Geology

 
 
           
 
A new study shows that RNA is capable of catalyzing electron transfer under conditions similar to those of the early Earth.

Azomining
Pangolin Diamonds Announces Discovery of First Kimberlite at Tsabong North ...
Azomining
Pangolin Diamonds Corp.

Researchers from the universities of Manchester, Lancaster, Toronto and McMaster have discovered ancient pockets of water rich in dissolved gases like hydrogen and methane pouring out of boreholes from a mine 2.4 kilometers beneath Canada that may...

Carbon Briefing: what does extracting shale gas mean for the local environment?
Carbon Brief (blog)
Shale is a sedimentary rock formed from deposits of mud, silt, clay and organic matter. It's very common.

Scientist (blog) Fossil finds hint at when apes and monkeys went separate ways Los Angeles Times Fossil specimens of jaws and teeth, collected by Ohio University researchers in the Rukwa Rift Basin of Tanzania, date the primates to about 25.2...

New Insight on Gas Hydrates in Gulf of Mexico United States Geological Survey (press release) Scientists have returned from a 15‑day research expedition in the northern Gulf of Mexico with the best high-resolution seismic data and imagery ever...

Earth's crust had a billion-year youthful rampage
New Scientist
Our planet has calmed down in its middle age.

BBC News
GPS data could improve tsunami early warnings
BBC News
Scientists say they have found a way to provide faster and more accurate early warning systems for tsunamis.

Earth's mantle affects estimates of sea level rise NBCNews.com The shoreline, which should be flat, also swoops up and down the East Coast like a set of wave crests, reflecting tugging and pushing by Earth's mantle, the layer of viscous rock...

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Fossil Amber Overturns Long-Held Theory Of Glass Formation
RedOrbit
In a new study from researchers at Texas Tech University, scientists have discovered that the structure of amber barely changes even after tens of millions of years.

          
Scientists have created the first global topographic map of Saturn’s moon Titan, giving researchers a valuable tool for learning more about one of the most Earth-like and interesting worlds in the solar system.

RedOrbit Fossil reveals surprising survival of marine reptile NBCNews.com (blog) A fossil that once lined a mule track in Iraq has revealed the surprising survival of a group of ichthyosaurs, marine reptiles that swam the seas more than 66 million...

OilVoice (press release) Review: The Bight Basin: From regional context to licence block evaluation OilVoice (press release) Whether it be compiling coarse clastic depositional maps for the Phanerozoic evolution of an entire region at the click of...

KRBD
Geologist discovers underwater volcano
KRBD
About 10,000 years ago, give or take a couple thousand years, a volcano blew its top in the middle of Behm Canal. The crater is still there, covered by 150 feet or so of ocean.

RedOrbit
Arabian Sea Earthquake Risk Predictions Were Underestimated
RedOrbit
The team found that the thickness of the sediment on the subducting plate could be a contributing factor to the magnitude of an earthquake and tsunami there.

A newly published study provides the first experimental evidence that the Earth’s inner core has rotated at a variety of different speeds and suggests that the Earth’s solid inner core rotates at a different rate than the mantle.

Originally published on the Scientific American guest blog.
Geoscientists can’t say if diamonds are forever, but they can say that some are already billions of years old.

HiRISE Mars Photos Capture Unexpected Views Of Red Planet (IMAGES)
Huffington Post
Sedimentary Bedrock Diversity in Terby Crater.