Geology News - July 2006
Interesting geology articles and earth science news from around the world. Stories are archived monthly. All links are to external sites.
July 18, 2006
Earthquake south of Java triggers tsunami
At least eight people were killed, 40 injured and dozens more may have been washed out to sea when following a 7.2 magnitude quake.
Tsunami in Indonesia claims 105
The Tsunami Warning Centre of the Pacific Ocean informed that the earthquake was measured 7.2 on the Rictor Scale.
Sierra Leone's new diamond search
A narrow path cuts through the dense jungle to a clearing the size of a football pitch where a dozen bare-chested workers dig in an open pit in Sierra Leone's diamond-rich eastern province.
July 17, 2006
Careful, that crisp mountain air could kill you
Geologists have known since the 19th century that rock outcrops at Howqua River, Australia, contain thin fibres of asbestos.
Woods Hole to study formation of precious metal seafloor deposits near Papua New Guinea
An international team of scientists will explore the seafloor with remotely operated and autonomous underwater vehicles, investigating active and inactive hydrothermal vents and the formation of mineral deposits containing copper, gold and other commercially valuable minerals.
July 14, 2006
Saudi tests steam to tap crude deposits
Saudi Arabia has successfully extracted previously unreachable Saudi crude by injecting steam into oil fields to loosen sludge-like deposits.
July 13, 2006
8000 Colombians evacuated after Galeras volcano erupts
According to the Colombian Geology and Mining Agency, the nearly 4300 meter volcano began erupting with a loud explosion that was heard within a radius of several kilometres, after it rained ash on the towns of Genoy, Narino and La Florida and spewed out an eight km column of smoke.
Levees may not be the long-term answer
The Louisiana Geological Survey released a report relating several of New Orleans' characteristics to the city's hurricane susceptibility, and a new levee system may not be the answer to the city's problems.
July 8, 2006
Geologists focus on saving water
Geologists have been developing a remotely sensed vegetation index that could be used for future water resources management and evaluation of the impact of climatic changes on agricultural production.
A landslide at a construction site in central China buried migrant workers sleeping in a tent Saturday, killing 11 of them.
African ice ball fell out of clear sky
Research conducted by a Nasa-affiliated scientist suggests that the frozen object that plummeted from the clear sky last Friday morning was one of the first "megacryometeors" to be recorded in Africa.
July 7, 2006
Oil deposit found out in Akmola oblast
In the natural boundary Muzbel of Korgalzhyn district at a distance of 200 km from Astana has been discovered a large oil field, Geology and Subsoil Use Committee of Kazakhstan Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry reports.
Western geologists investigate volcanic activity on Mount Baker
A team from Western’s geology department joined researchers from the U.S. Geological Survey and Simon Fraser University to conduct observations at Mount Baker.
July 5, 2006
Corals switch skeletons as seawater changes
Leopards may not be able to change their spots, but corals can change their skeletons, building them out of different minerals depending on the chemical composition of the seawater around them.
July 4, 2006
Shiny rocks could hold evidence of Martian life
Researchers looking for evidence of life on Mars should be taking a closer look at a shiny coating that forms on rocks in the desert, according to scientists at London University's Imperial College.
July 3, 2006
Climate change could cause earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, scientists say
So the warnings of harsher heat waves, stronger hurricanes and rising seas fail to impress. How about volcanic eruptions in the Arctic, or a tsunami off the coast of Newfoundland?
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