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News From Friday, July 16, 2010
11:44:37 PM Outlook for More Quakes: No One Knows
News Channel 8 - Washington,DC,USA

Jeff Halka runs the Maryland Geological Survey. He says it's impossible to know if we're in for more quakes but he says damage is highly unlikely, ... [more]

10:19:18 PM The Real Beltway Rumble
Reform

Friday at 5:04 am ET a 3.6-magnitude quake rattled the Washington area, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS). ... [more]

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Wagin Argus

To secure the role you will have a Tertiary degree in Geology and a minimum of 6 years experience (Majority in Gold) and skilled in the use of Surpac. ... [more]

9:10:14 PM York residents feel quake
CBS 21 - Harrisburg,PA,USA

Geologists say it wasn't enough to wake people out of their sleep Friday morning. It may have been closer to what it feels like when a big truck comes down ... [more]

8:21:58 PM Gulf oil spill: As gusher stops, response playbook is being rewritten
Christian Science Monitor - USA

AP By Patrik Jonsson, Staff writer / July 16, 2010 Until about two months into the Deepwater Horizon disaster, the best petroleum engineers and geologists ... [more]

6:38:30 PM Quake more a curiosity than a shock
Loudoun Times - Leesburg,VA,USA

.... in Loudoun County, but not big enough to cause more than possibly some cracks in sidewalks, said Paul Caruso, geophysicist for the US Geological Survey. ... [more]

5:19:57 PM Minor earthquake shakes US capital's movers
The Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Earthquakes are so rare in the Washington area that even a geology student wasn't quite sure what was going on when a minor one hit early ... [more]

5:13:55 PM LU geologists discover new theory for Himalaya
Hindustan Times - New Delhi,India

A new study done by Lucknow University geologist suggests the rise in the mountain range essentially happened 15-million years ago and not 65-million years ... [more]

4:33:12 PM Education a Priority at Garvies Point Museum
Patch

By Matthew Belevich | Email the author | 7:17am George Allgaier, (right), a geologist and curator at Garvies Point Museum in Glen Cove, educates visitors of ... [more]

3:41:09 PM OGX Hits 1st Dry Well on Move to Riskier Brazil Site
BusinessWeek - USA

OGX, which first sold shares in 2008, assembled a team of former geologists from Petrobras when it sought to drill its first exploration well in 2009. .... [more]

2:37:57 PM HK introduces "geo-gourmet dishes" to promote geopark
China View, Beijing, China

Edward Yau, Secretary for the Environment, noted that a major part of the geopark initiative is to connect geology and nature conservation with sustainable ... [more]

1:11:40 PM Rare Earthquake Rattles DC
Yeshiva World News

And, that's based on geology.” Vaughn says because of the area's sedimentary mountain ranges energy spreads farther. “When something shakes, it goes ... [more]

11:41:51 AM Exercising the brain and the body
Swissinfo

It is the fruit of collaboration between the geology institute at Fribourg University and the cantonal building insurance association (Ecab). ... [more]

10:42:03 AM Mild earthquake felt across region
Virginia Adds 49K New Voters in August

The US Geological Survey reported a 3.7 magnitude quake in the Potomac-Shenandoah region at about 5 am Friday morning. “We are getting flooded with calls,” ... [more]

10:36:36 AM US geologist appeals China jail sentence: lawyer
Sin Chew Jit Poh - Malaysia

BEIJING, Friday 16 July 2010 (AFP) - A US geologist sentenced to eight years in jail in China on a state secrets charge -- a case that drew objections from ... [more]

8:33:34 AM Gas leaks into Neshobe River in Brandon
Rutland Herald - Rutland,VT,USA

The town called the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources, which in turn brought in consultants from Lincoln Applied Geology, an environmental firm based in ... [more]

7:38:51 AM Geologists protest bill to remove state rock
San Francisco Chronicle - San Francisco,CA,USA

Geologists say the state rock, serpentine, has educational value. Bill proponents don't like that it can contain asbestos. It takes real effort to impugn ... [more]

6:31:29 AM Geologist Jailed For Trading China State Secrets Appeals
Wall Street Journal - USA

By JAMES T. AREDDY SHANGHAI -- Xue Feng, a US geologist convicted this month of trading in Chinese state secrets, has appealed to a Beijing court to ... [more]

4:03:45 AM Local briefs, July 16
San Bernardino Sun

Ten high school teachers and their students from the San Bernardino-Riverside county area worked alongside a Cal State San Bernardino geology professor ... [more]

3:25:50 AM Do you want to buy lithium?
Wyatt Investment Research (blog)

You can read all about lithium in a report from United States Geological Survey by clicking here. There's plenty of demand for lithium, ... [more]

3:12:29 AM Oil not gushing from well for first time in three-months
ABC Action News - Tampa,FL,USA

The job is a complicated process that USF Geologist Oceanographer Dr. Al Hine is watching closely. "It's under very high pressure so it's not a matter of ... [more]



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