Croatian bolide video:
http://dnevnik.hr/naslovnica/vijesti/hrvatska/20070726_21921_61602.php
Some pretty amazing footage here (I think, but I've led a sheltered life).

- posted by Affenhänger @ 7/31/2007 05:08:00 AM 0 comments links to this post

I've added a new blog to my list of visitworthy blogs. You can see the link on the right, under Miscblogs. Strange Maps (strange maps, actually) is a collection of weird and whacky maps (and some very informative), showing anything from the lunatic asylum districts in Pennsylvania, USA, through The Free and Independent Republic of West Florida, to a Total Solar Eclipse Map (2001-2025), the latest entry. Have fun.

- posted by Affenhänger @ 7/29/2007 05:07:00 PM 0 comments links to this post

Somehow, my desk looks very different these days.

- posted by Affenhänger @ 7/24/2007 07:28:00 AM 0 comments links to this post

In "A possible impact crater for the 1908 Tunguska Event", L. Gasperini, F. Alvisi, G. Biasini, E. Bonatti, G. Longo, M. Pipan, M. Ravaioli and R. Serra discuss the discovery of a possible impact crater for the Tunguska Event. The article is published in this months Terra Nova and is free content. Read the abstact here, where you can also download the full article in pdf format or in html.

- posted by Affenhänger @ 7/22/2007 04:44:00 AM 0 comments links to this post

+++ Podsol – Boden des Jahres 2007

Um unsere ständig mit Füßen getretenen Lebensgrundlage „Boden“ stärker ins Bewusstsein zu rücken, wurde das Kuratorium „Boden des Jahres“ gegründet. Dieses proklamierte nun den Podsol zum Boden des Jahres 2007. Podsole sind nährstoffarme, trockene Sandböden, die oft Lebensraum für seltene Tier- und Pflanzenarten (z. B. Reptilien) und als solche schützenswert sind. Zudem sind Podsole mit ihrem grau gebleichten Oberboden, dem gelbbraunen Unterboden und den oft bizarr geformten, dunkelbraunen Eisenausfällungen auch ästhetisch schön.

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+++ Podzol – Soil of the Year 2007

A "Soil of the Year" board of trustees was founded with the aim of moving one of the often downtrodden fundamentals of our existence, the soil, further into the public view. They have now proclaimed podzol as Soil of the Year 2007. Podzols are nutrient-deficient, dry, sandy soils, often forming biotopes for rare flora and fauna types (e.g. reptiles) and as such are worthy of conservation. In addition, podzols also posses aesthetic beauty with their grey bleached topsoil, the yellow-brown subsoil and the often bizarrely shaped, dark brown iron precipitates.

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- posted by Affenhänger @ 7/17/2007 01:42:00 AM 0 comments links to this post

Two new "Articles" (CG2007 A03 and A04) were posted on 02/07/2007.
Deux nouveaux "Articles" (CG2007 A03 et A04) sont en ligne depuis le 02.07.2007. [Ces articles ne sont disponibles qu'en version anglaise mais avec des résumés bilingues]

Publication of the CD-ROM version of "Carnets" (years 2002-2007) has been postponed until September.
L'édition de la version cédérom des "Carnets" (années 2002 à 2007) est reportée à Septembre.

ARTICLE 4: Knappertsbusch M. (2007). - Morphological variability of Globorotalia menardii (planktonic foraminifera) in two DSDP cores from the Caribbean Sea and the Eastern Equatorial Pacific. - Carnets de Géologie - Notebooks on Geology, Brest, Article 2007/04 (CG2007_A04), 34 p., 16 fig., 2 tables, 2 plates.
Format [HTML] or [PDF, 1,851 KB] - Reference: [CG2007_A04].

Article 4 [2007] : Variabilité morphologique de Globorotalia menardii (foraminifère planctonique) dans deux carottes DSDP provenant respectivement de la Mer Caraïbe et de la partie orientale du Pacifique équatorial, par Michael KNAPPERTSBUCH.
Format [HTML] ou [PDF, 1.851 KB] - Référence : [CG2007_A04].

ARTICLE 3: Renard M., Rafélis M. de, Emmanuel L., Beltran C., Moullade M. & Tronchetti G. (2007). - Fluctuations of sea-water chemistry during Gargasian (Middle Aptian) time. Data from trace-element content (Mg, Sr, Mn, Fe) in hemipelagic carbonates from La Marcouline Quarry (Cassis, SE France). - Carnets de Géologie - Notebooks on Geology, Brest, Article 2007/03 (CG2007_A03), 28 p., 15 fig., 2 tables.
Format [HTML] or [PDF, 1,165 KB] - Reference: [CG2007_A03]. This Article also forms part of Memoir 200X/XX ("in press").

Article 3 [2007] : Fluctuations de la chimie de l'eau de mer au cours du Gargasien (Aptien Moyen). Apports des teneurs en éléments traces (Mg, Sr, Mn et Fe) des carbonates hémipélagiques de la carrière de La Marcouline (Cassis, Sud-Est France), par Maurice RENARD, Marc de RAFÉLIS, Laurent EMMANUEL, Catherine BELTRAN, Michel MOULLADE, & Guy TRONCHETTI.
Format [HTML] ou [PDF, 1.165 KB] - Référence : [CG2007_A03] Cet Article est aussi une contribution au Mémoire 200X/XX ("sous presse").

- posted by Affenhänger @ 7/02/2007 06:55:00 PM 0 comments links to this post