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News From Thursday, July 19, 2007
11:17:53 PM Benchmarks, landmarks, and milestones
Christian Science Monitor - USA

The bench marks (written as two words in this sense) of the US Geological Survey are disks generally made of brass; they look like giant cuff links. .... [more]

10:16:43 PM HAPPY TRAILS RED ROCK CANYON GEOLOGY HIKE
Colorado Springs Gazette - Colorado Springs,CO,USA

This walk will take you through 200 million years of geology in about two hours while providing some of Red Rock Canyon Open Space's finest views. .... [more]

4:19:18 PM Role of geologists key when mining at depth
Mining Weekly - Gardenview,Eastern Cape,South Africa

The continuity, width and grade of the Merensky reef has been confirmed at Spitzkop, and it is envisaged that this Eastern Platinum (Eastplats). ... [more]

12:41:23 PM Benson named interim research VP
The University of Alabama Crimson White - Tuscaloosa,AL,USA

Benson was a research geologist for the Ohio Division of the Geological Survey before joining the University as an assistant professor of geology in 1978. ... [more]

11:58:49 AM Ancient Megafloods Created English Channel
FOX News - USA

"The first was probably 100 times greater than the average discharge of the Mississippi River," said Sanjeev Gupta, a geologist at Imperial College London ... [more]

10:21:16 AM Hope Found Beneath War-Torn Darfur
New York Times - United States

A team of geologists from Boston University discovered the imprint of a "megalake" using radar. Farouk el-Baz, director of the study, urged the digging of ... [more]

9:17:15 AM Special: How Gold Is Mined in India
Resource Investor - Herndon,VA,USA

The main among them are Geological Survey of India and Mineral Exploration Corporation of India. These agencies have already carried out extensive regional ... [more]

8:44:28 AM Eleven missing in northwest China flood
China Daily

Eight of the 19 workers with the Xinjiang bureau of coal geology who were drilling and exploring there managed to escape, but the rest disappeared in the ... [more]

5:20:07 AM Findlay council OKs deal for flood warning system
Toledo Blade - Toledo,OH,USA

FINDLAY -- City council agreed Tuesday night to work with the US Geological Survey to purchase and operate a warning system that should alert residents to ... [more]

4:47:50 AM WVU Opens Doors to Renovated Brooks Hall
State Journal - Charleston,WV,USA

MORGANTOWN -- State-of-the-art classrooms will greet students in West Virginia University's Department of Geology and Geography when they return to campus ... [more]

4:05:20 AM Ancient mega-flood turned Britain into an island
China View, Beijing, China

Philip Gibbard, a geologist at the University of Cambridge, praised the study, saying: "It is no exaggeration to say that this Channel flood was probably ... [more]

2:26:52 AM Exploratory Well Drilling on Vorgenskaya Area Completed
Financial Information Service(Registration) - Novosibirsk,Russia

During the drilling the core from different horizons have been taken 19 times. Geologists say that the results are encouraging. [more]

1:23:00 AM Kenya: US Report Allays Fears of Big Quake
AllAfrica.com - Africa

The report, posted on the US Geological Survey's website, says the earthquakes represent a phenomenon known as a seismic "swarm". This according to USGS, ... [more]

12:51:18 AM Commission settles on new dirt-mining ordinance
Charlotte Sun-Herald - Charlotte,FL,USA

Officials said they hope to restrict the operations more in the future, but view the revised ordinance as a step in the right direction. ... [more]



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