Current Geology News and Earth Science Articles

Interesting geology articles and earth science news from around the world. Stories are archived monthly. All links are to external sites.

March 30, 2006

Survey calls for new mining policies to attract investment
Nova Scotia needs transparent, consistent mining policies if it wants to attract industry investment, according to a new survey by the Fraser Institute. Alberta was rated as having the world’s second most attractive mining policy environment after Nevada.

Annual survey of mining companies 2005/2006
Since 1997, The Fraser Institute has conducted an annual survey of metal mining and exploration companies to assess how mineral endowments and public policy factors such as taxation and regulation affect exploration investment.

March 29, 2006

Earth’s oldest quake took place in India
An international team of scientists has found geological markers in eastern India that show an earthquake took place there more than 1,600 million years ago.

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March 26, 2006

Utah landslide from 2005 on the move
The Cedar Hills landslide appears to be on the move again. It looks like it is moving slightly," said Gary Christenson of the Utah Geological Survey geologic hazards program.

March 24, 2006

Canada joins with Denmark to map depths of the Arctic
Scientific polar-ice venture seeks rights to potential mineral, oil and gas deposits

March 22, 2006

Shell aims at 'oil rocks'
A new frontier in Alberta's bitumen deposits is opening up, as Royal Dutch Shell PLC launches an effort to unlock billions of barrels of gooey oil trapped in limestone.

March 20, 2006

Alaska volcano's website becomes Internet hot spot
Want to peer into the steaming summit of an erupting volcano without risking death? Anyone with an Internet connection can do just that, thanks to about 30 cameras and other recording devices set up on Alaska's Augustine Volcano.

March 16, 2006

Unconventional gas plans raising fears
The move to tap more unconventional sources for future natural gas production is raising concern across Alberta.

A CBM trailblazer drills the Ardley
If these efforts prove successful, the Ardley coals will add to the mesmerizing scale of Western Canada's CBM prospects. The Alberta Geological Survey estimates that the Horseshoe Canyon coal zone has 66 trillion cu. ft. of methane in place.

March 15, 2006

UBC to create kimberlite research unit
The University of British Columbia is establishing a Kimberlite Research Unit within its Mineral Deposit Research Unit.

March 12, 2006

Geology's Indiana Jones
The first director of the United States Geological Survey, King gained fame for his role in some of the nation's most ambitious geological undertakings, from surveying Yosemite to climbing the highest peaks of the Sierra Nevada.

March 9, 2006

NASA studies Yellowstone geology
Scientists say new satellite images reveal recently discovered changes in Yellowstone National Park's caldera are caused by molten rock movement.

New Liberian diamond discovery
The new diamond discovery in Liberia is being advanced, marine diamond producer, Diamond Fields International (DFI), has announced.

March 8, 2006

Geology studies heat up
A severe shortage of trained geologists and scientists looms, and both government and industry are working feverishly to replenish the ranks of earth science experts.

The Sahara's largest crater discovered in Egypt
Two Egyptian researchers have discovered the remnants of the largest crater of the Sahara desert, which may have been formed by a meteorite impact tens of millions of years ago.

Ladies who dig diamonds
Fifteen years ago, Canada produced not a single diamond and sceptics believed any deposits that did exist would be almost impossible to find. But more recently, an exploration bonanza has made Canada the third-largest diamond producer in the world.