oil drilling was safe. ... [more]

9:56:28 PM Tony Hayward: How an affable geologist became America's most hated
Guardian - UK

Being dubbed public enemy No 1 in America is a curious place for a bright, affable and experienced British geologist to find himself. ... [more]

8:38:08 PM EPA cites pharma for contaminated wastewater
FiercePharma Manufacturing

.... facilities and their associated public wastewater treatment plants fingered by the US Geological Survey as the source of drugs in the environment. ... [more]

6:19:34 PM Vail Symposium: You can explore Colorado's glacial history
Vail Daily News - Vail,CO,USA

Colorado State Geologist Dr. Vince Matthews will be leading a glacier tour through Vail, Leadville, and Frisco. Above, one of the stops on Vail Symposium's ... [more]

5:41:11 PM Goldbank to Acquire Up to 100% Interest in the Leota Gold Property in
MarketWatch - USA

MarketWatch (press release) Recent discoveries in the Dawson Mining District support a new geological model indicating that the placer-gold in the Klondike is most likely sourced from ... [more]

4:51:32 PM NERT Disaster Training Part 4: Searches, Rescue, Axes.
San Francisco Chronicle - San Francisco,CA,USA

Photo courtesy of CE Meyer, United States Geological Survey By Heath Smith Fire battalion chief Denise Newman explains our four different types of tools. ... [more]

2:31:05 PM Local student in field with scientists
Traverse City Record Eagle

"Connor's enthusiasm, humor and interest in geology were critical factors in his selection," said John Gersuk, executive vice president, ... [more]

2:03:02 PM Daulton Capital Corp. Retains Geologist to Prepare NI-43-101 Report
MarketWatch - USA

("the company or Daulton") (OTC:DUCP) is pleased to announce the retention of Mr. Allen Doherty, P. Geo. to prepare an NI-43-101 geological technical report ... [more]

11:50:52 AM Tri-Valley Corporation Appoints Michael Stark as Vice President of
MarketWatch - USA

MarketWatch (press release) Mr. Stark has a BS in Geology from the University of California at Los Angeles and a MS in Geology from Iowa State University. ... [more]

10:48:25 AM NASA discovers new evidence of large oceans on Mars
LiveStreetJournal

In particular, these evidences are part of a research devoted to set up a map on the surface of Mars by the program experts Planetary Geology and Geophysics ... [more]

10:20:40 AM Geological map points to ancient seas on Mars
Astronomy Now Online

A geological map, created using data from a plethora of orbiting spacecraft, presents new evidence that lakes persisted early in Mars' history. ... [more]

7:38:42 AM BP plans to burn some oil pumping up to surface
The Associated Press

A team of researchers and government officials and run by the director of the US Geological Survey is studying the flow rate and hopes to present its .... [more]

7:08:45 AM Dirty Illinois Coal Revived by Mining Deaths, Obama Crackdown
BusinessWeek - USA

In the mountainous Appalachia region, which has been mined continuously for almost two centuries, the rocky geology makes the coal more difficult to extract ... [more]

4:50:15 AM Does the New Madrid Fault Zone Have a New Neighbor?
Eyewitness News Memphis - TN, USA

“Geologists think that the earthquakes that generated these sand blows were pretty large, about magnitude 7,” said Williams. “Given the parameters they see ... [more]

4:10:38 AM Gulf Oil Spill: Federal Estimates Again Eclipsed By Reality
Huffington Post - New York,NY,USA

US Geological Survey Director Marcia McNutt, who chairs the flow group, said in a statement that its members are "working non-stop to analyze all the ... [more]

2:09:00 AM BP: It Will Soon Be Only a 'Trickle'
Newser

The prediction comes as a team of researchers under the leadership of the US Geological Survey prepares to issue its estimate on how much is leaking. .... [more]

1:12:47 AM Importance of diversification of mining diversification highlighted
AngolaPress - Luanda,Angola

The secretary of State pledged that the Ministry of Geology and Mining will outline a mechanism to assist operators troubled to export their products to ... [more]



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