Quaternary Studies

Links from del.icio.us, tagged with geology for November 11th, 2009: Science Links The Geologic Time Scale Stress and Strain Britain beneath our feet BBC ice age eveidence Teaching resources in structural geology – Leeds University ScienceDirect – Journal of Structural Geology : Controls of folding on different scales in multilayered rocks Charlie’s Diary: How habitable is the Earth? Charlie’s Diary: How habitable is the [...]  

Links from del.icio.us, tagged with geology for November 9th, 2009: davatzes/Geothermal/ Types of Meteorites kink fold.JPG (JPEG Image, 1637×1603 pixels) – Scaled (35%) Prehistoric Time Line, Geologic Time Scale, Photos, Facts, Maps, and More — National Geographic Geology Dive and Discover : Expeditions to the Seafloor Earth Sciences Canada – WHERE Challenge Stephen J. Reynolds New Scientist | Plan to pierce heart of urban [...]  

Links from del.icio.us, tagged with geology for November 1st, 2009: Quaternary Fault and Fold Database of the United States Imaggeo The Lava Project – The Long Now Blog A Science Odyssey: You Try It: Plate Tectonics: Intro GeoTube – Home Overview Encyclopedia of Earth First Detailed Documentation Of Tsunami Erosion The Story of the Weeping Camel–National Geographic World Films :: wickED – Topics – Volcanoes [...]  

Since more than 70 percent of the Earth’s surface is covered by seawater, detailed studies of the oceans were of great importance to science as well as to practical navigation. The first modern text devoted exclusively to marine science was Histoire physique de la mer (1725) by the Italian military man and naturalist Luigi Ferdinando Marsigli (1658-1730), who assembled information about water temperature, salinity, currents, ocean plants and...  

Links from del.icio.us, tagged with geology for November 2nd, 2009: Geology.com – Earth Science News, Maps, Dictionary, Articles, Jobs Dave’s Landslide Blog: A very surprising paper – movement of a landslide controlled by atmospheric tides Interactive Rock Cycle & quiz gems/minerals & tectonic/volcano overview Plate Tectonics interactive Bridge to Classroom: Engineering for Earthquakes Interactive Rock Cycle Animation tectonic plates-video...  

Links from del.icio.us, tagged with geology for October 28th, 2009: Geology of National Parks EESC V2100 – Modern Atmospheric CO2 Record Earth Exploration Toolbook NOAA/NESDIS/NGDC – Images, Visualizing Data, NGDC Marine Geology & Geophysics Division INSIDE THE EARTH – ENCHANTED LEARNING SOFTWARE American Geological Institute – Serving the Geosciences Since 1948 Dr. Dirt’s K-12 Teaching Resources Fossil Reactors | BLDGBLOG Minerals Project...  

Links from del.icio.us, tagged with geology for October 24th, 2009: Flint – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Rocks and Minerals (C) The Dynamic Earth @ National Museum of Natural History Web Soil Survey – Home Free K-12 Earth science lesson plans, geology teaching materials. 1st-Order Global Tectonic Elements Earth History The OMSG – Geology Resources and Geologic Maps and Data for Massachusetts USGS Education Resources for [...]  

Doom Patrol © DC ComicsControversy over when exactly the Quaternary Period began has raged for decades, with attempts in 1948 and 1983 to define the era. In 1983 the boundary was fixed at 1.8 million years, a decision which sparked argument within the earth science community as this point was not a 'natural boundary' and had no particular geological significance.For practical reasons such boundaries should ideally be made as easy as possible...  

Washington, September 23 (ANI): An international body of earth scientists has formally agreed to move the boundary dates for the prehistoric Quaternary age by 800,000 years. The decision has been made by the International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS), the authority for geological science which has acted to end decades of controversy by formally declaring when the [...]