Interesting geology articles and earth science news from around the world. Stories are archived monthly. All links are to external sites.
February 28, 2006
Diamond rush expected in Finnish KareliaFebruary 27, 2006
East China Institute of Technology will host IAEA annual
seminar in 2007
The International Atomic Energy Agency has formally invited the East
China Institute of Technology to host the annual global seminar on
uranium geochemistry in 2007.
February 26, 2006
William Harrison to Direct Kansas Geological Survey
William Harrison, interim state geologist and interim director of the Kansas
Geological Survey at the University of Kansas, has been named to the positions
on a permanent basis.
February 23, 2006
People will flock to see our ancient rock
Anglesey is set to capitalize on its 660-million-year-old rocks to boost
the island's tourism economy - and win European protection.
February 22, 2006
Fossil find could upturn mammalian evolution history
A new fossil find of a mammal that lived 120 million years ago with upright forelegs as that of a dog and stretched out hind legs like a lizard's could upturn accepted history of mammalian evolution
February 17, 2006
Diamond
play in Saskatchewan has many facets
There's nothing like a lawsuit to get people excited, especially among those
who buy and sell speculative mining stocks.
Leyte
landslide “worst tragedy ever to hit area”
“The worst tragedy ever to take place in this area is being made harder
because it has not stopped raining and rescue work is being slowed down”.
February 16, 2006
Shear
announces airborne survey over cluster of seismic anomalies on Alberta
Diamond properties
The Piche Lake Property is located within the regional Vegreville kimberlite
indicator mineral trend as outlined by the Alberta Geological
Survey and
is also in located along the projected trend of the Snowbird Tectonic Zone,
a crustal structure potentially favourable for kimberlite emplacement.
Diamonds
are about to add even more sparkle to the Canadian economy
Diamond production, which has soared from zero to almost
five million carats a year between 1998 and 2003, according to Statistics
Canada, has more than doubled in the past two years alone.
Rome's first 3-D seismic model finds complex
river-sediment geology leaves city vulnerable to distant earthquakes
American and Italian geophysicists have discovered Rome's
ancient structures are vulnerable to a wider range of earthquake hazards
than previously believed.
February 15, 2006
Asian demand a boon for diamond mine
The booming economies of the two Asian giants are driving up demand for all
luxury goods. In an article from the website Diamonds Israel, a marketing
executive for De Beers estimates that 45 million middle class women, in India
alone, can now afford diamond jewelry.
What the heck is a kimberlite anyway?
Kimberlites...diamonds...what are they talking about?
February 9, 2006
When the oil runs out
Are we heading for the end of civilization -- or are the
warnings of a coming apocalypse just another case of Chicken Little?
February 8, 2006
Diamond prospectors see promise in Alberta
Roy Eccles, a senior geologist for Alberta Geological Survey, says 5 million
acres of land was leased in 2005 alone.
Genoa fault a Valley disaster looking for a time
to happen
According to State Geologist Jon Price an earthquake
in Nevada will occur and the chance for death and destruction is substantial.
When landslides become a laboratory
For Portland State’s geology department, their
long history of landslide study turned Portland’s recent sogginess
into a giant, living laboratory.
February 6, 2006
Easy does it - as footprint of a Yorkshire dinosaur is
preserved
Large dinosaurs are not thought to
have been light on their feet, and a print left by one of the creatures
made similarly slow progress when geologists moved it from a North Yorkshire
beach.
February 5, 2006
Jericho mine produces first gems
The first diamonds have been produced from the new Jericho mine in Nunavut.
February 1, 2006
Bobbing mountains
Two new studies by a University of Rochester researcher show that mountain ranges rise to their height in as little as two million years--several times faster than geologists have always thought.
