<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7020416</id><updated>2012-01-17T05:24:38.941-12:00</updated><category term='Geologie'/><category term='heat pumps'/><category term='geology'/><category term='books'/><category term='mine water'/><category term='Bücher'/><category term='history'/><category term='new book announcement'/><category term='minewater'/><category term='Yorkshire'/><category term='conference'/><category term='German language'/><category term='NBA'/><category term='England'/><title type='text'>Geotr@nsblog</title><subtitle type='html'>German, English, translating, geology, geotechnics, environmental, renewables, etc. ...</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default?start-index=101&amp;max-results=100'/><author><name>Affenhänger</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>322</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7020416.post-7900621479802035751</id><published>2012-01-17T05:18:00.002-12:00</published><updated>2012-01-17T05:24:38.951-12:00</updated><title type='text'>Rock of the Year 2012</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Germans name Quartzite &lt;i&gt;Rock of the Year 2012&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Every year since 2007 the Germans have named a &lt;i&gt;Rock of the Year&lt;/i&gt;. In 2007 it was &lt;a href="http://www.gestein-des-jahres.de/2007_granit_intro.php#&amp;slider1=1"&gt;granite&lt;/a&gt;, in 2008 &lt;a href="http://www.gestein-des-jahres.de/2008_sandstein_intro.php#&amp;slider1=1"&gt;sandstone&lt;/a&gt;, followed by &lt;a href="http://www.gestein-des-jahres.de/2009_basalt_intro.php#&amp;slider1=1"&gt;basalt&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.gestein-des-jahres.de/2010_kalkstein_intro.php#&amp;slider1=1"&gt;limestone&lt;/a&gt; and, last year, &lt;a href="http://www.gestein-des-jahres.de/2011_tuff_intro.php#&amp;slider1=1"&gt;tuff&lt;/a&gt;. This year the honour goes to &lt;a href="http://www.gestein-des-jahres.de/2012_quarzit_intro.php#&amp;slider1=1"&gt;quartzite&lt;/a&gt;. Quartzite is a metamorphic rock, altered from siliceous sandstone or grit under increased temperature and pressure. The sandstone grains recrystallise during either thermal or regional metamorphism, causing them to interlock more strongly and form a dense, strong rock. The hardness of this rock often makes itself known geomorphologically by forming ridges in the landscape. One very good example is the &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teufelsmauer_(Harz)"&gt;Teufelsmauer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; (devil’s wall) on the northern boundary of the &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harz"&gt;Harz Mountains&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; in Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7020416-7900621479802035751?l=geotransblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/feeds/7900621479802035751/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7020416&amp;postID=7900621479802035751&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/7900621479802035751'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/7900621479802035751'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/2012/01/rock-of-year-2012.html' title='Rock of the Year 2012'/><author><name>Affenhänger</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7020416.post-5579429660754302316</id><published>2012-01-10T19:23:00.002-12:00</published><updated>2012-01-10T19:59:54.542-12:00</updated><title type='text'>Steno's birthday</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;Nicolas Steno (Danish: Niels Stensen), a Danish scientist, anatomist and geological pioneer, was born on 11 January 1638 and died on 5 December 1686. He is widely regarded as the father of stratigraphy.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Steno observed that streams spread across their floodplains during high water events, covering them with a layer of sediment and burying any organisms living there. Renewed flooding produced further layers of sediment, thus building up a sequence superposed on the lower strata. He is credited as formulating three of the defining principles of stratigraphy: the &lt;em&gt;law of superposition&lt;/em&gt; discussed above: '...at the time when any given stratum was being formed, all the matter resting upon it was fluid, and, therefore, at the time when the lower stratum was being formed, none of the upper strata existed'; the &lt;em&gt;principle of original horizontality&lt;/em&gt;: 'Strata either perpendicular to the horizon or inclined to the horizon were at one time parallel to the horizon', i.e. sediment particles are deposited according to the law of gravity; the &lt;em&gt;principle of lateral continuity&lt;/em&gt;: 'Material forming any stratum were continuous over the surface of the Earth unless some other solid bodies stood in the way'. Steno's theory that fossils represented a chronological record of different living creatures in different eras was a pivotal to Darwin's theory of natural selection.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;A fourth principle, known as Steno's law, or Steno's law of the &lt;em&gt;constancy of interfacial angles&lt;/em&gt;, states that the angles of intersection of equivalent crystal faces remain the same for all specimens of the same mineral, a fundamental breakthrough which was the prerequisite for all subsequent investigations into crystal structure. He also postulated that mineral crystals are built up of identical &lt;em&gt;building blocks&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7020416-5579429660754302316?l=geotransblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/feeds/5579429660754302316/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7020416&amp;postID=5579429660754302316&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/5579429660754302316'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/5579429660754302316'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/2012/01/stenos-birthday.html' title='Steno&apos;s birthday'/><author><name>Affenhänger</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7020416.post-1826796912549807702</id><published>2011-10-20T19:20:00.006-12:00</published><updated>2011-10-21T04:32:31.579-12:00</updated><title type='text'>Fossils of the Hunsrück Slate</title><content type='html'>&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;NEW PUBLICATION: FOSSILIEN IM HUNSRÜCK-SCHIEFER&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The Hunsrück Schiefer (a slate, also known as the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunsr%C3%BCck_Slate"&gt;Hunsrück Slate&lt;/a&gt;) of Germany, laid down at approximately 400 Ma in the Devonian sea, is one of the world's foremost fossil &lt;i&gt;Lagerstätten&lt;/i&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The slate fossils of the Hunsrück are well known for their exceptionally good and optically pleasing state of preservation, often being pyritised. In addition to their high scientific value, the aesthetic appeal is equally as important.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The Bonn palaeontologists Gabriele Kühl and Jes Rust, together with Christoph Bartels from the German Mining Museum (&lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.bergbaumuseum.de/"&gt;Deutsche Bergbaumuseum&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;) and Derek Briggs from Yale University, have compiled an impressive illustrated book with the title '&lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.verlagsgemeinschaft.com/cms/shop/books/paleobooks/49401483.php"&gt;Fossilien im Hunsrück-Schiefer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;' (Fossils of the Hunsrück Slate). On its 120 pages it provides information on find locations and the organisms represented, in addition to the numerous photographs.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The book is published by &lt;a href="http://www.verlagsgemeinschaft.com/cms/shop/index.php"&gt;Verlag Quelle &amp; Meyer&lt;/a&gt; and has the ISBN 978-3-494-01483-8 and can be had for €24.95 in bookshops.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;PS. I should point out that the book is in German, although it may still be of interest to non-speakers based on the photographs and illustrations alone.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7020416-1826796912549807702?l=geotransblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/feeds/1826796912549807702/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7020416&amp;postID=1826796912549807702&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/1826796912549807702'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/1826796912549807702'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/2011/10/fossils-of-hunsruck-shale.html' title='Fossils of the Hunsrück Slate'/><author><name>Affenhänger</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7020416.post-1352777498214331412</id><published>2011-05-08T22:12:00.005-12:00</published><updated>2011-05-08T22:26:03.277-12:00</updated><title type='text'>Wartung, Instandhaltung, Instandsetzung</title><content type='html'>&lt;br&gt;Es kann doch nicht &lt;i&gt;sooo&lt;/i&gt; schwer sein, oder?
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Wartung -&gt; Service, servicing
&lt;br&gt;Instandhaltung -&gt; Maintenance
&lt;br&gt;Instandsetzung -&gt; Repair&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Ich habe ein Dokument wo die Verwendung so aussieht:
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Wartung -&gt; Service, servicing, maintenance, repair
&lt;br&gt;Instandhaltung -&gt; Maintenance, repair
&lt;br&gt;Instandsetzung -&gt; Repair, maintenance&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7020416-1352777498214331412?l=geotransblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/feeds/1352777498214331412/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7020416&amp;postID=1352777498214331412&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/1352777498214331412'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/1352777498214331412'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/2011/05/wartung-instandhaltung-instandsetzung.html' title='Wartung, Instandhaltung, Instandsetzung'/><author><name>Affenhänger</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7020416.post-1920750173930745873</id><published>2011-03-25T21:52:00.002-12:00</published><updated>2011-03-25T22:17:14.185-12:00</updated><title type='text'>Steine in der Stadt</title><content type='html'>&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;STEINE IN DER STADT: VORTRAG UND EXKURSIONEN&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Im Rahmen einer Fachtagung zum Thema "Steine in der Stadt" wird Herr Dr. Friedrich Häfner (Landesamt für Geologie u. Bergbau) einen öffentlichen Abendvortrag zum Thema "Natursteine in Mainz - eine Zeitreise" halten.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Datum: Freitag, 1. April 2011
&lt;br&gt;Beginn: 19.00 Uhr
&lt;br&gt;Ort: Mainz, Rathaus , Jockel-Fuchs-Platz 1, Haifa-Zimmer
&lt;br&gt;Eintritt frei&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Zum gleichen Thema finden in Zusammenarbeit mit dem &lt;a href="http://www.geographie-fuer-alle.de"&gt;Verein Geographie für Alle e.V.&lt;/a&gt; an folgenden Tagen Stadtführungen statt:
&lt;br&gt;Samstag, 18. Juni 2011 und Samstag, 3. September 2011, jeweils 14.30 Uhr;
&lt;br&gt;Startpunkt: Haupteingang Rathaus, Jockel-Fuchs-Platz 1&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;~~~~~~~~~~&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;STEINE IN DER STADT&lt;/i&gt;: PRESENTATION AND EXCURSIONS&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Following the "&lt;em&gt;Steine in der Stadt&lt;/em&gt;" (Urban Stones) meeting Herr Dr. Friedrich Häfner (&lt;em&gt;Landesamt für Geologie u. Bergbau&lt;/em&gt;) will give a public presentation in the evening on "&lt;em&gt;Natursteine in Mainz - eine Zeitreise&lt;/em&gt;" (Natural stones in Mainz - A journey through time).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Date: Friday, 1 April 2011
&lt;br&gt;Begin: 19.00
&lt;br&gt;At: Mainz, Rathaus, Jockel-Fuchs-Platz 1, Haifa-Zimmer
&lt;br&gt;Entry free&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;In cooperation with &lt;em&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.geographie-fuer-alle.de"&gt;Verein Geographie für Alle e.V.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt; there will be guided tours of the town will on:
Saturday, 18 June 2011 and Saturday, 3 September 2011, 14.30;
Start: Rathaus main entrance, Jockel-Fuchs-Platz 1&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7020416-1920750173930745873?l=geotransblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/feeds/1920750173930745873/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7020416&amp;postID=1920750173930745873&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/1920750173930745873'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/1920750173930745873'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/2011/03/steine-in-der-stadt.html' title='Steine in der Stadt'/><author><name>Affenhänger</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7020416.post-5980915276742872899</id><published>2011-02-13T01:02:00.002-12:00</published><updated>2011-02-13T01:06:26.043-12:00</updated><title type='text'>A short note on German mining schools</title><content type='html'>&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;Just as an aside, &lt;a href="http://www.bergkamen.de"&gt;Bergkamen&lt;/a&gt; once had a mining school. I was lucky enough to visit Bergkamen mining school in 1998, as it was being wound up. A lot of German mining schools in the Rhine/Ruhr region closed down during the 1990s/early 2000s as coal mining became uneconomical and government subsidies were axed. Most of them had their own, very extensive, mineral collections. When I visited Bergkamen I asked what would happen to the school's collection. I was given a large cardboard box and told to help myself. The remainder of the collection was for the skip. (We actually went there because my school, in &lt;a href="http://www.freiberg.de"&gt;Freiberg&lt;/a&gt;, Saxony, had been offered some of the Berkamen school's collection.) This procedure, bordering on criminal damage, was similar in most of the mining schools that closed down at this time. These German mining schools were generally directly related to the local coal mining industry and were vocational schools, training miners, and should not be confused with places like the &lt;a href="http://emps.exeter.ac.uk/csm/"&gt;Camborne School of Mines&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7020416-5980915276742872899?l=geotransblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/feeds/5980915276742872899/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7020416&amp;postID=5980915276742872899&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/5980915276742872899'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/5980915276742872899'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/2011/02/short-note-on-german-mining-schools.html' title='A short note on German mining schools'/><author><name>Affenhänger</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7020416.post-5581915526359938130</id><published>2011-02-03T23:48:00.002-12:00</published><updated>2011-02-03T23:53:20.121-12:00</updated><title type='text'>Japanese volcano Shinmoedake erupts</title><content type='html'>&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;Actually a couple of days old now, I published this on my geological list on Tuesday.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;After keeping quiet for more than 50 years the southern Japanese volcano
Shinmoedake makes an &lt;a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/feb/01/japan-volcano-eruption-shinmoedake-evacuations"&gt;impressive comeback&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Shinmoedake (新燃岳) is a volcano in Kyūshū, Japan, and a part of the Kirishima cluster of volcanoes. It is believed to have formed tens of thousands of years ago. Past observed records include eruptions in 1716, 1717, 1771, 1822, 1959, 1991, 2008, and 2009. The latest eruptions began on January 19, 2011, and the alert level was raised to 3 on January 27. (&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinmoedake"&gt;Wikipedia&lt;/a&gt;, last accessed 04.02.2011)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7020416-5581915526359938130?l=geotransblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/feb/01/japan-volcano-eruption-shinmoedake-evacuations' title='Japanese volcano Shinmoedake erupts'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/feeds/5581915526359938130/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7020416&amp;postID=5581915526359938130&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/5581915526359938130'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/5581915526359938130'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/2011/02/japanese-volcano-shinmoedake-erupts.html' title='Japanese volcano Shinmoedake erupts'/><author><name>Affenhänger</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7020416.post-8755257582230698658</id><published>2011-02-03T20:17:00.005-12:00</published><updated>2011-02-04T00:07:54.350-12:00</updated><title type='text'>New publication: 'GEOGRAPHIE DER PFALZ'</title><content type='html'>&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;The '&lt;i&gt;Verlag Pfälzische Landeskunde&lt;/i&gt;' publishing house has released a comprehensive work on the '&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;Geographie der Pfalz&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;'. It provides an up-to-date review of the natural and cultural world of the German Palatinate (&lt;i&gt;Pfalz&lt;/i&gt;), including life in the modern day.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The book, with 384 pages including numerous colour plates, graphics, tables and maps, is divided into six chapters:&lt;/p&gt;

- &lt;i&gt;Die Pfalz im Überblick&lt;/i&gt; (an overview of the Palatinate)
&lt;br&gt;- &lt;i&gt;Der Naturraum&lt;/i&gt; (the natural world)
&lt;br&gt;- &lt;i&gt;Der Natur- und Kulturraum&lt;/i&gt; (the natural and cultural world)
&lt;br&gt;- &lt;i&gt;Der Kulturraum&lt;/i&gt; (the cultural world)
&lt;br&gt;- &lt;i&gt;Die Pfalz in der Kunst&lt;/i&gt; (the Palatinate in art)
&lt;br&gt;- &lt;i&gt;Die Pfalz und ihre Pfälzer&lt;/i&gt; (the Palatinate and its people).
&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The geological and hydrogeological contributions in the chapter on the natural world were written by staff of the LGB (the geological survey of the Rhineland-Palatinate).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Michael Geiger (Ed.): Geographie der Pfalz
&lt;br&gt;Landau: Verlag Pfälzische Landeskunde, 2010. - ISBN: 978-3-9812974-0-9
&lt;br&gt;Price: €34.80&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7020416-8755257582230698658?l=geotransblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.verlag-pfaelzische-landeskunde.de' title='New publication: &apos;GEOGRAPHIE DER PFALZ&apos;'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/feeds/8755257582230698658/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7020416&amp;postID=8755257582230698658&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/8755257582230698658'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/8755257582230698658'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/2011/02/new-publication-geographie-der-pfalz.html' title='New publication: &apos;GEOGRAPHIE DER PFALZ&apos;'/><author><name>Affenhänger</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7020416.post-3458392515225426640</id><published>2011-01-23T19:55:00.001-12:00</published><updated>2011-01-23T19:57:47.817-12:00</updated><title type='text'>AGU blogosphere</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;I recently disocvered the AGU (American Geophysical Union) blogosphere page. The &lt;a href="http://blogs.agu.org/"&gt;front page&lt;/a&gt; includes links to ten blogs hosted at the AGU and related in some way to earth and planetary sciences. I have included four of them in my blogroll.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7020416-3458392515225426640?l=geotransblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://blogs.agu.org/' title='AGU blogosphere'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/feeds/3458392515225426640/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7020416&amp;postID=3458392515225426640&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/3458392515225426640'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/3458392515225426640'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/2011/01/agu-blogosphere.html' title='AGU blogosphere'/><author><name>Affenhänger</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7020416.post-2587022574782339269</id><published>2010-11-27T21:22:00.004-12:00</published><updated>2010-11-27T21:45:53.560-12:00</updated><title type='text'>Letter on Fossil Brachiopods</title><content type='html'>&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;Carnets de Geologie has issued a new &lt;i&gt;Letter&lt;/i&gt;, which is in English only this time, but with a French abstract, dealing with Brachiopods.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Letter 3 [2010]: &lt;a href="http://paleopolis.rediris.es/cg/uk-index.html#CG2010_L03"&gt;Fossil Phoronida and their inferred ichnotaxa&lt;/a&gt;, by Christian C. EMIG.- Reference: [CG2010_L03] [early release: Nov 26th; official release: Nov 30th]&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Note brève 3 [2010] : &lt;a href="http://paleopolis.rediris.es/cg/fr-index.html#CG2010_L03"&gt;Phoronida fossiles et leurs ichnotaxons induits&lt;/a&gt;, par Christian C. EMIG.- Référence : [CG2010_L03]&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;[version préliminaire : 26 novembre ; version finale : 30 novembre]&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The electronic versions of 2 volumes (Saudi Arabia and Aptian)of the "International Stratigraphic Lexicon" are also being published on the occasion of STRATI2010. They can be found at &lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://paleopolis.rediris.es/LEXICON/"&gt;Lexicon&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;You can order your copy of the &lt;a href="http://paleopolis.rediris.es/cg/uk-cdrom.html"&gt;DVD-ROM&lt;/a&gt; (tome 7, October 2002 to July 2010) for only 2 euros (+ 2 euros shipping charges) through PayPal.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7020416-2587022574782339269?l=geotransblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/feeds/2587022574782339269/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7020416&amp;postID=2587022574782339269&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/2587022574782339269'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/2587022574782339269'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/2010/11/carnets-de-geologie-has-issued-new.html' title='Letter on Fossil Brachiopods'/><author><name>Affenhänger</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7020416.post-1967719353519587257</id><published>2010-11-25T20:09:00.002-12:00</published><updated>2010-11-25T20:15:10.454-12:00</updated><title type='text'>Virtual Palaeontology</title><content type='html'>&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;Wassat?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Simply, the three-dimensional study of fossils within the rock matrix. It allows three-dimensional structures to be studied, including soft tissue, sometimes in great detail. Methods are divided into; physical-optical tomography, using slice images; optical tomography, only available for fossils in translucent materials such as chert and amber; and x-ray computer tomography (CT), which is completely non-destructive. The first two are relatively old and established methods. They always ultimately entail the destruction of the specimen. Using CT, a relatively new method borrowed from medicine, extremely rare specimens can be investigated in astounding detail without destroying the matrix or, more importantly, the fossil.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Here are one or two references:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Seeing the light&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Palaeontologists can now look inside fossils without damaging them&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Apr 10th 2008&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.economist.com/node/11014512?story_id=11014512"&gt;http://www.economist.com/node/11014512?story_id=11014512&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;_____&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Palaeontologia Electronica&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://palaeo-electronica.org"&gt;http://palaeo-electronica.org&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;PE Article Number: 12.3.13A&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Copyright: Paleontological Association December 2009&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Submission: 15 November 2008. Acceptance: 2 July 2009&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Sellers, W.I., Manning, P.L., Lyson, T., Stevens, K., and Margetts, L., 2009. Virtual Palaeontology: Gait Reconstruction of Extinct Vertebrates Using High Performance Computing. Palaeontologia Electronica Vol. 12, Issue 3; 11A: 26p;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://palaeo-electronica.org/2009_3/180/index.html"&gt;http://palaeo-electronica.org/2009_3/180/index.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;VIRTUAL PALAEONTOLOGY: GAIT RECONSTRUCTION OF EXTINCT VERTEBRATES USING HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://palaeo-electronica.org/2009_3/180/180.pdf"&gt;http://palaeo-electronica.org/2009_3/180/180.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;_____&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Geology Today&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;From clergymen to computers-the advent of virtual palaeontology&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Russell J. Garwood, Imran A. Rahman, Mark D. Sutton&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Article first published online: 20 MAY 2010&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2451.2010.00753.x/full"&gt;http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2451.2010.00753.x/full&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;_____&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;X-ray micro-tomography of Carboniferous stem-Dictyoptera: new insights into early insects&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2010.0199&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Biol. Lett. published online 14 April 2010&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Russell Garwood and Mark Sutton&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://rsbl.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/early/2010/04/08/rsbl.2010.01 99.full.pdf"&gt;http://rsbl.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/early/2010/04/08/rsbl.2010.01 99.full.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7020416-1967719353519587257?l=geotransblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/feeds/1967719353519587257/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7020416&amp;postID=1967719353519587257&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/1967719353519587257'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/1967719353519587257'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/2010/11/virtual-palaeontology.html' title='Virtual Palaeontology'/><author><name>Affenhänger</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7020416.post-4779181389143685364</id><published>2010-09-15T23:24:00.000-12:00</published><updated>2010-09-15T23:27:03.388-12:00</updated><title type='text'>EU-Richtlinie Zahlungsverzug (Einigung EP-Rat) - 14.09.10 Brüssel</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;Zahlungsverzug: Endlich Rechtssicherheit europaweit Zahlungsziel 30+30 Tage / Verzugszinsen von acht Prozent / Mindestentschädigung für Gläubiger / Einigung Europaparlament-Rat Unternehmen und die öffentliche Hand in der EU müssen künftig pünktlicher zahlen. Unterhändler des Europaparlaments und der Mitgliedstaaten einigten sich gestern Abend auf eine neue EU-Richtlinie zum Zahlungsverzug. "Endlich wird dem Pleitegeier Zahlungsausfall der Kragen umgedreht. Oft nämlich stehen kleinere Betriebe vor dem Bankrott, wenn ein größerer Auftrag nicht pünktlich bezahlt wird. Künftig können sie ihre Rechte besser durchsetzen", sagte der binnenmarktpolitische Sprecher der EVP-Fraktion, Andreas Schwab (CDU).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Grundsätzlich tritt bei Rechnungen für Unternehmen europaweit spätestens nach 60 Tagen Verzug ein. Die dann fälligen Verzugszinsen sollen acht Prozent betragen. Für öffentliche Stellen soll eine Frist von 30 Tagen gelten. In Ausnahmefällen können dort bis zu 60 Tage für die Zahlung vorgesehen werden, etwa im Gesundheitswesen oder wenn dies Verwaltungsvorgänge und -Prüfungen erforderlich machen. Gläubiger sollen eine Mindestentschädigung von 40 Euro für eine Mahnung bekommen und können eine Entschädigung für weitere angemessene Kosten verlangen. "Die neue Richtlinie ist ein echter Fortschritt für alle Unternehmen, die auch grenzüberschreitend tätig sind. Endlich gilt, dass die vertragswidrige 'Freiheit', nicht zu zahlen, dort endet, wo die Existenz des anderen gefährdet wird", sagte der CDU-Europaabgeordnete. Nach Angaben der Kommission gibt es derzeit in der EU etwa 90 Milliarden Euro an unbezahlten Rechnungen. Zwei Drittel davon entfallen auf die öffentliche Hand und ein Drittel auf Unternehmen. "Viele mittelständische Betriebe schrecken bisher oft vor der Durchsetzung von Verzugszinsen zurück, weil sie um ihre Geschäftsbeziehungen fürchten.&lt;/p&gt; 

&lt;p&gt;Mit der neuen Richtlinie tun wir konkret etwas für die Verbesserung der Zahlungsmoral. Jetzt muss es darum gehen, dass für die gerichtliche Geltendmachung von Forderungen überall in Europa ähnliche Fristen gelten", sagte der EVP-Politiker. Das Europäische Parlament wird die neue Richtlinie voraussichtlich am 19. Oktober verabschieden. Nach einer formalen Billigung durch den Rat kann die Richtlinie im kommenden Jahr in Kraft treten. Ab 2013 gelten dann die neuen Bestimmungen.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7020416-4779181389143685364?l=geotransblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/feeds/4779181389143685364/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7020416&amp;postID=4779181389143685364&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/4779181389143685364'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/4779181389143685364'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/2010/09/eu-richtlinie-zahlungsverzug-einigung.html' title='EU-Richtlinie Zahlungsverzug (Einigung EP-Rat) - 14.09.10 Brüssel'/><author><name>Affenhänger</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7020416.post-4290713994472732731</id><published>2010-04-11T18:38:00.001-12:00</published><updated>2010-04-11T18:40:43.213-12:00</updated><title type='text'>World's Deepest Black Smokers Found</title><content type='html'>&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;A number of new black smokers, the deepest yet known, have been discovered by a team of British scientists. The vents are more than three miles deep (5,000 metres) in the Cayman Trough, in the Caribbean. That is nearly half a mile deeper than the previously known deepest vents. Black smokers are undersea volcanic vents, commonly known for their wealth of mineral deposits emplaced by the superheated water being ejected from them. These particular vents are rich in copper and iron ores and were discovered using a deep diving vehicle launched and under remote control from the Royal Research Ship James Cook.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Read the whole story at &lt;a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/04/100411214117.htm"&gt;Science Daily&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7020416-4290713994472732731?l=geotransblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/feeds/4290713994472732731/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7020416&amp;postID=4290713994472732731&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/4290713994472732731'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/4290713994472732731'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/2010/04/worlds-deepest-black-smokers-found.html' title='World&apos;s Deepest Black Smokers Found'/><author><name>Affenhänger</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7020416.post-1103254861460870334</id><published>2010-04-08T18:43:00.001-12:00</published><updated>2010-04-08T18:46:45.750-12:00</updated><title type='text'>Venus is geologically active</title><content type='html'>&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;ESA's (&lt;a href="http://www.esa.int"&gt;European Space Agency&lt;/a&gt;) Venus Express has now provided good evidence that Venus remains active geologically. It has identified young lava flows by the unique infrared radiation they emit. This suggests that volcanic eruptions are still possible on the planet.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;It has been obvious for a long time that Venus does not have enough craters. Compare the surface of Venus to Mars, the Moon and Mercury, for example. On Venus they have been wiped from the surface over time. The cause is thought to be volcanic activity, but it remained unclear whether this was a fast or a slow process. Does cataclysmic volcanic activity resurface the entire planet with lava, or is a gradual sequence of smaller volcanic eruptions the culprit? These new results suggest the latter case is true.&lt;/p&gt;
 
&lt;p&gt;"Now we have strong evidence right at the surface for recent eruptions," says Sue Smrekar, a scientist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Read the ESA article with graphics &lt;a href="http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEMUKVZNK7G_index_0.html"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7020416-1103254861460870334?l=geotransblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/feeds/1103254861460870334/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7020416&amp;postID=1103254861460870334&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/1103254861460870334'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/1103254861460870334'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/2010/04/venus-is-geologically-active.html' title='Venus is geologically active'/><author><name>Affenhänger</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7020416.post-4223715239058778901</id><published>2010-01-22T01:48:00.002-12:00</published><updated>2010-01-22T02:30:47.040-12:00</updated><title type='text'>Latest offerings from my German bookshop</title><content type='html'>&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;Here are the latest arrivals at my &lt;a href="http://www.gluemes.info"&gt;German bookshop&lt;/a&gt;. They can all be ordered online at the shop or by &lt;a href="mailto:order@gleumes.info"&gt;email&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Walter, R.
&lt;br&gt;&lt;i&gt;AACHEN UND SÜDLICHE UMGEBUNG
&lt;br&gt;Nordeifel und Nordost-Ardennen&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;(Sammlung Geologischer Führer, Band 100), 2010. 360 Seiten, 122 Abbildungen, 102 Farbbilder, broschiert.
&lt;br&gt;€29.90&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Höflinger, J.
&lt;br&gt;&lt;i&gt;DIE BRACHIOPODEN DES DEUTSCHEN MALM
&lt;br&gt;Ein Bestimmungsbuch für Sammler&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;
&lt;br&gt;Das Buch wendet sich speziell an Sammler, die nicht die professionellen Möglichkeiten zur Analyse der inneren Merkmale des Brachiopodengehäuses haben.
&lt;br&gt;2010. Mit über 200 Fotos in 4 Ansichten und zahlreichen Zeichnungen und Tafeln. &lt;br&gt;Paperback.
&lt;br&gt;€14.90
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Neuauflage soben erschienen!
&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;Peter Rothe
&lt;br&gt;&lt;i&gt;DIE GEOLOGIE DEUTSCHLANDS
&lt;br&gt;48 Landschaften im Portrait&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;
&lt;br&gt;3. durchgesehene und aktualisierte Auflage 2009. 240 Seiten, 142 Abbildungen, gebunden.
&lt;br&gt;€39.90&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Wolfgang Spielmann 
&lt;br&gt;&lt;i&gt;GEOLOGISCHE STREIFZÜGE DURCH DIE EIFEL
&lt;br&gt;Gesteine prägen Landschaft und Natur&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;
&lt;br&gt;Die Eifel ist eine der abwechslungsreichsten Mittelgebirgslandschaften Deutschlands. Ihre feuerige Vergangenheit, die vor ca. 50 Millionen Jahren in der Tertiärzeit begann und erst mit der jüngsten Eiszeit zu Ende ging, hat eine einzigartige Formenwelt in dieser Region hinterlassen. Vielfältig präsentieren sich aber auch die Sedimentgesteine im Eifelraum, die wiederum oft Fundstätten prächtig erhaltener Fossilien darstellen, die weit über dieses Gebiet hinaus berühmt geworden sind.
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;Die geologischen Streifzüge führen uns u.a. in folgende Gebiete:
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;- die Wittlicher Senke
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;- die westliche Vulkaneifel
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;- die vulkanische Hocheifel
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;- die Gerolsteiner-Hillesheimer Region
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;- die Mayen-Laacher Region
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;3. Auflage 2009. 127 Seiten mit Farbfotos, paperback.          
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;€14.90&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;Gibbons, W. &amp; Moreno, T.
&lt;br&gt;&lt;i&gt;THE GEOLOGY OF CHILE&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;
&lt;br&gt;This book is the first comprehensive account in English of the geology of Chile, providing a key reference work that brings together many years of research, and written mostly by Chilean authors from various universities and other centres of research excellence. The 13 chapters begin with a general overview, followed by detailed accounts of Andean tectonostratigraphy and magmatism, the amazingly active volcanism, the world class ore deposits that have proven to be so critical to the welfare of the country, and Chilean water resources. The subject then turns to geophysics with an examination of neotectonics and earthquakes, the hazardous frequency of which is a daily fact of life for the Chilean population. There are chapters on the offshore geology and oceanography of the SE Pacific Ocean, subjects that continue to attract much research not least from those seeking to understand world climatic variations, and on late Quaternary land environments, concluding with an account examining human colonization of southernmost America. The geological evolution of Chile is the c. 550 million year history of a continental margin over 4000 km long. During his voyage on H.M.S. Beagle, an extended visit to Chile (1834-35) had a profound impact on Charles Darwin, especially on his understanding of volcanoes, earthquakes and tsunamis. Over more recent decades scientists have come to recognize the Chilean Andes as providing the classic example of a mountain belt produced by oceanic subduction beneath a continent, as well as some of the most dramatic scenic and climatic variations on Earth. In the final chapter, the editors offer a description of a drive from the Mediterranean landscapes of central Chile to the hyperarid Atacama Desert, a contribution designed to give visitors a chance to experience for themselves the geology and scenery of this extraordinary country.
&lt;br&gt;2007. 424 pp., paperback.
&lt;br&gt;£35.00&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;Schmincke, Hans-Ulrich
&lt;br&gt;&lt;i&gt;VULKANE DER EIFEL
&lt;br&gt;Aufbau, Entstehung und heutige Bedeutung&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;Der jüngste Vulkan Deutschlands, das Ulmener Maar, ist gerade mal 11000 Jahren alt. Auch der Laacher-See-Vulkan, bei dessen gewaltiger Eruption Glutlawinen den Rhein zu einem riesigen See aufstauten, brach erst vor 12900 Jahren aus - geologisch gesprochen also vor wenigen Sekunden. Ist der Eifelvulkanismus erloschen wie lange behauptet wurde? Schmincke gibt in diesem Buch die Antwort: Neue Vulkane können in der Eifel jederzeit entstehen. Doch wann und wo kann niemand vorhersagen. Anschaulich, klar verständlich und unterhaltsam erläutert Schmincke die vielfältigen Facetten der Eifelvulkane. Das opulent ausgestattete Buch lädt ein zu einem Spaziergang durch eine Region, in der man vulkanische Phänomene so direkt bestaunen und begreifen kann wie nirgendwo sonst in Mitteleuropa. Das jüngste Vulkangebiet Mitteleuropas, ein beliebtes Erholungsgebiet, ist gleichzeitig Anziehungspunkt für Forscher aus aller Welt und eines der am besten untersuchten Vulkangebiete der Welt überhaupt.
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;Geschrieben für an Vulkanismus interessierte Laien, Dozenten und Studenten der Geowissenschaften und Geographie, Lehrer in der Sek II und regional an der Eifel Interessierte.
&lt;br&gt;2009. 160 Seiten mit 185 Farbabbildungen, gebunden. 
&lt;br&gt;€29.95&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;Heiner Flick
&lt;br&gt;&lt;i&gt;LAHN-DILL-GEBIET
&lt;br&gt;Steinbrüche und Eisenerz&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;
&lt;br&gt;Das Lahn-Dill-Gebiet ist ein Wirtschaftsraum, der durch Bergbau und Industrie geprägt wurde. Geografisch lässt sich dieser Raum nur unscharf abgrenzen. Die Bezeichnung entstand, als die Region an der der Dill (Fluss) und der oberen und mittleren Lahn noch eines der wichtigsten Erzreviere und der bedeutendste Standorte der eisenerzeugenden und eisenverarbeitenden Industrie des Deutschen Reiches war. In den 70er Jahren des vorigen Jahrhunderts fand sich die grösste Gewerbedichte nicht etwa zwischen Ruhr und Emscher, sondern im Lahn-Dill-Gebiet. Das Lahn-Dill-Gebiet erstreckt sich über den gesamten oberen und mittleren Lauf der Lahn und weit in ihre Seiten- und Nebentäler. Als Orientierung für die Abgrenzung des Lahn-Dill-Gebietes kann die Fläche innerhalb und knapp ausserhalb eines gedachten Polygons mit folgenden Eckpunkten gelten: Dillquelle, oberes Dietzhölzetal, Bad Laasphe, Biedenkopf, Buchenau, Gladenbach, Lollar, Giessen, Wetzlar, Braunfels, Weilburg, Breitscheid und Haiger.
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&lt;br&gt;2009. 116 Seiten mit zahlreichen farbigen Abbildungen und Karten, kartoniert.
&lt;br&gt;€14.95&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;br&gt; 
&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;Schäfer, A.
&lt;br&gt;&lt;i&gt;KLASTISCHE SEDIMENTE
&lt;br&gt;Fazies und Sequenzstratigraphie&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;Klastische Sedimente entstehen durch Verwitterung und Erosion von Gesteinen. In Faziesmodellen interpretiert man die verschiedenen genetischen Bedingungen des Transports und der Ablagerung. Mit dem Arbeitskonzept der Sequenzstratigraphie lassen sich zeitgleiche Ablagerungsprozesse auch über große Entfernungen hinweg korrelieren und interpretieren. Ein modernes Lehrbuch der Sedimentologie hat auf dem deutschen Markt lange gefehlt. Der Autor hat das heutige Wissen in diesem Fachgebiet zusammengetragen. Er beschreibt ausführlich Faziesmodelle und Fallstudien und macht so die sedimentologische Analyse von klastischen Ablagerungen verständlich. Ein ausführliches Kapitel ist der Sequenzstratigraphie gewidmet, die sich in den letzten Jahrzehnten zu einer anspruchsvollen Herausforderung an den interpretierend arbeitenden Sedimentologen entwickelt hat. Reichlich erläuterte Zeichnungen und Fotos helfen den Zugang zu diesem weiten Feld geologischer Praxis zu eröffnen. Zum leichteren Einstieg in die internationale Literatur sind für wichtige Fachbegriffe die englischen Äquivalente angegeben.
&lt;br&gt;2006. Neuausgabe 2010. 414 Seiten, zahlreiche Abbildungen, kartoniert.
&lt;br&gt;Die Neuausgabe ist gründlich durchgesehen und verbessert worden.
&lt;br&gt;€59.95&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7020416-4223715239058778901?l=geotransblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.gluemes.info' title='Latest offerings from my German bookshop'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/feeds/4223715239058778901/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7020416&amp;postID=4223715239058778901&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/4223715239058778901'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/4223715239058778901'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/2010/01/latest-offerings-from-my-german.html' title='Latest offerings from my German bookshop'/><author><name>Affenhänger</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7020416.post-4120844509923026656</id><published>2010-01-10T19:32:00.003-12:00</published><updated>2010-01-10T20:01:48.486-12:00</updated><title type='text'>Thermogeological dates for your diary</title><content type='html'>&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;This is from a thermogeological list I subscribe to. Acknowledgements to &lt;a href="mailto:david@holymoor.co.uk"&gt;David Banks&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Please note the following dates for your diary:
&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;
26th January 2010: “An Introduction to Ground Source Heating and Cooling”. VIA University College and Holymoor Consultancy will teach this 1-day short course at Horsens, Denmark (in English language). See &lt;a href="http://www.vitusbering.dk/uc/topinfo.asp?sid=514"&gt;http://www.vitusbering.dk/uc/topinfo.asp?sid=514&lt;/a&gt; (click “&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;Tilmeldingsblanket&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;” on this page for a booking form!). Contact &lt;a href="mailto:inga@via.dk"&gt;Inga Sorensen&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href="david@holymoor.co.uk"&gt;David Banks&lt;/a&gt; for further details.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;26th January 2010: “Ground Source Energy”. Conference and workshops at CBI Conference Centre, London. Further info at &lt;a href="http://www.gegroundsource.co.uk/"&gt;gegroundsource.co.uk&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;22nd February 2010. “Heat Pump Technology using Mine Water”. Caphouse Mining Museum, Wakefield, Yorkshire. 1-day conference. Contact &lt;a href="mailto:managing.director@ncm.org.uk"&gt;Margaret Faull&lt;/a&gt; for further details.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;17th-19th March 2010. Free course on “Design of ground source heat pump systems: Training of trainers”. At Peine, Germany. See &lt;a href="http://www.geotrainet.eu/"&gt;www.geotrainet.eu&lt;/a&gt; for further info.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;13th-14th April 2010. “GeoDrilling and Ground Source Live! 2010”. Exhibition and seminars; 13th-14th April 2010, Peterborough, UK. See &lt;a href="http://www.geodrilling-show.co.uk/"&gt;geodrilling-show.co.uk&lt;/a&gt; for further info.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;14th-16th April 2010. Free course on “Design of ground source heat pump systems”. Newcastle University, UK. See &lt;a href="http://www.geotrainet.eu/"&gt;www.geotrainet.eu&lt;/a&gt; for further info.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;5th-6th July 2010. Free course on “Design of ground source heat pump systems”. Poltechnical University of Valencia, Spain. See &lt;a href="http://www.geotrainet.eu/"&gt;www.geotrainet.eu&lt;/a&gt; for further info.&lt;/p&gt;

Again my thanks to &lt;a href="mailto:david@holymoor.co.uk"&gt;David Banks&lt;/a&gt; of &lt;a href="http://www.holymoor.co.uk/"&gt;Holymoor Consultancy Limited&lt;/a&gt; in England.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7020416-4120844509923026656?l=geotransblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/feeds/4120844509923026656/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7020416&amp;postID=4120844509923026656&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/4120844509923026656'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/4120844509923026656'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/2010/01/thermogeological-dates-for-your-diary.html' title='Thermogeological dates for your diary'/><author><name>Affenhänger</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7020416.post-4373276530103143695</id><published>2010-01-08T22:52:00.002-12:00</published><updated>2010-01-08T22:56:46.059-12:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mine water'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='conference'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='heat pumps'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Yorkshire'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='minewater'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='England'/><title type='text'>Heat pumps and minewater conference</title><content type='html'>&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ncm.org.uk/"&gt;The National Coal Mining Museum for England &lt;/a&gt;at Caphouse (near Wakefield, Yorkshire, England) is circulating the details of a conference to be held on 22nd February on the topic of "Heat Pump Technology using Mine Water".&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The planned programme is as follows:
&lt;br&gt;
10.00  Coffee
&lt;br&gt;
Chair  Sir John Harman, Trustee of National Coal Mining Museum for
England and former Chair, the Environment Agency
&lt;br&gt;
10.30  Welcome to Yorkshire and the role heat-pump technology could
play in the region's drive to become a low-carbon economy.
&lt;br&gt;
The Right Honourable Rosie Winterton, MP, Minister for Yorkshire 
&lt;br&gt;
10.45  Introduction to the conference
&lt;br&gt;
Sir John Harman
&lt;br&gt;
11.00  The use of minewater for closed-loop and open-loop heat
pumps and their practical application for large-scale developments, such as
housing estates.
&lt;br&gt;
Robin Curtis, Technical Director, Earth Energy
&lt;br&gt;
11.30  Coffee
&lt;br&gt;
12.00  The use of an open-loop heat-pump system to heat social
housing and an office building throughout the town of Heerlen, the
Netherlands.
&lt;br&gt;
Eur Ing Erwin Roijen, Consultant, Remining-lowex/Cauberg-Huygen, Maastricht,
the Netherlands
&lt;br&gt;
12.45  Discussion
&lt;br&gt;
13.00  Lunch
&lt;br&gt;
Chair  Joanne Pollard, Chief Executive, CO2sense yorkshire
&lt;br&gt;
13.45  Potential for heat pumps in Yorkshire and the rest of the
United Kingdom
&lt;br&gt;
Keith Parker, Head of Minewater Build and Operations, the Coal Authority 
&lt;br&gt;
14.15  Plans for an open-loop heat-pump system at National Coal
Mining Museum
&lt;br&gt;
M Faull, Director/W McGranaghan, Deputy Director/Mine Manager, National Coal
Mining Museum for England
&lt;br&gt;
14.30  Ground-source and air-source heat pumps as a solution for
off-gas grid communities
&lt;br&gt;
Dr Stephen Brown, Director of Carbon Capture and Storage, CO2sense yorkshire
&lt;br&gt;
15.00  The environmental message
&lt;br&gt;
Councillor Robert Light, Board member, the Environment Agency
&lt;br&gt;
15.30  Discussion
&lt;br&gt;
16.00  Tea
&lt;br&gt;
Interested participants may contact Margaret Faull on
&lt;a href="mailto:managing.director@ncm.org.uk"&gt;managing.director@ncm.org.uk&lt;/a&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Landmarks in the History of the German Language&lt;/b&gt;
&lt;br&gt;Horan, Geraldine/Langer, Nils/Watts, Sheila (eds)

&lt;p&gt;Oxford, Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, Frankfurt am Main, New York, Wien, 2009. VIII, 312 pp., 5 tables and graphs
&lt;br&gt;Britische und Irische Studien zur deutschen Sprache und Literatur 
&lt;br&gt;British and Irish Studies in German Language and Literature Vol. 52
&lt;br&gt;Edited by Reiss Hans S./Yates W. Edgar&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;The contributions to this volume explore eleven key developments in the external history of the German language, that is, the combination of social, political and cultural circumstances which influenced the language and its speakers. Some of these 'landmarks' are individuals or groups of people who have exerted influence over the language: Charlemagne, Luther, the early modern grammarians and lexicographers. Others are studies of particular periods, places or groups which have not found their place in more narrative accounts: standardisation in the nineteenth century, the role of Low German, the state of German at the 'Stunde Null' in 1945. An overarching theme is the role of deliberate intervention in the development of German, whether it took the form of education, prescriptivism, purism or political manipulation. The essays, a number of which were originally delivered as lectures in the University of Cambridge and all of which are by specialists in the field, combine to provide a history of the German language in its social context.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Contents:
&lt;br&gt;Geraldine Horan/Nils Langer/Sheila Watts: Introduction
&lt;br&gt;Rosamond McKitterick: A Landmark Figure in the History of German? Charlemagne, 
Language and Literacy
&lt;br&gt;John L. Flood: Luther and Tyndale as Bible Translators: Achievement and Legacy
&lt;br&gt;Nicola McLelland: Understanding German Grammar Takes Centuries
&lt;br&gt;William Jervis Jones: Dictionaries and their Role in the Formation of German (1500-1900)
&lt;br&gt;Maria B. Lange: Texts and Text Types in the History of German
&lt;br&gt;Falco Pfalzgraf: Linguistic Purism in the History of German
&lt;br&gt;Martin Durrell: Deutsch: Teutons, Germans or Dutch? The Problems of Defining a Nation
&lt;br&gt;Winifred V. Davies: Standard German in the Nineteenth Century
&lt;br&gt;Nils Langer: Sociolinguistic Changes in the History of Low German
&lt;br&gt;Geraldine Horan: Gendered and Political Discourses: Women in National Socialism
&lt;br&gt;C.J. Wells: Language in Limbo? Post-1945 German.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The Editors:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Geraldine Horan completed her undergraduate and postgraduate degrees at Royal Holloway, University of London. Since 2000 she has been a Lecturer in German Language and Linguistics at University College London. Her research interests lie in feminist linguistics, discourse analysis and political discourse, with a particular focus on the relationship between gender, discourse, nationalism and National Socialism.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Nils Langer obtained his Ph.D. at the University of Newcastle and has since worked at the University of Bristol where he is a Reader in German Linguistics. His work focuses on areas of historical sociolinguistics, in particular with regard to the standardisation of German and the stigmatisation of non-standard variants.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Sheila Watts spent her early career at Trinity College Dublin, where she obtained her doctorate. Since 1998 she has been a University Lecturer in German at the University of Cambridge (Newnham College). She has worked on grammaticalisation in the history of German, particularly in Old Saxon, and on early modern linguistic historiography.&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;Do Carmo D.A., Meireles R.P., Suarez P.A.Z. &amp; Mello V.M. (2009).- &lt;a href="http://paleopolis.rediris.es/cg/uk-index.html#NEWA"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;Size variations of the vestibula of Krithe gnoma Do Carmo &amp; Sanguinetti, 1999 (Ostracoda): a new procedure for their analysis&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.- Carnets de Géologie - Notebooks on Geology, Brest, Article 2009/09 (CG2009_A09), 9 p., 5 figs., 1 table.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Do Carmo D.A., Meireles R.P., Suarez P.A.Z. &amp; Mello V.M. (2009).- Size variations of the vestibula of Krithe gnoma Do Carmo &amp; Sanguinetti, 1999 (Ostracoda): a new procedure for their analysis [&lt;a href="http://paleopolis.rediris.es/cg/fr-index.html#NEWA"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;Nouvelle procédure pour analyser les variations des tailles de vestibules chez Krithe gnoma Do Carmo &amp; Sanguinetti, 1999 (Ostracoda)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;].- Carnets de Géologie - Notebooks on Geology, Brest, Article 2009/09 (CG2009_A09), 9 p., 5 figs., 1 tabl.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Moullade M., Tronchetti G. &amp; Babinot J.-F. (2009).- &lt;a href="http://paleopolis.rediris.es/cg/fr-index.html#NEWB"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;Le Gargasien de Gargas (Vaucluse, SE de la France) : synthèse des données de terrain et révision de la microfaune de foraminifères et d'ostracodes&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.- Carnets de Géologie - Notebooks on Geology, Brest, Article 2009/10 (CG2009_A10), 15 p., 9 figs.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Moullade M., Tronchetti G. &amp; Babinot J.-F. (2009).- Le Gargasien de Gargas (Vaucluse, SE de la France) : synthèse des données de terrain et révision de la microfaune de foraminifères et d'ostracodes [&lt;a href="http://paleopolis.rediris.es/cg/uk-index.html#NEWB"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;The Gargasian of Gargas (Vaucluse, SE France): Synthesis of field data and revision of the foraminiferal and ostracodal microfauna&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;].- Carnets de Géologie - Notebooks on Geology, Brest, Article 2009/10 (CG2009_A10), 15 p., 9 figs.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7020416-3168901692728294359?l=geotransblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/feeds/3168901692728294359/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7020416&amp;postID=3168901692728294359&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/3168901692728294359'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/3168901692728294359'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/2009/12/two-new-articles-from-carnets-de.html' title='Two new articles from Carnets de Géologie'/><author><name>Affenhänger</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7020416.post-3261488271809099153</id><published>2009-10-23T00:15:00.002-12:00</published><updated>2009-10-23T00:18:44.064-12:00</updated><title type='text'>30 inch, 2 lb. late Jurassic dinosaur</title><content type='html'>&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;A 30 inch, 2 lb dinosaur, &lt;i&gt;Fruitadens haagarorum&lt;/i&gt;, dating from the late Jurassic, is the smallest ornithischian dinosaur ever found. The New York Times has a small &lt;a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/27/science/27obdino.html?partner=rss&amp;emc=rss"&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; on it.

The abstract from The Proceedings of the Royal Society, with the title "Lower limits of ornithischian dinosaur body size inferred from a new Upper Jurassic heterodontosaurid from North America" can be read &lt;a href="http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/early/2009/10/20/rspb.2009.1494.abstract"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.

(Richard J. Butler, Peter M. Galton, Laura B. Porro, Luis M. Chiappe, Donald M. Henderson, and Gregory M. Erickson Lower limits of ornithischian dinosaur body size inferred from a new Upper Jurassic heterodontosaurid from North America Proc R Soc B 2009 : rspb.2009.1494v1-rspb20091494.)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7020416-3261488271809099153?l=geotransblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/feeds/3261488271809099153/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7020416&amp;postID=3261488271809099153&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/3261488271809099153'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/3261488271809099153'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/2009/10/30-inch-2-lb-late-jurassic-dinosaur.html' title='30 inch, 2 lb. late Jurassic dinosaur'/><author><name>Affenhänger</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7020416.post-4310338004472969310</id><published>2009-10-20T03:48:00.002-12:00</published><updated>2009-10-20T03:59:58.645-12:00</updated><title type='text'>Nummulus brattenburgensis and Crania craniolaris</title><content type='html'>&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;Carnets de Géologie&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt; has announced a new English publication:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Article 8 [2009]: &lt;i&gt;Nummulus brattenburgensis&lt;/i&gt; and &lt;i&gt;Crania craniolaris&lt;/i&gt; (Brachiopoda, Craniidae), by Christian C. EMIG.- Format [&lt;a href="http://paleopolis.rediris.es/cg/CG2009_A08/index.html"&gt;HTML&lt;/a&gt;] or [&lt;a href="http://paleopolis.rediris.es/cg/CG2009_A08/CG2009_A08.pdf"&gt;PDF&lt;/a&gt; 1.590 KB]
Reference: [CG2009_A08], 11 p., 8 figs., 1 tabl.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Abstract&lt;/b&gt;: The Brattingsborg pennies are mentioned in medieval texts dating from the middle of the first millennium and many popular medieval legends refer to their occurrence on Ivö Island in the Scania region (Sweden) as &lt;i&gt;brattingsborgpenningar&lt;/i&gt; or in Latin as &lt;i&gt;Nummulus brattenburgensis&lt;/i&gt;. Actually they are valves of the fossil brachiopod &lt;i&gt;Crania craniolaris&lt;/i&gt; originally described by Linnaeus (1758) as &lt;i&gt;Anomia craniolaris&lt;/i&gt; from the Upper Cretaceous. Later Retzius (1781) created the genus &lt;i&gt;Crania&lt;/i&gt; based on these specimens from Ivö Island and on another species he described under &lt;i&gt;Crania&lt;/i&gt; (now &lt;i&gt;Isocrania) egnabergensis&lt;/i&gt; from Ignaberga in the Scania region. The scientific history of those two species is reviewed along with that of &lt;i&gt;Danocrania tuberculata&lt;/i&gt; (Nilsson, 1826), formerly figured as &lt;i&gt;Craniolites brattenburgicus&lt;/i&gt;, from the Danian of Scania. Two legends about these "pennies" are included.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7020416-4310338004472969310?l=geotransblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/feeds/4310338004472969310/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7020416&amp;postID=4310338004472969310&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/4310338004472969310'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/4310338004472969310'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/2009/10/nummulus-brattenburgensis-and-crania.html' title='&lt;i&gt;Nummulus brattenburgensis&lt;/i&gt; and &lt;i&gt;Crania craniolaris&lt;/i&gt;'/><author><name>Affenhänger</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7020416.post-4212103284314959702</id><published>2009-09-20T18:37:00.004-12:00</published><updated>2009-09-20T19:01:56.949-12:00</updated><title type='text'>Water Scarcity</title><content type='html'>&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Water Scarcity - Winter School 2010 on:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;
&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;Analysing, mapping and evaluating spatio-temporal water scarcity problems&lt;/b&gt;
&lt;br&gt;1 – 11 February 2010 in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salzburg"&gt;Salzburg, Austria&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The international Winter School, organised by the &lt;a href="http://www.zgis.at"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Centre for Geoinformatics&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt; deals with topics surrounding the analysis, visualisation and evaluation of spatio-temporal problems related to water scarcity. Delegates learn about current scientific methods and techniques for spatial data acquisition and processing in theory and practise. These methods and techniques methods and techniques can be applied to relevant planning processes in the water sector and in water management. A central focus is placed on learning to implement an early-warning system for water scarcity based on existing operational methods (e.g. &lt;a href="http://www.meteorisk.info/v2/presse.asp?lang=2"&gt;Meteorisk&lt;/a&gt;) and the associated characterisation of the most important anthropogenically influenced and natural surface waters and groundwater systems.

&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.edu-zgis.net/ss/waterscarcity2010"&gt;Information and registration&lt;/a&gt;

&lt;br&gt;Registration begins on 1 October and ends on 31 December 2009. We recommend quick registration due to the limited number of places available.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7020416-4212103284314959702?l=geotransblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/feeds/4212103284314959702/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7020416&amp;postID=4212103284314959702&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/4212103284314959702'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/4212103284314959702'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/2009/09/water-scarcity.html' title='Water Scarcity'/><author><name>Affenhänger</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7020416.post-8395422360062338895</id><published>2009-08-27T00:25:00.005-12:00</published><updated>2009-08-27T00:34:32.403-12:00</updated><title type='text'>New Book Published by Carnets de Géologie</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;Carnets de Géologie had announced the publication of a new book. Book 3 [2009]: PaleoParks - The protection and conservation of fossil sites worldwide [Paléo-Parcs - Sauvegarde et valorisation de sites fossilifères à travers le monde], by Jere H. LIPPS &amp;amp; Bruno R.C. GRANIER (special editors).- Reference: [CG2009_BOOK_03], ISBN13: 978-2-916733-06-7.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;This special volume consists of invited contributions based on presentations given at the three PaleoParks Workshops at the International Geological Congress in Florence (2004) and Oslo (2008) and the International Paleontological Congress in Beijing (2006).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;For their interest, comments and advice about the PaleoParks initiative the editor thanks (in alphabetic order): R. Aldridge (Leicester, UK), D. Harper (Copenhagen, Denmark), B. Lieberman (Lawrence, Kansas, USA), and R. Maddocks (Houston, Texas, USA). PaleoParks is a special project of the International Paleontological Association (URL: http://ipa.geo.ku.edu/) under the direction of J.H. Lipps (Berkeley, California, USA) as the IPA Delegate for PaleoParks. Alain Coutelle (Brest, France) provided invaluable help for the translation of the English abstracts into French.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;List of Contents:&lt;br&gt;

• Cover page&lt;br&gt;

Format [HTML] or [PDF 422 KB]&lt;br&gt;

• Chapter 1. PaleoParks: Our paleontological heritage protected and conserved in the field worldwide, by Jere H. Lipps Format [HTML] or [PDF 1,013 KB], p. 1-10.&lt;br&gt;

• Chapter 2. The Triassic Guanling fossil Group - A key GeoPark from Barren Mountain, Guizhou Province, China, by Xiaofeng Wang, Xiaohong Chen, Chuanshang Wang &amp;amp; Long Cheng Format [HTML] or [PDF 5,376 KB], p. 11-28.&lt;br&gt;

• Chapter 3. The GeoPark of Haute-Provence, France - Geology and palaeontology protected for sustainable development, by Jean-Simon Pagès [HTML] or [PDF 2,478 KB], p. 29-34.&lt;br&gt;

• Chapter 4. The protection and use of the geological and paleontological heritage in Baja California Sur, Mexico, by Javier Gaitán Morán &amp;amp; Alejandro Álvarez Arellano - Capítulo 4. El resguardo y aprovechamiento del patrimonio geológico y paleontológico en Baja California Sur, México, por Javier Gaitán Morán &amp;amp; Alejandro Álvarez Arellano [HTML] o [PDF 391 KB], p. 35-48.&lt;br&gt;

• Chapter 5. Protecting fossil sites in New Zealand, by Bruce W. Hayward [HTML] or [PDF 548 KB], p. 49-64.&lt;br&gt;

• Chapter 6. The Salt Range: Pakistan's unique field museum of geology and paleontology, by Shahid Jamil Sameeni HTML] or [PDF 1,454 KB], p. 65-73.&lt;br&gt;

• Chapter 7. Paleontological parks and museums and prominent fossil sites in Thailand and their importance in the conservation of fossils, by Nareerat Boonchai, Paul J. Grote &amp;amp; Pratueng Jintasakul [HTML] or [PDF 7,448 KB], p. 75-95.&lt;br&gt;

• Chapter 8. Managing fossil resources at the Falls of the Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky, USA: A fossil park in an urban setting, by Alan Goldstein [HTML] or [PDF 259 KB], p. 97-101.&lt;br&gt;

• Chapter 9. Paleo-piracy endangers Vendian (Ediacaran) fossils in the White Sea - Arkhangelsk region of Russia, by Mikhail A. Fedonkin, Andrey Yu. Ivantsov, Maxim V. Leonov, Jere H. Lipps, Ekaterina A. Serezhnikova, Eugeniy I. Malyutin &amp;amp; Yuriy V. Khan [HTML] or [PDF 2,686 KB], p. 103-111.&lt;br&gt;

• Chapter 10. Copper Canyon track locality (Pliocene) conservation strategies, Death Valley National Park, USA, by Torrey Nyborg [HTML] or [PDF 2,220 KB], p. 113-119.&lt;br&gt;

• Chapter 11. A possible Late Miocene fossil forest PaleoPark in Hungary, by Géza Császár, Miklós Kázmér, Boglárka Erdei &amp;amp; Imre Magyar [HTML] or [PDF 3,862 KB], p. 121-133.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The preliminary English version can be found at:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a href="http://paleopolis.rediris.es/cg/uk-index.html#NEW"&gt;http://paleopolis.rediris.es/cg/uk-index.html#NEW&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7020416-8395422360062338895?l=geotransblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://paleopolis.rediris.es/cg/uk-index.html#NEW' title='New Book Published by Carnets de Géologie'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/feeds/8395422360062338895/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7020416&amp;postID=8395422360062338895&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/8395422360062338895'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/8395422360062338895'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/2009/08/new-book-published-by-carnets-de.html' title='New Book Published by Carnets de Géologie'/><author><name>Affenhänger</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7020416.post-3571591852719368520</id><published>2009-04-02T18:57:00.002-12:00</published><updated>2009-04-02T19:26:26.499-12:00</updated><title type='text'>A Low Point in Quarrying for the Rhineland-Palatinate</title><content type='html'>&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;A new low point in quarrying in the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhineland-Palatinate"&gt;Rhineland-Palatinate&lt;/a&gt; (Germany) has been reached with the creation of a new level at the Hahnstätten limestone quarry. On 20 March 2009, a new low point was created in the accessable surface of the Rhineland-Palatinate. The previous lowest point was surpassed when the new level was excavated to 28 m AD (above datum - German: &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normalnull"&gt;Normalnull&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;). Limestone extraction will continue in the Hahnstätten quarry to 30 m BD (below datum) in the coming years. Of course, exposures exist in current and historical subsurface mining operations that extend to below sea level. Level 25 in the Grube Holzappel mine, for example, reaches 789 m BD.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7020416-3571591852719368520?l=geotransblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/feeds/3571591852719368520/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7020416&amp;postID=3571591852719368520&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/3571591852719368520'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/3571591852719368520'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/2009/04/low-point-in-quarrying-for-rhineland.html' title='A Low Point in Quarrying for the Rhineland-Palatinate'/><author><name>Affenhänger</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7020416.post-60622483404355699</id><published>2009-03-26T18:50:00.002-12:00</published><updated>2009-03-26T19:01:23.956-12:00</updated><title type='text'>2 New Publications from Carnets de Géologie</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;Carnets de Géologie have issued 2 new publications: a memoir in English and a letter in both English &amp; CASTELLANO! I have only published the links to the English versions.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Letter 1 [2009]: Serravallian (Miocene) nannofossils in Patagonia, Argentina, by Margarita SIMEONI. - Format [&lt;a href="http://paleopolis.rediris.es/cg/CG2009_L01/index.html#English"&gt;HTML&lt;/a&gt;] or [&lt;a href="http://paleopolis.rediris.es/cg/CG2009_L01/CG2009_L01.pdf"&gt;PDF&lt;/a&gt; 689 KB] - Reference: [CG2009_L01]&lt;br&gt;
Abstract: For the first time, nannofossils found in the marine stratigraphic unit named "Patagoniano" which crops out at Cerro Chenque and Cerro Hermitte in southeastern Chubut, Argentina, are documented. They were recovered from pelitic levels in the lower part of coarsening-upward siliciclastic sedimentary sequences. The nannofossils are assigned in part to the Discoaster kugleri Zone NN7 (Martini, 1971) and CN5b (Bukry, 1971, 1973) thus allowing correlation of the productive levels with the Serravallian Stage (upper Middle Miocene).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Nota breve 1 [2009]: Nannofósiles del Serravalliano (Mioceno) en Patagonia, Argentina, de Margarita SIMEONI.- Formato [HTML] o [PDF 689 KB] - Referencia: [CG2009_L01]&lt;br&gt;
Resumen:  Se documenta el primer hallazgo de nannofósiles en el "Patagoniano", unidad estratigráfica marina aflorante en Cerro Chenque y Cerro Hermitte, al sudeste de Chubut, Argentina. Los nannofósiles fueron recuperados en niveles pelíticos inferiores de diferentes ciclos sedimentarios, grano-crecientes hacia la parte superior, formados por rocas siliciclásticas. Los nannofósiles pertenecen, en parte, a la Zona de Discoaster kugleri NN7 (Martini, 1971) and CN5b (Bukry, 1971, 1973) permitiendo la correlación de los niveles fértiles con el Piso Serravalliano (Mioceno Medio superior).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Note brève 1 [2009] : Nannofossiles du Serravallien (Miocène) de Patagonie, Argentine, par Margarita SIMEONI.- Format [HTML] ou [PDF 689 KB] - Référence : [CG2009_L01] &lt;br&gt;Résumé :  Nous décrivons pour la première fois la découverte de nannofossiles dans une unité stratigraphique marine appelé le "Patagonien" affleurant au Cerro Chenque et au Cerro Hermitte au SE de Chubut, Argentine. Ils ont été trouvés dans les niveaux pélitiques de la partie inférieure de séquences sédimentaires silicoclastiques granocroissantes. Ces nannofossiles qui appartiennent, pour partie, à la Zone à Discoaster kugleri NN7 (Martini, 1971) et CN5b (Bukry, 1971, 1973) permettent de corréler les niveaux correspondants à l'étage Serravallien (partie supérieure du Miocène moyen).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Memoir 1 [2009]: Mediterranean Neocomian belemnites, part 3: Valanginian-Hauterivian belemnites, by Nico M.M. JANSSEN.- Format [&lt;a href="http://paleopolis.rediris.es/cg/CG2009_M01/index.html"&gt;HTML&lt;/a&gt;] or [&lt;a href="http://paleopolis.rediris.es/cg/CG2009_M01/CG2009_M01.pdf"&gt;PDF&lt;/a&gt; 2,898 KB] - Reference: [CG 2009_M01]&lt;br&gt;
Abstract: The classical papers of Raspail (1829, 1830) and Duval-Jouve (1841) described a wide range of belemnite species, mainly from the Lower Cretaceous of the Castellane-Peyroules area (Alpes de Haute-Provence, France). The present work focuses mainly on the biostratigraphy of these previously described belemnite taxa for their stratigraphic relationships had not been determined precisely. Here, biostratigraphy is related to the lithologic successions and faunal associations (ammonites) of various outcrops in the area studied. Complementary data were obtained from the La Lagne, Les Allaves and Pas d'Escale sections (Alpes de Haute-Provence, France). And, in order to attain a better understanding of the stratigraphic distribution of Late Valanginian belemnites in condensed glauconitic deposits, these assemblages are compared with belemnites from deeper water successions in the Angles, Source de l'Asse de Moriez, Cheiron areas and those in the vicinity of La Charce and Ver gol that are even deeper.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Mémoire 1 [2009] : Bélemnites néocomienne des régions méditerranéennes, 3ème partie : Bélemnites de l'intervalle Valanginien-Hauterivien, par Nico M.M. JANSSEN.- Format [HTML] ou [PDF 15.672 KB] / pages 45-75 avec arrière-plan colorisé [PDF 3.477 KB] - Référence : [CG2009_M01] &lt;br&gt;Résumé :  Les travaux classiques mais anciens de Raspail (1829, 1830) et Duval-Jouve (1841) décrivent une grande variété d'espèces de bélemnites, provenant essentiellement du Crétacé inférieur de la région de Castellane-Peyroules (Alpes de Haute-Provence, France). Cette nouvelle contribution s'articule autour de la distribution biostratigraphique des bélemnites décrites précédemment car jusqu'à présent cet aspect avait été négligé. Le canevas biostratigraphique est calibré avec les successions lithologiques et les associations fauniques (ammonitofaune) de plusieurs affleurements dans cette région. Des données supplémentaires ont été obtenues à partir de coupes levées dans d'autres secteurs des Alpes de Haute-Provence: La Lagne, Les Allaves et Pas d'Escale. De plus, afin de mieux comprendre la distribution stratigraphique des bélemnites du Valanginien supérieur au sein de niveaux condensés glauconitiques ces associations sont comparées avec les bélemnites de milieux de dépôt p lus profonds à Angles, à la Source de l'Asse de Moriez et à Cheiron, et avec celles des environs de La Charce et Vergol qui correspondent à des milieux plus profonds encore.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7020416-60622483404355699?l=geotransblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/feeds/60622483404355699/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7020416&amp;postID=60622483404355699&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/60622483404355699'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/60622483404355699'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/2009/03/2-new-publications-from-carnets-de.html' title='2 New Publications from Carnets de Géologie'/><author><name>Affenhänger</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7020416.post-1251482830651632932</id><published>2008-11-18T23:47:00.000-12:00</published><updated>2008-11-18T23:49:11.152-12:00</updated><title type='text'>Freeze-dried fossils</title><content type='html'>&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;Some exceptionally well preserved fossils have been found in the McMurdo Dry Valleys in Antarctica's Transantarctic Mountains. They include insects, mosses, freshwater shrimps and algae and represent the remains of a tundra ecosystem existing before the big cool began about 14 million years ago. The fossils themselves are 14.07 Ma and are the first to be recovered in this area, even though it already has a 100-year history of exploration. They were discovered by an international research team led by David Marchant, associate professor of earth sciences at Boston Uni and also included Melanie Leng from the UK's &lt;a href="http://www.bgs.ac.uk/nigl/"&gt;NERC (Natural Environment Research Council) Isotopes Geosciences Laboratory&lt;/a&gt;. The findings were reported in the US journal &lt;a href="http://www.pnas.org/"&gt;Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7020416-1251482830651632932?l=geotransblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/feeds/1251482830651632932/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7020416&amp;postID=1251482830651632932&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/1251482830651632932'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/1251482830651632932'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/2008/11/freeze-dried-fossils.html' title='Freeze-dried fossils'/><author><name>Affenhänger</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7020416.post-8755518888099263809</id><published>2008-11-17T02:43:00.001-12:00</published><updated>2008-11-17T02:45:55.540-12:00</updated><title type='text'>ISRM Newsletter</title><content type='html'>&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;The latest edition of the ISRM (International Society for Rock
Mechanics) newsletter is online &lt;a href="http://www.isrm.net/fotos/gca/1222849346isrm_nj_10_web.pdf"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7020416-8755518888099263809?l=geotransblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/feeds/8755518888099263809/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7020416&amp;postID=8755518888099263809&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/8755518888099263809'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/8755518888099263809'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/2008/11/isrm-newsletter.html' title='ISRM Newsletter'/><author><name>Affenhänger</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7020416.post-1655914618308050840</id><published>2008-09-08T18:43:00.005-12:00</published><updated>2008-09-08T19:00:31.624-12:00</updated><title type='text'>New e-book and CD from Carnets de Géologie</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;Carnets de Géologie have released a new e-book and a new CD. See below for details.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;Mattioli E. (special editor), Gardin S., Giraud F., Olivero D., Pittet B. &amp;amp; Reboulet S. (2008). Guidebook for the post-congress fieldtrip in the Vocontian Basin, SE France (September 11-13, 2008). 12th Meeting of the &lt;a href="http://www.nhm.ac.uk/hosted_sites/ina/"&gt;International Nannoplankton Association&lt;/a&gt; (Lyon, September 7-10, 2008)&lt;/i&gt;, ISBN 978-2-916733-02-9, Carnets de Géologie, Brest, Book/Livre 2008/01 (CG2008_BOOK_01), 26 p., 18 figs.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Contents:

• Chapter 1. The Aalenian-Bajocian (Middle Jurassic) of the Digne area.

• Chapter 2. The Global Boundary Stratotype Sections and Points (GSSP) of the Hauterivian: La Charce section (Drôme, France, Vocontian Basin).

• Chapter 3. The nannofossil succession of la Charce across the Valanginian-Hauterivian boundary.

• Chapter 4. The OAE 1d (Oceanic Anoxic Event, latest Albian).

• Chapter 5. The GSSP (Global boundary Stratotype Section and Point) for the base of the Cenomanian stage (Kennedy et al, 2004).

• Chapter 6. The Cenozoic of the Barrême syncline.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;[Available in English only!]

[Disponible uniquement en version anglaise !]&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;The new &lt;a href="http://paleopolis.rediris.es/cg/uk-cdrom.html"&gt;CD&lt;/a&gt; (tome 5) covers October 2002 to mid-July 2008. It is available for only 3 euros (+ 2 euros shipping charges) through PayPal! This edition was sponsored 1) by the organizing committee of the 12th Meeting (Lyon, September 2008) of the &lt;a href="http://www.nhm.ac.uk/hosted_sites/ina"&gt;International Nannoplankton Association&lt;/a&gt; (with its representative Emanuela Mattioli) and 2) by TimeMatters, an Australian consulting paleontology company (with its representative Eric Monteil).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7020416-1655914618308050840?l=geotransblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://paleopolis.rediris.es/cg/uk-cdrom.html' title='New e-book and CD from Carnets de Géologie'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/feeds/1655914618308050840/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7020416&amp;postID=1655914618308050840&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/1655914618308050840'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/1655914618308050840'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/2008/09/new-e-book-and-cd-from-carnets-de.html' title='New e-book and CD from Carnets de Géologie'/><author><name>Affenhänger</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7020416.post-3336014030612189893</id><published>2008-09-04T20:36:00.004-12:00</published><updated>2010-11-10T01:16:41.657-12:00</updated><title type='text'>The things daughters say</title><content type='html'>&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;
My daughter last night, going to bed, talking to mum:
&lt;br&gt;
"Ooh, it's cool in my bedroom tonight. Mammy, can you pull my quilt down a little bit further?"
&lt;br&gt;
Mum: "Yes, but why?"
&lt;br&gt;
"Then if I grow a bit in the night, my feet won't stick out the bottom and get cold."&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alan_johnson/2823605319/" title="Vicky and Aidan by afjohnsonde, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3100/2823605319_14b1b16ee0.jpg" width="489" height="500" alt="Vicky and Aidan" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7020416-3336014030612189893?l=geotransblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/feeds/3336014030612189893/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7020416&amp;postID=3336014030612189893&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/3336014030612189893'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/3336014030612189893'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/2008/09/things-duahgters-say.html' title='The things daughters say'/><author><name>Affenhänger</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3100/2823605319_14b1b16ee0_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7020416.post-1104746796578536085</id><published>2008-08-16T20:14:00.003-12:00</published><updated>2008-08-16T21:03:54.749-12:00</updated><title type='text'>New 'Letter' and 'Memoir' from Carnets de Géologie</title><content type='html'>&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;A preliminary version of a new '&lt;a href="http://paleopolis.rediris.es/cg/uk-index.html#NEW"&gt;Letter&lt;/a&gt;' (CG2008 L03) was posted today.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;A preliminary version of a new '&lt;a href="http://paleopolis.rediris.es/cg/uk-index.html#NEWNEW"&gt;Memoir&lt;/a&gt;' (CG2008 M03) was posted today.
&lt;br&gt;[Both are available in English only, with French abstracts] (the official release are scheduled for August 27th).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Une nouvelle "&lt;a href="http://paleopolis.rediris.es/cg/fr-index.html#NEW"&gt;Note brève&lt;/a&gt;" (CG2008 L03) a été mise en ligne aujourd'hui en version préliminaire.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Un nouveau "&lt;a href="http://paleopolis.rediris.es/cg/fr-index.html#NEWNEW"&gt;Mémoire&lt;/a&gt;" (CG2008 M03) a été mis en ligne aujourd'hui en version préliminaire.

&lt;br&gt;[Tous deux ne sont disponibles qu'en version anglaise, avec des résumés en français] (la livraison officielle est prévue pour le 27 Août prochain)&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;Letter 3 [2008]: About the stratigraphic position of the Lower Aptian &lt;i&gt;Roloboceras hambrovi&lt;/i&gt; level, by Pierre ROPOLO, Michel MOULLADE, Gabriel CONTE &amp; Guy TRONCHETTI. - Format [&lt;a href="http://paleopolis.rediris.es/cg/CG2008_L03/index.html"&gt;HTML&lt;/a&gt;] or [&lt;a href="http://paleopolis.rediris.es/cg/CG2008_L03/CG2008_L03.pdf"&gt;PDF&lt;/a&gt; 180 KB] - Reference: [CG2008_L03], 7 p., 4 figs.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Abstract: In the stratotype of the Lower Aptian substage the position of the assemblage that includes &lt;i&gt;Roloboceras spp.&lt;/i&gt; and &lt;i&gt;Megatyloceras spp.&lt;/i&gt; has been clearly established as being in the middle part of the upper Bedoulian. Some authors have erected this horizon as a subzone, or even a zone, with &lt;i&gt;R. hambrovi&lt;/i&gt; as species index. In other areas (southern England, eastern Spain, the Ardèche in southeastern France), where taphonomic conditions are not always as favourable as they are in the stratotype, the level at which this assemblage occurs seems to be confined to the upper part of the lower Bedoulian. Various hypotheses are considered in an attempt to explain this divergence.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Note brève 3 [2008] : Sur la position stratigraphique du niveau à Roloboceras hambrovi dans l'Aptien inférieur, par Pierre ROPOLO, Michel MOULLADE, Gabriel CONTE &amp; Guy TRONCHETTI.- Format [&lt;a href="http://paleopolis.rediris.es/cg/CG2008_L03/index.html"&gt;HTML&lt;/a&gt;] ou [&lt;a href="http://paleopolis.rediris.es/cg/CG2008_L03/CG2008_L03.pdf"&gt;PDF&lt;/a&gt; 312 KB] - Référence : [CG2008_L03], 7 p., 4 figs.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Résumé :  L'association à Roloboceras spp. et Megatyloceras spp. est clairement positionnée dans la partie moyenne du Bédoulien supérieur dans le stratotype du sous-étage, au point d'avoir été érigée en sous-zone ou même en zone, avec R. hambrovi comme espèce-index, par certains auteurs. En d'autres régions (S. Angleterre, Espagne orientale, Ardèche), où les conditions de gisement ne sont cependant pas toujours aussi favorables que dans le stratotype, cette association semblerait plutôt confinée à la partie supérieure du Bédoulien inférieur. Diverses hypothèses sont considérées en vue de tenter d'expliquer cette divergence.&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;Memoir 3 [2008]: The Douvilleiceratidae (Ammonoidea) of the Lower Aptian historical stratotype area at Cassis-La Bédoule (SE France), by Pierre ROPOLO, Gabriel CONTE, Michel MOULLADE, Guy TRONCHETTI &amp; Roland GONNET. - Format [&lt;a href="http://paleopolis.rediris.es/cg/CG2008_M03/index.html"&gt;HTML&lt;/a&gt;] or [&lt;a href="http://paleopolis.rediris.es/cg/CG2008_M03/CG2008_M03.pdf"&gt;PDF&lt;/a&gt; 8,685 KB] - Reference: [CG2008_M03], 60 p., 14 figs., 24 pls.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Abstract: Recent biostratigraphic research in the marly limestones of the Cassis-La Bédoule area (SE France) provided a rich macrofauna of Douvilleiceratidae Parona &amp; Bonarelli, 1897. From the uppermost Barremian (&lt;i&gt;Pseudocrioceras waagenoides&lt;/i&gt; Subzone) to the middle Aptian (&lt;i&gt;Parahoplites melchioris&lt;/i&gt; Zone), specimens of &lt;i&gt;Procheloniceras, Cheloniceras, Roloboceras, Megatyloceras&lt;/i&gt; and &lt;i&gt;Epicheloniceras&lt;/i&gt; were collected in succession. In this paper we describe the various genera and species from this material and delimit precisely their stratigraphic positions. Our study shows that each genus or subgenus characterizes a discrete stratigraphic interval. In addition, the &lt;i&gt;Cheloniceras meyendorffi, Epicheloniceras debile, Epicheloniceras gracile&lt;/i&gt;, and &lt;i&gt;Epicheloniceras buxtorfi&lt;/i&gt; subzones, originally defined in England by Casey (1961a), are identified for the first time in the middle Aptian (Gargasian) of the Lower Aptian stratotypic area of Cassis-La Bédoule.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Mémoire 3 [2008] : Les Douvilleiceratidae (Ammonoidea) de la région du stratotype historique de l'Aptien inférieur à Cassis-La Bédoule (SE de la France), par Pierre ROPOLO, Gabriel CONTE, Michel MOULLADE, Guy TRONCHETTI &amp; Roland GONNET.- Format [&lt;a href="http://paleopolis.rediris.es/cg/CG2008_M03/index.html"&gt;HTML&lt;/a&gt;] ou [&lt;a href="http://paleopolis.rediris.es/cg/CG2008_M03/CG2008_M03.pdf"&gt;PDF&lt;/a&gt; 8.685 KB] - Référence : [CG2008_M03], 60 p., 14 figs., 24 pls.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Résumé :  Des recherches biostratigraphiques récentes dans les sédiments barrémo-aptiens du secteur de Cassis-La Bédoule (SE de la France) ont révélé une riche macrofaune de Douvilleiceratidae Parona &amp; Bonarelli, 1897. Du Barrémien terminal (Sous-zone à Pseudocrioceras waagenoides) à l'Aptien moyen (Zone à Parahoplites melchioris) nous avons recueilli, de bas en haut, d'abord des spécimens de Procheloniceras, puis de Cheloniceras, Roloboceras, Megatyloceras et Epicheloniceras. Dans cet article nous décrivons et situons stratigraphiquement les différents genres et espèces de ce matériel. Notre étude montre que chaque genre ou sous-genre caractérise un intervalle stratigraphique particulier. De plus, les sous-zones à Cheloniceras meyendorffi, Epicheloniceras debile, Epicheloniceras gracile et Epicheloniceras buxtorfi, définies à l'origine par Casey (1961a) en Angleterre, sont reconnues pour la première fois dans l'Aptien moyen (Gargasien) de la région stratotypique de Cassis-La Bédoule.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7020416-1104746796578536085?l=geotransblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/feeds/1104746796578536085/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7020416&amp;postID=1104746796578536085&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/1104746796578536085'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/1104746796578536085'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/2008/08/new-letter-and-memoir-from-carnets-de.html' title='New &apos;Letter&apos; and &apos;Memoir&apos; from Carnets de Géologie'/><author><name>Affenhänger</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7020416.post-260067088934657676</id><published>2008-07-25T00:15:00.001-12:00</published><updated>2008-07-25T00:17:35.782-12:00</updated><title type='text'>Northernmost hydrothermal vent field found</title><content type='html'>&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;A team led by Rolf Pedersen of the University of Bergen (Norway) has discovered the world's northernmost hydrothermal vent field. The black smokers are situated at 73° north on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge between Greenland and Norway, more than 220 kilometres from the previous northernmost vents found during a 2005 expedition, also led by Pedersen.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Other scientists have detected plumes of water from hydrothermal vents even farther north but have been unable to find the vent fields on the sea floor to image and sample them. The cluster of five vents discharge water as hot as approx. 300°C.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Read the complete story &lt;a href="http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleID=42993"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7020416-260067088934657676?l=geotransblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleID=42993' title='Northernmost hydrothermal vent field found'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/feeds/260067088934657676/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7020416&amp;postID=260067088934657676&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/260067088934657676'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/260067088934657676'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/2008/07/northernmost-hydrothermal-vent-field.html' title='Northernmost hydrothermal vent field found'/><author><name>Affenhänger</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7020416.post-391432652425060063</id><published>2008-07-23T18:28:00.002-12:00</published><updated>2008-07-23T18:40:32.698-12:00</updated><title type='text'>Middle Jurassic to Lower Cretaceous continental deposits from eastern High Atlas</title><content type='html'>&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;A &lt;a href="http://paleopolis.rediris.es/cg/uk-index.html#NEW"&gt;new, preliminary "Article" (CG2008 A06)&lt;/a&gt; version (the official release is scheduled for August 1st) was posted on July 17. [It is primarily a French version, BUT it comes with an abridged English version.]&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Un &lt;a href="http://paleopolis.rediris.es/cg/fr-index.html#NEW"&gt;nouvel "Article" (CG2008 A06)&lt;/a&gt; est en ligne en version préliminaire (la livraison officielle est prévue pour le 1 Août prochain). [Il est disponible qu'en version française ET en version anglaise courte.]&lt;/p&gt; 

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&lt;p&gt;Haddoumi H., Charrière A., Andreu B. &amp; Mojon P.-O. (2008). - &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Middle Jurassic to Lower Cretaceous continental deposits from eastern High Atlas (Morocco): successive paleoenvironments and paleogeographic significance. &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt; - Carnets de Géologie - Notebooks on Geology, Brest, Article 2008/06 (CG2008_A06), 29 p., 7 figs., 4 pls. Format [&lt;a href="http://paleopolis.rediris.es/cg/CG2008_A06/index.html#English"&gt;HTML&lt;/a&gt;] or [&lt;a href="http://paleopolis.rediris.es/cg/CG2008_A06/CG2008_A06.pdf"&gt;PDF&lt;/a&gt; 2.069 KB]&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Haddoumi H., Charrière A., Andreu B. &amp; Mojon P.-O. (2008).- Les dépôts continentaux du Jurassique moyen au Crétacé inférieur dans le Haut Atlas oriental (Maroc) : paléoenvironnements successifs et signification paléogéographique.- Carnets de Géologie - Notebooks on Geology, Brest, Article 2008/06 (CG2008_A06), 29 p., 7 figs., 4 pls. Format [&lt;a href="http://paleopolis.rediris.es/cg/CG2008_A06/index.html"&gt;HTML&lt;/a&gt;] ou [&lt;a href="http://paleopolis.rediris.es/cg/CG2008_A06/CG2008_A06.pdf"&gt;PDF&lt;/a&gt; 2.069 KB]&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Abstract: In the eastern High Atlas (Morocco), continental "Red Beds" overlying the last marine deposits of Jurassic age consist of three main lithostratigraphic units: the Anoual Formation, the Ksar Metlili Formation and the Dekkar Group, bounded by two sharp sedimentary discontinuities. The Anoual Formation is a fluvial-dominated deltaic plain deposit. It is followed by a final marine transgression of Early Bathonian age. The Ksar Metlili Formation found only in some subsident areas represents a renewal of fluvio-deltaic environments with a flora of Late Tithonian-Early Berriasian charophytes. The Dekkar Group occupies a larger area of sedimentation, its limits overlap the whole domain. From bottom to top, the succession indicates the existence of three paleoenvironments: alluvial fan deposits locally associated with Barremian?-Aptian lacustrine sediments containing charophytes and ostracods, alluvial plain deposits and finally, marine coastal to brackish plain deposits of the Cenomanian. (...)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Résumé : Dans le Haut Atlas oriental marocain, les "Couches rouges" continentales succédant aux dernières formations marines jurassiques sont organisées en trois grands ensembles lithostratigraphiques : la Formation d'Anoual, la Formation de Ksar Metlili et le Groupe de Dekkar, séparés par deux importantes ruptures de l'enregistrement sédimentaire. La Formation d'Anoual correspond à des dépôts de plaine deltaïque à dominante fluviatile, suivis d'une ultime incursion marine d'âge Bathonien inférieur. La Formation de Ksar Metlili est uniquement localisée dans certaines aires subsidentes et représente un deuxième cycle fluvio-deltaïque avec des charophytes d'âge Tithonien terminal-Berriasien inférieur. Le Groupe de Dekkar traduit l'installation d'une nouvelle aire de sédimentation recouvrant l'ensemble de la région avec trois environnements successifs : cônes alluviaux associés à une sédimentation lacustre du Barrémien?-Aptien à charophytes et ostracodes, puis dépôts de plaines alluviales, enfin plaines et lagunes côtières au Cénomanien. (...)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7020416-391432652425060063?l=geotransblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://paleopolis.rediris.es/cg/uk-index.html#NEW' title='Middle Jurassic to Lower Cretaceous continental deposits from eastern High Atlas'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/feeds/391432652425060063/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7020416&amp;postID=391432652425060063&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/391432652425060063'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/391432652425060063'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/2008/07/middle-jurassic-to-lower-cretaceous.html' title='Middle Jurassic to Lower Cretaceous continental deposits from eastern High Atlas'/><author><name>Affenhänger</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7020416.post-2344458492665668617</id><published>2008-07-16T18:21:00.003-12:00</published><updated>2008-07-16T18:31:00.344-12:00</updated><title type='text'>New findings show diverse, wet environments on ancient Mars</title><content type='html'>&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;I found this Johns Hopkins University press release very interesting:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Mars once hosted vast lakes, flowing rivers and a variety of other wet environments that had the potential to support life, according to two new studies based on data from the Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars (CRISM) and other instruments on board NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;"The big surprise from these new results is how pervasive and long-lasting Mars' water was, and how diverse the wet environments were," says Scott Murchie, CRISM's principal investigator at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL), in Laurel, Md.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;One study, published in the July 17 issue of Nature, shows that vast regions of the ancient highlands of Mars -- which cover about half the planet -- contain clay minerals, which can form only in the presence of water. Volcanic lavas buried the clay-rich regions during subsequent, drier periods of the planet's history, but impact craters later exposed them at thousands of locations across the planet.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The clay-like minerals, called phyllosilicates, preserve a record of the interaction of water with rocks dating back to what is called the Noachian period of Mars' history, about 4.6 billion to 3.8 billion years ago. This period corresponds to the earliest years of the solar system, when Earth, the moon and Mars sustained a cosmic bombardment by comets and asteroids. Rocks of this age have largely been destroyed on Earth by plate tectonics; they are preserved on the moon, but were never exposed to liquid water. The phyllosilicate-containing rocks on Mars therefore preserve a unique record of liquid water environments -- possibly suitable for life -- in the early solar system.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;"The minerals present in Mars' ancient crust show a variety of wet environments," says John Mustard, a member of the CRISM team from Brown University in Providence, R.I., and lead author of the Nature study. "In most locations the rocks are lightly altered by liquid water, but in a few locations they have been so altered that a great deal of water must have flushed though the rocks and soil. This is really exciting because we're finding dozens of sites where future missions can land to understand if Mars was ever habitable and if so, to look for signs of past life."&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;A companion study, published in the June 2 issue of Nature Geosciences, finds that the wet conditions persisted for a long time. Thousands to millions of years after the clays were formed, a system of river channels eroded them out of the highlands and concentrated them in a delta where the river emptied into a crater lake slightly larger than California's Lake Tahoe, about 25 miles (40 kilometres) in diameter. "The distribution of clays inside the ancient lakebed shows that standing water must have persisted for thousands of years," says Bethany Ehlmann, another member of the CRISM team from Brown and lead author of the study of the ancient lake within Jezero Crater. "Clays are wonderful at trapping and preserving organic matter, so if life ever existed in this region, there's a chance of its chemistry being preserved in the delta."&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;CRISM's combination of high spatial and spectral resolutions-better than any previous imaging spectrometer sent to Mars-reveals variations in the types and composition of the phyllosilicate minerals. By combining data from CRISM and MRO's Context Imager (CTX) and High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE), the team has identified three principal classes of water-related minerals dating to the early Noachian period: aluminum-phyllosilicates, hydrated silica or opal, and the more common and widespread iron/magnesium-phyllosilicates. The variations in the minerals suggest that different processes, or different types of watery environments,
created them.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;"Our whole team is turning our findings into a list of sites where future missions could land to look for organic chemistry and perhaps determine whether life ever existed on Mars," says APL's Murchie.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;APL, which has built more than 150 spacecraft instruments over the past four decades, led the effort to build CRISM, and operates the instrument in coordination with an international team of researchers from universities, government and the private sector. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory of the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, manages the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter mission for NASA's Science Mission Directorate. Lockheed Martin Space Systems, Denver, is the prime contractor for the project and built the spacecraft.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;There can surely be no doubt now that Mars hosted surface water for prolonged periods in its past. I personally doubt whether this made the environment hospitable enough, or was prolonged enough, to give rise to life. I would love to be pleasantly surprised.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7020416-2344458492665668617?l=geotransblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/feeds/2344458492665668617/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7020416&amp;postID=2344458492665668617&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/2344458492665668617'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/2344458492665668617'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/2008/07/new-findings-show-diverse-wet.html' title='New findings show diverse, wet environments on ancient Mars'/><author><name>Affenhänger</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7020416.post-2532689411759162047</id><published>2008-03-22T20:12:00.003-12:00</published><updated>2008-03-22T21:14:29.058-12:00</updated><title type='text'>New memoir at Carnets de Géologie</title><content type='html'>&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Odin G.S. (2008). - Description and illustration of forty-four gilianelles (microproblematica) and ten other microproblematica of the Cretaceous of the stratotype section at Tercis (Campanian-Maastrichtian boundary), South-West France.&lt;/b&gt; - Carnets de Géologie - Notebooks on Geology, Brest,&lt;/i&gt; Memoir 2008/01 (CG2008_M01), 82 p., 4 figs. (1 video), 16 pls.
Format [&lt;a href="http://paleopolis.rediris.es/cg/CG2008_M01/index.html"&gt;HTML&lt;/a&gt;] or [&lt;a href="http://paleopolis.rediris.es/cg/CG2008_M01/CG2008_M01.pdf"&gt;PDF&lt;/a&gt;, 15,672 KB] - Reference: [CG2008_M01]&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Odin G.S. (2008). - Description et illustration de quarante-quatre gilianelles (microproblematica) et de dix autres microproblematica du Crétacé de la coupe stratotypique de Tercis (limite Campanien-Maastrichtien), Sud-Ouest France.&lt;/b&gt; - Carnets de Géologie - Notebooks on Geology, Brest,&lt;/i&gt; Mémoire 2008/01 (CG2008_M01), 82 p., 4 figs. (1 vidéo), 16 pls.
Format [&lt;a href="http://paleopolis.rediris.es/cg/CG2008_M01/index.html"&gt;HTML&lt;/a&gt;] or [&lt;a href="http://paleopolis.rediris.es/cg/CG2008_M01/CG2008_M01.pdf"&gt;PDF&lt;/a&gt;, 15.672 KB] - Reference: [CG2008_M01]&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Only a French version is available (with English abstract and figure captions)/Il n'est disponible qu'en version française !&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;A supplement (the same plates but with a color background) will be published later next week/Un supplément (les mêmes planches mais avec un arrière-plan "colorisé") sera publié dans le courant de la semaine prochaine.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Abstract:&lt;/b&gt; Following acetolysis, microproblematica were collected from indurated carbonates sampled from the stratotype section of the Campanian-Maastrichtian boundary at Tercis (Landes, France). Forty-four (44) taxa of the gilianelles group (microproblematica probably pertaining to the Protista, Protozoans, Rhizopods) as well as ten other microproblematica were discriminated. To document the taxa in this paper 281 scanning electronic microscope images and 183 optical microscope images are presented. The gilianelles encompass 36 species, and 8 subspecies referred to 15 genera of which 14 are new. The new genera are: Tercensella, Azymella, Numismella, Aturella, Scutellella, Corniculum, Caccabella, Orculiella, Pennigerella, Corbella, Aquilegiella, Pocillella, Coraliella, Obbella. Among the other microproblematica, nine species and one subspecies are proposed; they are referred to 7 new genera: Globulella, Piperella, Vasculum, Lucernellus, Cimicellus, Tubella, Pilella. This first general view  uses normal taxonomic criteria to recognize and define a group of microfossils of which the identity and the consistency of occurrence are herewith established using the morphological characters of the body of the test, the presence and development of the expansions attached to that body, and its ornamentation. The use of these criteria in an ordered manner suggests that a rigorous taxonomic collocation is feasible, needing only a few other observations before becoming a formal classification. The statigraphic distribution of the taxa provides a means for establishment of a remarkable tool for relative dating in the stratotype section and its immediate vicinity; microproblematica allow the sequence to be subdivided into intervals of deposition on the order of 0.1 Ma, a length of time shorter than the intervals obtained using the many microfossil or macrofossil groups previously employed to calibrate the stratotype. The Campanian-Maastrichtian boundary is within the limits of the genus Aturella lineage in the basal portion of the range of Aturella edentula.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;/p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Résumé :&lt;/b&gt; L'étude des microfossiles extraits par acétolyse des niveaux carbonatés indurés de la série campano-maastrichtienne du stratotype de limite à Tercis (Landes, France) a permis de découvrir 44 taxons attribués au groupe des gilianelles (microproblematica appartenant probablement aux Protistes, Protozoaires, Rhizopodes) ainsi que dix autres microproblematica. 281 vues au microscope électronique et 183 vues au microscope optique permettent d'illustrer, chez les gilianelles, 36 espèces, et 8 sous-espèces appartenant à 15 genres dont 14 nouveaux. Les nouveaux genres sont : Tercensella, Azymella, Numismella, Aturella, Scutellella, Corniculum, Caccabella, Orculiella, Pennigerella, Corbella Aquilegiella, Pocillella, Coraliella, Obbella. Chez les autres microproblematica, neuf espèces et une sous-espèce sont proposées appartenant à sept genres nouveaux : Globulella, Piperella, Vasculum, Lucernellus, Cimicellus, Tubella, Pilella. Cette première revue d'ensemble avec identificat ion des taxons a conduit à caractériser précisément un groupe dont l'identité et la cohérence sont établies d'après les caractères morphologiques du corps des tests, des expansions qu'ils portent et de leur ornementation. Ces critères, utilisés de façon ordonnée permettent de proposer un classement rationnel qui pourra être confirmé par d'autres observations pour devenir une classification. L'étude de la répartition stratigraphique indique qu'ils constituent un remarquable outil de datation relative dans le site stratotypique et son voisinage immédiat où ils permettent d'individualiser des intervalles de dépôt de l'ordre de 0,1 Ma, plus fins que la plupart de ceux obtenus d'après les nombreux groupes de microfossiles ou de macrofossiles classiques étudiés pour qualifier ce stratotype. Le repérage de la limite Campanien-Maastrichtien peut se faire grâce à la lignée des aturelles ; elle se situe au début de la zone d'existence de l'aturelle édentée (Aturella edentula).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7020416-2532689411759162047?l=geotransblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/feeds/2532689411759162047/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7020416&amp;postID=2532689411759162047&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/2532689411759162047'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/2532689411759162047'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/2008/03/new-memoir-at-carnets-de-gologie.html' title='New memoir at Carnets de Géologie'/><author><name>Affenhänger</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7020416.post-3287675267570826389</id><published>2008-02-20T20:04:00.002-12:00</published><updated>2008-02-20T20:08:09.456-12:00</updated><title type='text'>5th International Conference on Applied Geophysics</title><content type='html'>&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Abstracts of the 5th International Conference on Applied Geophysics to be hosted on the 24th - 26th February 2008 by the Egyptian Society of Applied Petrophysics (ESAP) at the National Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt, are available in pdf format &lt;a href="http://www.geotrans-online.de/ESAP2008Abstract.pdf"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7020416-3287675267570826389?l=geotransblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/feeds/3287675267570826389/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7020416&amp;postID=3287675267570826389&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/3287675267570826389'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/3287675267570826389'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/2008/02/5th-international-conference-on-applied.html' title='5th International Conference on Applied Geophysics'/><author><name>Affenhänger</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7020416.post-2434330110008736971</id><published>2008-02-20T00:56:00.002-12:00</published><updated>2008-02-20T01:01:19.437-12:00</updated><title type='text'>Ralph B. Peck - 1912 – 2008</title><content type='html'>&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;Ralph B. Peck, Professor Emeritus of Foundation Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign died of congestive heart failure on February 18, 2008, at his home in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He was born in Winnipeg, Canada, to his American parents, Orwin K and Ethel Huyck Peck on June 23, 1912.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Ralph Peck earned a Civil Engineering Degree in 1934 and Doctor of Civil Engineering Degree in 1937, both from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York. In 1938-39 he attended the Soil Mechanics course at Harvard University and was a laboratory assistant to Arthur Casagrande. From 1939 to 1942 Peck was an assistant subway engineer for the City of Chicago, representing Karl Terzaghi who was a consultant on the Chicago Subway Project. He joined the University of Illinois in 1942, and was a Professor of Foundation Engineering from 1948 to 1974. Since 1974, Professor Peck was a Professor Emeritus at the University of Illinois, and a consultant in geotechnical engineering.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;In 1948, together with Karl Terzaghi, Ralph Peck co-authored the most influential text book in geotechnical engineering, Soil Mechanics in Engineering Practice. In 1953 with Walt Hanson and Tom Thornburn, Ralph Peck co-authored the widely used text book Foundation Engineering.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;In 1942, Dr. Peck joined the Civil Engineering Department of the University of Illinois, where he remained as a teacher and mentor until his retirement as Professor Emeritus in 1974. After moving to Albuquerque, Dr. Peck continued his active consulting practice which included jobs in forty-four states in the USA and twenty-eight countries on five continents. His more than one thousand consulting projects include: the rapid transit systems in Chicago, San Francisco and Washington; the Alaskan Pipeline System; the James Bay Project in Quebec; and the Dead Sea dikes. He authored over 250 technical publications, and served as the President of the International Society of Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering from 1969 to 1973. In 1974, he was awarded the National Medal of Science by President Ford. A few of his many honors include the Norman Medal, The Wellington Prize, and the Outstanding Lifetime Achievement Award in Education from the American Society of Engineers. His last project was the Rion-Antirion Bridge in Greece. It received the ASCE’s OPAL Outstanding Civil Engineering Award for 2005, and is the only project outside the United States to be so honored.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Ralph Peck married Marjorie E. Truby on June 14, 1937. He is survived by his daughter and son-in-law, Nancy Peck (Allen) Young, and son and daughter-in-law, James (Laurie) Peck, and grandchildren, Michael Young and Maia Peck.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7020416-2434330110008736971?l=geotransblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/feeds/2434330110008736971/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7020416&amp;postID=2434330110008736971&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/2434330110008736971'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/2434330110008736971'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/2008/02/ralph-b-peck-1912-2008.html' title='Ralph B. Peck - 1912 – 2008'/><author><name>Affenhänger</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7020416.post-1244203520711159617</id><published>2008-01-31T09:19:00.000-12:00</published><updated>2008-01-31T09:27:16.996-12:00</updated><title type='text'>New "Article" and new "Letter" at Notebooks on Geology</title><content type='html'>&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;A new "Article" (CG2008 A02) and a new "Letter" (CG2008 L01) were posted today. These are 'preliminary' versions (the final/official releases are scheduled for next Monday, i.e. 04/02/2008).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;1) &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Andreu B. &amp; Odin G.S. (2008).- New micropalaeontological studies on the type section of the Campanian-Maastrichtian at Tercis (SW France): new ostracodes obtained using acetolysis.&lt;/b&gt;- Carnets de Géologie - Notebooks on Geology, Brest,&lt;/i&gt; Article 2008/02 (CG2008_A02), 14 p., 2 figs., 3 pls., 2 appendices (1 fig., 1 video). Format [HTML] ou [PDF 2.490 KB] -  Référence : [CG2008_A02]&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;2) &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Baudin F., Moullade M. &amp; Tronchetti G. (2008).- Characterisation of the organic matter of upper Bedoulian and lower Gargasian strata in the historical stratotypes (Apt and Cassis-la-Bédoule areas, SE France).&lt;/b&gt;- Carnets de Géologie - Notebooks on Geology, Brest,&lt;/i&gt; Letter 2008/01 (CG2008_L01), 9 p., 4 figs., 3 pls., 3 tables. Format [HTML] ou [PDF 180 KB] - Référence : [CG2008_L01] This Letter is also part of the Memoir 200X/XX ("&lt;a href="http://paleopolis.rediris.es/cg/in_press.html"&gt;in press&lt;/a&gt;").&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;1) Abstract:  Through the use of acetolysis new micropalaeontological studies on the type section of the Campanian-Maastrichtian boundary at Tercis (SW France) we obtained additional information on ostracodes. Acetolysis on hard carbonates levels of the Tercis quarry found 22 species in addition to those of the studies published in 2001. Today, 75 species are recognized: they represent 34 known genera, and 4 currently unidentified. Small species usually rare of the genera Aversovalva, Bythoceratina and Eucytherura were collected. All of the assemblages (of both genera and species) are characteristic of a Campanian- Maastrichtian open carbonate platform environment.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;2) Abstract:  The Total Organic Carbon (TOC) content of the Gargasian strata studied in their historical stratotype area is rather low (0.3% on average). Only a few levels show TOC values approaching 1.2%. This small amount of preserved organic matter, associated with low hydrogen index values (10 to 115 mg hydrocarbons/g TOC), argues for deposition in fully oxic conditions. This organic content is a mixture of land-derived organic particles and deeply oxidized marine organic matter. The organic flux was strongly diluted by the autochthonous carbonate input.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7020416-1244203520711159617?l=geotransblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/feeds/1244203520711159617/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7020416&amp;postID=1244203520711159617&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/1244203520711159617'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/1244203520711159617'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/2008/01/new-article-and-new-letter-at-notebooks.html' title='New &quot;Article&quot; and new &quot;Letter&quot; at Notebooks on Geology'/><author><name>Affenhänger</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7020416.post-1429857737570104210</id><published>2008-01-29T19:21:00.000-12:00</published><updated>2008-01-29T19:34:24.645-12:00</updated><title type='text'>International Groundwater Initiatives</title><content type='html'>&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;This information came to me on one of my mailing lists.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://timecapsule.ecodev.ch/video.html"&gt;The Hydrogeologist Time Capsule&lt;/a&gt; is a collection of web-accessible video interviews with eminent international hydrogeologists who have made a material difference to the hydrology profession. It includes people such as Jacob Bear, Charles Theis and Paul Witherspoon. This is an inspiring, long term contribution to water education globally.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;These well planned interviews are illustrated with graphics and have chapter-references within each interview, enabling easy and quick navigation. The Centre for Groundwater Studies is proud to be associated with IAH's initiative in producing these Time Capsule interviews. They are recommended as an excellent hydrology teaching resource. View them &lt;a href="http://timecapsule.ecodev.ch/video.html"&gt;on the web&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt; 

&lt;p&gt;My thanks to:
&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="mailto://M.O.Rivett@bham.ac.uk"&gt;Dr Michael Rivett&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.gees.bham.ac.uk/"&gt;School of Geography, Earth &amp; Environmental Sciences&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.bham.ac.uk/"&gt;University of Birmingham&lt;/a&gt;, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7020416-1429857737570104210?l=geotransblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/feeds/1429857737570104210/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7020416&amp;postID=1429857737570104210&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/1429857737570104210'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/1429857737570104210'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/2008/01/international-groundwater-initiatives.html' title='International Groundwater Initiatives'/><author><name>Affenhänger</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7020416.post-8499404233194332599</id><published>2008-01-29T04:32:00.000-12:00</published><updated>2008-01-29T04:41:15.127-12:00</updated><title type='text'>New article at Carnets de Géologie</title><content type='html'>&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;A new "Article" (CG2008 A01) was posted on January 22. It is a 'preliminary' version (the final/official release was scheduled for Monday, i.e. 28/01/2007).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Moullade M., Tronchetti G. &amp; Bellier J.-P. (2008).- Planktonic and benthic foraminiferal assemblages and biostratigraphy of the uppermost Bedoulian and lower Gargasian of La Tuilière - St-Saturnin-lès-Apt (area of the Aptian stratotype, Vaucluse, SE France).&lt;/b&gt; - Carnets de Géologie - Notebooks on Geology, Brest, Article 2008/01 (CG2008_A01), 50 p., 8 figs., 10 pls.&lt;/i&gt;
&lt;br&gt;Format [&lt;a href="http://paleopolis.rediris.es/cg/CG2008_A01/index.html#English"&gt;HTML&lt;/a&gt;] or [&lt;a href="http://paleopolis.rediris.es/cg/CG2008_A01/CG2008_A01.pdf"&gt;PDF&lt;/a&gt; 7,370 KB] - Reference: [CG2008_A01]&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7020416-8499404233194332599?l=geotransblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/feeds/8499404233194332599/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7020416&amp;postID=8499404233194332599&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/8499404233194332599'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/8499404233194332599'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/2008/01/new-article-at-carnets-de-gologie.html' title='New article at Carnets de Géologie'/><author><name>Affenhänger</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7020416.post-1449262961755769792</id><published>2008-01-02T23:38:00.000-12:00</published><updated>2008-01-03T01:24:53.689-12:00</updated><title type='text'>Taxonomic Hierarchy / Taxonomische Hierarchie</title><content type='html'>&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;Linnaeus, the 'father of taxonomy', was the first to arrange species in a taxonomic hierarchy. This hierarchy is shown in English, German and Latin below, with examples.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;table&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;English&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;German&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;Latin&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;Example&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;Kingdom&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;Reich&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;Regnum&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;Animalia&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;Sub-kingdom&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;Unterreich&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;Subregnum&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;Metazoa&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;Phylum&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;Abteilung/Stamm&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;Divisio/Phylum&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;Chordata&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;Sub-phylum&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;Unterstamm&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;Subphylum&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;Vertebrata&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;Class&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;Klasse&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;Classis&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;Mammalia&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;Order&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;Ordnung&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;Ordo&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;Carnivora&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;Sub-order&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;Unterordnung&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;Subordo&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;Fissipedia&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;Family&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;Familie&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;Familia&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;Canidae&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;Sub-family&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;Unterfamilie&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;Subfamilia&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;Caninae&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;Genus&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;Gattung&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;Genus&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;Canis&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;Species&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;Art&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;Species&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;i&gt;Canis familiaris&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;Sub-species&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;Unterart (Rasse)&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;Subspecies&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;i&gt;Canis lupus familiaris&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7020416-1449262961755769792?l=geotransblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/feeds/1449262961755769792/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7020416&amp;postID=1449262961755769792&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/1449262961755769792'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/1449262961755769792'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/2008/01/taxonomic-hierarchy-taxonomische.html' title='Taxonomic Hierarchy / Taxonomische Hierarchie'/><author><name>Affenhänger</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7020416.post-8783064041974965984</id><published>2007-12-27T01:38:00.000-12:00</published><updated>2007-12-27T01:49:35.804-12:00</updated><title type='text'>Puente Cordoba Helping the Poor in Argentina/Puente Cordoba hilft die Armen in Argentinien</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;Liebe Freunde, Helfer und Spender,&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Wir, vom noch kleinen Verein Puente Cordoba, wünschen euch / Ihnen ein wunderschönes, besinnliches und friedliches Weihnachtsfest und einen guten Rutsch ins neue Jahr 2008, voller Erfolg, Gesundheit und Frieden.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Wir blicken auf ein ereignisreiches und erfolgreiches Jahr zurück. Seit Februar 2007 sind wir ein eingetragener Verein und haben in diesem Jahr einige Aktionen gemacht um unser Projekt von Tobi in Cordoba / Argentinien zu unterstützen.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Es folgt ein kurzer Jahresrüblick des Vereins Puente Cordoba: Im Februar haben wir einen Flohmarkt an der Uni Hannover organisiert. Viele von euch / Ihnen habe großzügige Sachspenden (Bücher, Kleidung, Schmuck, etc.) abgegeben, die wir dann zusätzlich zu selbstgebackenen Kuchen verkauft haben. Insgesamt haben wir €250 eingenommen, die wir tags darauf nach Argentinien überwiesen haben. Im Juni hatten wir einen Stand auf dem sonntäglichen Faust e.V. Flohmarkt, mit dem wir €50 eingenommen haben. Ende August haben Iris und Claas Tatje in Nordenham geheiratet. Sie bestimmten, gemeinsam mit dem Pastor, die Kollekte in der Kirche für unseren Verein. Es kamen €250 zusammen. Im September nahmen wir an dem lateinamerikanischen "Barrio Latino"-Fest teil. Wir übernahmen die Kinderbetreuung und verkauften nebenbei selbstgebackene Kuchen. An diesem Tag kamen €180 zusammen. Das Geld und die Spenden der Hochzeit übewiesen wir an unsere Kontaktperson Julia Simian in Argentinien, die davon Lebensmittel, Decken, Schulbücher und -hefte kaufte und sie Tobi überreichte. Durch einen Artikel über uns in der HAZ stieß Herr Pfaffeneder zu uns. Der gebürtige Argentinier freute sich über unser Engagement und bot uns seine Hilfe an. Im November flog er für 6 Wochen nach Cordoba und traf sich dort mit Tobi und seiner Familie. Er brachte ihm Geld unseres Vereinskontos und Fotos mit und gab Tobi noch eine eigene Geldspende. Wir wissen also, dass unser Geld in Cordoba ankommt und dort effizient genutzt wird.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Wir möchten uns sehr herzlich für eure / Ihre Hilfe und euer / Ihr Engagement bedanken und hoffen auf ein weiteres erfolgreiches Jahr für das Projekt von Negro Tobi.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Infos und Neuigkeiten über uns erfährt man auf unserer &lt;a href="http://www.negrotobi.de"&gt;Homepage&lt;/a&gt;, die momentan von Matthias überarbeitet wird. Anbei senden wir euch / Ihnen unseren Mitgliedsantrag, der, wenn das Interesse für eine Mitgliedschaft bei uns besteht, ausgefüllt an Agnes Walter c/o Puente Cordoba e.V., Klostergang 1, 30159 Hannover, geschickt werden kann.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Weiterhin freuen wiruns natürlich sehr über Ideen, Spenden und Hilfe aller Art.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Noch einmal vielen vielen Dank für eure / Ihre Unterstützung und Spenden!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Alles Liebe wünscht Puente Cordoba e.V.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Puente Cordoba e.V. 
&lt;br&gt;c/o Agnes Walter
&lt;br&gt;Klostergang 1
&lt;br&gt;30159 Hannover
&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="mailto: puente-cordoba@gmx.de"&gt;puente-cordoba@gmx.de&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.negrotobi.de"&gt;www.negrotobi.de&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Postbank Hamburg
&lt;br&gt;Kto: 583070208
&lt;br&gt;BLZ: 20010020&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Dear Friends,&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Puente Cordoba is a charitable organization, founded in Hannover, Germany in February 2007 by Agnes Walter, who is studying for a graduate degree in education at Hannover University. It is still a very small organisation and currently has only 7 members. It needs more members and/or donations to carry on its work helping the poor in the province of Cordoba, Argentina. Donations can be made on a regular or a one-off basis to the bank account given above, preferably by bank transfer or standing order. If you are outside of Germany please feel free to &lt;a href="mailto: afjohnson@geotrans-online.de"&gt;write to me&lt;/a&gt; for further details. Please also visit the organisation's &lt;a href="http://www.negrotobi.de/"&gt;website&lt;/a&gt; for more information, although it is currently in German only. The registration/donation form can be &lt;a href="http://www.geotrans-online.de/Anmeldeformular.pdf"&gt;downloaded here&lt;/a&gt;. This, too, is currently in German, but &lt;a href="mailto: afjohnson@geotrans-online.de"&gt;write to me&lt;/a&gt; if you want one in English. Also &lt;a href="mailto: afjohnson@geotrans-online.de"&gt;write&lt;/a&gt; if you need a receipt for your donation.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;br&gt;Thanks&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7020416-8783064041974965984?l=geotransblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/feeds/8783064041974965984/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7020416&amp;postID=8783064041974965984&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/8783064041974965984'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/8783064041974965984'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/2007/12/puente-cordoba-helping-poor-in.html' title='Puente Cordoba Helping the Poor in Argentina/Puente Cordoba hilft die Armen in Argentinien'/><author><name>Affenhänger</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7020416.post-3840419681918748910</id><published>2007-12-26T05:32:00.000-12:00</published><updated>2007-12-26T08:37:30.756-12:00</updated><title type='text'>Earth Science Books</title><content type='html'>&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="www.landkartenhaus-gleumes.de"&gt;Landkartenhaus Gleumes&lt;/a&gt;, my German earth science book dealer, has the following new titles:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;Andrew Goudie&lt;/i&gt;
&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;PHYSISCHE GEOGRAPHIE&lt;/b&gt;
&lt;br&gt;Physische Geographie ist ein modernes, einführendes Geographie-Lehrbuch, das durch seine klar erörterten Details, die instruktiven Abbildungen sowie die Veranschaulichung der Lehrinhalte an vorwiegend europäischen Beispielen besticht. Studenten der Geographie wie der Umweltwissenschaften und der Ökologie verstehen mit diesem erfolgreichen Werk die Prozesse der Erde in ihrer gegenseitigen räumlichen und zeitlichen Abhängigkeit. Prüfungsrelevante Fakten der Geomorphologie, Klimatologie, Hydrologie, Bodenkunde und Biogeographie sowie die Wechselbeziehungen zwischen Mensch und Umwelt sind geschickt in den Stoff eingebunden. Die deutsche Fassung wurde auf die hiesigen Studienverhältnisse abgestimmt und aktualisiert.
&lt;br&gt;(Spektrum Akademischer Verlag)
&lt;br&gt;4. Auflage 2007. 487 Seiten mit zahlreichen Abbildungen, Fototafeln, kartoniert.
&lt;br&gt;EUR 22,00
&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="mailto: bestellung@gleumes.info"&gt;bestellen&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;Winfried Reiff &amp; Elmar P. Heizmann&lt;/i&gt;
&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;DER GEOLOGISCHE LEHRPFAD IM STEINHEIMER METEORKRATER&lt;/b&gt;
&lt;br&gt;Ein kleiner, aber sehr gut gemachter Exkursionsführer durch das Steinheimer Becken.
&lt;br&gt;Zahlreiche Fotos, farbige Zeichnungen, Profilskizzen.
&lt;br&gt;(Verlag Dr. F. Pfeil)
&lt;br&gt;2007. 32 Seiten, 24 Abbildungen, 2 Tabellen, geheftet.
&lt;br&gt;EUR 3,50
&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="mailto: bestellung@gleumes.info"&gt;bestellen&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;Volker Wilde &amp; Ewald Ockenga&lt;/i&gt;
&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;WUNDERWELT VERSTEINERTER PFLANZEN&lt;/b&gt;
&lt;br&gt;Ein kleiner Führer des Geoparks Harz.
&lt;br&gt;Kurze Beschreibung der Entwicklung pflanzlichen Lebens durch die Erdgeschichte. Es folgt einen schöner Teil mit Fototafeln, aus den Pflanzenfossilien aus allen Erdzeitaltern und vielen Regionen der Erde abgebildet werden.
&lt;br&gt;(Verlag Dr. F. Pfeil)
&lt;br&gt;2007. 48 Seiten, geheftet.
&lt;br&gt;EUR 5,00
&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="mailto: bestellung@gleumes.info"&gt;bestellen&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;Vinx, R.&lt;/i&gt;
&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;GESTEINSBESTIMMUNG IM GELÄNDE&lt;/b&gt;
&lt;br&gt;Mit einfachen Methoden und wenigen Hilfsmitteln ist eine Gesteinsbestimmung im Gelände möglich. Am wichtigsten sind wohl genaue Beobachtungen und eine Lupe. Aber natürlich muss man auch die gesteinsbildenden Minerale kennen und die petrographischen Gesetzmässigkeiten und die Klassifikationen von Gesteinen verstehen. Dieses Buch erläutert die wichtigsten Arbeitsmethoden für eine erfolgreiche petrographische Feldarbeit und gibt an, welche Werkzeuge und Hilfsmittel man benötigt. Es stellt die wichtigsten gesteinsbildenden Minerale vor und erläutert die Merkmale, die man tatsächlich im Gestein beobachten kann. Alle wichtigen Gesteine werden knapp und einheitlich strukturiert beschrieben. Es wird deutlich gemacht, woran man sie tatsächlich erkennt. Der Autor weist auf unkonventionelle Ansätze aus der Praxis hin, die bei der Bestimmung helfen können. Er gibt an, welche Gesteine ohne Mikroskop nicht zu unterscheiden sind und zeigt, wie man am sinnvollsten Proben für die Untersuchung im Labor nimmt, ohne die oft empfindlichen Aufschlüsse zu zerstören. Die Gesteinsuntersuchung beschränkt sich aber nicht nur auf die Bestimmung und Benennung der Gesteine. Sie umfasst ebenso die Bedingungen ihrer Entstehung und die geologische Geschichte des Fundgebietes. Natürlich geht es auch um die Schönheit mancher Gesteine, präsentiert in durchgehend farbigen Fotos. Denn: Gesteinsbestimmung soll auch Spass machen. Dieses Buch ist durch und durch praxisorientiert. Notwendige Grundlagen werden leicht verständlich erlaeutert. Der Leser lernt die charakteristischen Merkmale der Gesteine zu verstehen. Petrographische Vorkenntnisse sind nicht erforderlich. Das Buch füllt damit eine Lücke zwischen Lehrbüchern der Petrographie und Petrologie einerseits und Gesteins- und Mineralienführern andererseits. Ein Buch dieser Art hat bisher gefehlt.
&lt;br&gt;(Spektrum Akademischer Verlag)
&lt;br&gt;2. Aufl. 2008. XI, 469 Seiten mit 403 Farbabbildungen, gebunden
&lt;br&gt;EUR 44,00
&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="mailto: bestellung@gleumes.info"&gt;bestellen&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;Jens Seeling&lt;/i&gt;
&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;GEOLOGISCHE WANDERUNGEN : HEIDELBERG&lt;/b&gt;
&lt;br&gt;Heidelberg hat nicht nur kulturelle Highlights zu bieten. Die vielfältigen Landschaften in der Umgebung der Stadt – Rheinebene, Bergstraße, Neckartal, Großer and Kleiner Odenwald, Kraichgau – machen die Region zu einem lohnenden Ziel für jeden naturkundlich Interessierten. Wie die heutige Landschaft entstand und sich über Millionen von Jahren entwickelt hat, ist nur ein Aspekt, der in diesem Buch behandelt wird. Weitere Themen sind beispielsweise Vulkanismus und Erdbeben, Wasser und Böden, Rohstoffe und Bergbau. Neben einer Fülle von Geo-Fakten bietet dieses Buch eine Reihe von Wanderungen an. Auf diesen Streifzügen in die Vergangenheit kann man Geologie und Erdgeschichte hautnah erleben und direkt nachvollziehen. Das Buch wurde durchgesehen und um zehn Exkursionspunkte sowie ein Glossar erweitert. Spannend und informativ, in einem leicht verständlichen Stil geschrieben und mit zahlreichen Fotos und Abbildungen illustriert, ist dieses Buch ein idealer Begleiter für jedermann.
&lt;br&gt;2. überarbeitete und erweiterte Auflage 2007. 175 Seiten, mehr als 160 farbige 
Abbildungen, broschiert.
&lt;br&gt;EUR 14,80 
&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="mailto: bestellung@gleumes.info"&gt;bestellen&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;Axel Borsdorf&lt;/i&gt;
&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;GEOGRAPHISCH DENKEN UND WISSENSCHAFTLICH ARBEITEN&lt;/b&gt;
&lt;br&gt;Geographie ist ein vielfältiges Fach. Das Studium setzt räumliches, historisches, sprachliches, kulturelles, naturwissenschaftliches und mathematisches Verständnis voraus. Die Geographie umfasst naturwissenschaftliche, geisteswissenschaftliche und sozialwissenschaftliche Erkenntnisse nicht in additiver, sondern in integrativer Sichtweise. Die erste Aufgabe dieses Buches ist es, Studienanfängern eine erste Orientierung im Fach Geographie zu vermitteln und sie in wissenschaftliches Denken und Arbeiten einzuführen. Die zweite Aufgabe ist es, eine Hilfestellung bei der Erarbeitung von Studien- und Lerntechniken zu bieten. Das Buch hat sich als kleines Lehrbuch erfolgreich bei Studierenden und Dozenten eingeführt. In der Neuauflage wurden neue Beispiele aufgenommen und die Inhalte aktualisiert.
&lt;br&gt;(Spektrum Akademischer Verlag)
&lt;br&gt;2007. 193 Seiten, zahlreiche Abbildungen und Tabellen, gebunden.
&lt;br&gt;EUR 24,95
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;Knox, Paul L. &amp; Marston, Sallie A.&lt;/i&gt;
&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;HUMANGEOGRAFIE&lt;/b&gt;
&lt;br&gt;Das Buch Humangeographie verfolgt ein inhaltliches Konzept, das in dieser Form für ein deutschsprachiges Lehrbuch zur Einführung in die Geographie neu ist: eine Ordnung des Stoffes der allgemeinen Humangeographie im Spannungsfeld zwischen weltweiter Globalisierung einerseits und Regionalisierung/Fragmentierung andererseits. Durchgehend vierfarbig illustriert und didaktisch sorgfältig aufbereitet, steht es in der Tradition amerikanischer Lehrbücher und wird sicherlich auch deutschsprachige Studierende für das Fach Geographie begeistern. Durch den Bezug auf Alltagserfahrungen gelingt es den Autoren Paul Knox und Sally Marston, das Basiswissen der Humangeographie mit ihren methodischen Konzepten und theoretischen Ansätzen leicht verständlich zu erläutern.Im Kontext der Globalisierungsdebatte und der Umweltproblematik ist das Interesse an geographischen Fragestellungen auch außerhalb der Geographie gewachsen. Dieser stark gestiegenen Nachfrage trägt das Buch insofern Rechnung, als es explizit von den globalen Zusammenhängen ausgeht und die geschilderten Fallbeispiele weltweit ausgewählt sind. Das Buch ermöglicht so auch NichtgeographInnen, sich mit aktuellen Inhalten des Faches Geographie vertraut zu machen.
&lt;br&gt;(Spektrum Akademischer Verlag)
&lt;br&gt;2007. 682 Seiten, zahlreiche, meist farbige Abbildungen, gebunden
&lt;br&gt;EUR 74,50
&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="mailto: bestellung@gleumes.info"&gt;bestellen&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;GEO-RALLYE - Spurensuche zur Erdgeschichte
&lt;br&gt;Bonn und Umgebung und Eifel&lt;/b&gt;
&lt;i&gt;herausgegeben von W.v.Königswald &amp; K.-F.Simon&lt;/i&gt;
&lt;br&gt;Spannende Ausflüge für Familien, Schüler und Studenten.
&lt;br&gt;Exkursionsführer, mit genauen Zugangsbeschreibungen und Kartendarstellungen der beschriebenen Fundstellen.
&lt;br&gt;Ideales Kompendium zur Vorbereitung einer Exkursion in Eifel und die Bonner Region mit dem Siebengebirge, auch für überregional ansässige Universitäten und Schulen. Schatztruhe allgemeinverständlicher Informationen für Lehrer, insbesondere für den Projektunterricht in allen Schulformen. Unterhaltsame Reise in Millionen Jahre zurückliegende Zeiträume. Zusammenfassung der seit 2002 stattfindenden GeoRallye der Universität Bonn mit Infopunkten, zusätzlichen Aufschlüssen und Vorstellung der Museen. 34 Autoren des Steinmann-Institutes der Universität Bonn, Fachbereich Geologie, Paläontologie und Mineralogie, erzählen von den Aufschlüsse aus ihrem jeweiligen Fachgebiet, weshalb komplexe Zusammenhänge nachvollziehbar werden. Die einzelnen Beiträge beleuchten erdgeschichtliche Thematiken aus der jeweiligen fachlichen Sicht des Autors. Durch Wiederholungen wird das Verständnis gefördert. Das Buch öffnet den Zugang zu allgemeinen, erdgeschichtlichen 
Fragestellungen. Sie finden in einzigartiger Weise sorgfältig erarbeitet und beschrieben Zusammenhänge der Geologie, Paläontologie und Mineralogie. 
&lt;br&gt;2007. 361 Seiten, zahlreiche Farbfotos und Zeichnungen, paperback.
&lt;br&gt;EUR 15,90
&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="mailto: bestellung@gleumes.info"&gt;bestellen&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7020416-3840419681918748910?l=geotransblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/feeds/3840419681918748910/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7020416&amp;postID=3840419681918748910&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/3840419681918748910'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/3840419681918748910'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/2007/12/earth-science-books.html' title='Earth Science Books'/><author><name>Affenhänger</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7020416.post-1833304206021587924</id><published>2007-12-09T19:34:00.000-12:00</published><updated>2007-12-09T19:44:04.122-12:00</updated><title type='text'>Earthquake scales</title><content type='html'>&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;I have a table describing the stages of the &lt;a href="http://www.geotrans-online.de/resources/msk64.php"&gt;MSK64 seismic intensity scale&lt;/a&gt; on &lt;a href="http://www.geotrans-online.de/"&gt;my website&lt;/a&gt;, showing translations of the different intensities from German to English and &lt;i&gt;vice versa&lt;/i&gt;. &lt;a href="http://geology.about.com/mbiopage.htm"&gt;Andrew Alden&lt;/a&gt; has an article on &lt;a href="http://geology.about.com/od/quakemags/a/quakeintensity.htm"&gt;earthquake intensities&lt;/a&gt; on his &lt;a href="http://geology.about.com/"&gt;About Geology&lt;/a&gt; page. Not exhaustive, it doesn't cover everything, but it gives a quick overview for the interested.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7020416-1833304206021587924?l=geotransblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/feeds/1833304206021587924/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7020416&amp;postID=1833304206021587924&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/1833304206021587924'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/1833304206021587924'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/2007/12/earthquake-scales.html' title='Earthquake scales'/><author><name>Affenhänger</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7020416.post-6787815045773171126</id><published>2007-12-03T19:05:00.000-12:00</published><updated>2007-12-03T19:17:13.380-12:00</updated><title type='text'>"MAGMA P.I." UNEARTHS CLUES TO HOW CRUST WAS SCULPTED</title><content type='html'>&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;About a decade ago, Johns Hopkins University geologist &lt;a href="http://www.jhu.edu/~bmarsh1/"&gt;Bruce Marsh&lt;/a&gt; challenged the century-old concept that the Earth's outer layer formed when crystal-free molten rock called magma oozed to the surface from giant subterranean chambers hidden beneath volcanoes.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Marsh's theory - that the deep-seated plumbing underneath volcanoes is actually made up of an extensive system of smaller sheet-like chambers vertically interconnected with each other and transporting a crystal-laden "magmatic mush" to the surface - has become far more widely accepted. This sort of system, known as a "magmatic mush column," is thought to exist beneath all of the world's major volcanic centers.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Now, Marsh - using the windswept McMurdo Dry Valleys of Antarctica as his "walk in" laboratory - posits that these channels did more than simply transport or supply magma and crystals to form the Earth's surface: As the magma pushed up through the Earth, the pressure fractured the crust in such a way that it provided a sort of "template," guiding later erosion in sculpting a series of valleys and mountain ranges there.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Marsh described his latest findings to fellow scientists at a recent meeting of the &lt;a href="http://www.geosociety.org/"&gt;American Geological Society&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;"As the magma made its way to the surface, the pressure broke the crust up into pieces," Marsh says. "That fracturing reflected a pattern of stress in the same way that a windshield put under pressure will eventually fracture and the pattern of the broken glass would reflect where the stress was originally applied.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;"Magma then seeped in," he says, "and 'welded' the fractures, sealing them temporarily until erosion - in the form of snow, rain, ice and wind - went to work on these weaknesses, carving out valleys, mountains and other landforms that we see there today and marking where the solidified magma originally was."&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Marsh said that, in Antarctica, both of these functions date back at least 180 million years to the time when the continents split apart. He points out that this observation brings together the usually disparate study of deep-seated magmatic processes and land-surface evolution.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;"It's one of those situations where, usually, never the twain shall meet, but they do in this case," the earth scientist said. "Having recognized evidence in this critical process in the McMurdo Dry Valleys is important because it may allow us to recognize it in other areas where the geologic record is scantier and less complete."&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The Dry Valleys makes an ideal place to study these systems because it was eroded into its present form millions of years ago and has, unlike the rest of Earth's surface, undergone very little subsequent erosion. His colleagues George Denton of the University of Maine and David Marchant of Boston University call this region "a relic landscape," because it is the only known place on Earth that looks almost exactly as it did millions of years ago.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;"The delicacy of the landscape in the Dry Valleys has preserved for us an unusually rich collection of geologic evidence of the processes that formed this terrain," Marsh said.&lt;/p&gt;
 
&lt;p&gt;For more than a quarter of a century, Marsh - who could be thought of by fans of 1980's detective television shows as sort of a "Magma P.I." - has been working to understand the deep underground systems that bring magma to the Earth's surface. In 1993, he found the Dry Valleys, a walk-in "museum" that he calls "the one place on Earth where the plumbing system is exposed in this way."&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;"You can stand on shelves of solidified lava that were deposited by magmatic activity 180 million years ago," he said. "It's awe inspiring."&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;Elicki O. (2007). - Facies Development During Late Early–Middle Cambrian (Tayan Member, Burj Formation) Transgression in the Dead Sea Rift Valley, Jordan.&lt;/b&gt; - Carnets de Géologie - Notebooks on Geology, Brest, Article 2007/06 (CG2007_A07), 20 p., 6 figs.&lt;/i&gt;
Format [&lt;a href="http://paleopolis.rediris.es/cg/CG2007_A07/index.html"&gt;HTML&lt;/a&gt;] or [&lt;a href="http://paleopolis.rediris.es/cg/CG2007_A07/CG2007_A07.pdf"&gt;PDF&lt;/a&gt; 1,120 KB] - Reference: [CG2007_A07].&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;Abstract:&lt;/i&gt; The transgressive Tayan Member of the upper Lower to Middle Cambrian Burj Formation (Jordan) has been investigated in several localities of the Dead Sea Rift valley, Jordan. The lower portion of this member consists of low-energy siliciclastics with indications of temporary, early pedogenetic processes, pointing to some stagnation during transgression. The upper portion of the member was deposited under higher energy conditions. Stromatolites, desiccation cracks, halite-pseudomorphs, laminated dolostones, and tepees, together with ripples, mud-clasts and scours point to a shallow intertidal to supratidal sabkha-related environment in a climate of tropical to subtropical aridity.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The fossil content of the Tayan Member consists exclusively of trace fossils. Simple endobentic, worm-like r-strategists are common in some horizons. For the first time, Treptichnus pedum has been reported from Jordan where it was found near the base of this member. The markedly reduced biodiversity together with sedimentological data led to the interpretation of a strongly stressed, paleoecologically unstable habitat.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Regional comparisons with high-energy transgressive environments laid down at the same time show that the main factors controlling facies development and the migration of facies belts are (1) the topography of the flooded surface and of the hinterland (mainly with only a local effect), (2) the configuration of the coast (local effect), (3) the rate of subsidence and transgression (local to regional effects), and (4) climate (large regional effects). The combination and overlap of these factors controlled facies gradients and may explain special differences between the facies of the Jordanian and those of the near-by Israeli transgressive deposits on the one hand, but, also the obvious general similarity of Lower to Middle Cambrian transgressive successions in the Middle East and the Mediterranean part of Gondwana on the other hand.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7020416-3771818025720663578?l=geotransblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/feeds/3771818025720663578/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7020416&amp;postID=3771818025720663578&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/3771818025720663578'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/3771818025720663578'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/2007/11/new-article-available-at-carnets-de.html' title='New article available at Carnets de Géologie'/><author><name>Affenhänger</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7020416.post-6025749207414203082</id><published>2007-11-02T21:52:00.000-12:00</published><updated>2007-11-02T22:17:40.984-12:00</updated><title type='text'>More books from Gleumes</title><content type='html'>&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;Here are more of the latest books from my German book dealer, &lt;a href="http://www.landkartenhaus-gleumes.de"&gt;Landkartenhaus Gleumes &amp; Co.&lt;/a&gt;, in Köln (Cologne):&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;erscheint voraussichtlich Ende 2007
&lt;br&gt;&lt;i&gt;Rothe, P.&lt;/i&gt;
&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;KANARISCHE INSELN&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;
&lt;br&gt;Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Tenerife, Gomera, La Palma, Hierro &lt;br&gt;Überblick über die Geologie der Inseln, Aufschlußbeschreibungen, Exkursionen, Fundstellen.
&lt;br&gt;(Sammlung Geologischer Führer, 81)
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&lt;br&gt;&lt;i&gt;Frisch, W., Kuhlemann, J. &amp; Meschede, M.&lt;/i&gt;
&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;ELBA&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;
&lt;br&gt;(Sammlung Geologischer Führer, 98)
&lt;br&gt;2007. ca. 230 Seiten, 104 Farbabbildungen, 24 Abb., viele Routenkärtchen im Text, broschiert.
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&lt;p&gt;erscheint voraussichtlich Ende 2007
&lt;br&gt;&lt;i&gt;Ziegler, B.&lt;/i&gt;
&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;PALÄONTOLOGIE - Vom Leben in der Vorzeit&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;
&lt;br&gt;Mit diesem Buch wird das umfangreiche Wissensgebiet der Paläontologie in einer übersichtlichen Zusammenfassung dargestellt. Das Buch ist in drei Hauptkapitel geteilt. Zunächst werden die Grundlagen der Paläontologie erläutert. Für die Texte über die wesentlichen Fossilgruppen im zweiten Teil des Buches legt der Autor besonderen Wert auf die biologischen Grundlagen. In diesem Zusammenhang wird auf Algen, Moose und Flechten ebenso eingegangen wie auf Würmer, Weichtiere und Wirbeltiere. Teil drei ordnet die Wissenschaftsdisziplin in den Rahmen der erdgeschichtlichen Zusammenhänge ein und berücksichtigt dabei auch einzelne Aspekte der fossilen Organismenwelt.
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;Stahr, A. &amp; Bender, B.&lt;/i&gt;
&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;DER TAUNUS&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;
&lt;br&gt;Entstehung und Entwicklung eines Mittelgebirges
&lt;br&gt;Wie entstand der Taunus? Wo beginnt und wo endet er? Welche Kräfte haben seine Gesteine in Falten gelegt? Wie sah die Taunuslandschaft aus, bevor die ersten Menschen sie besiedelten? Welche Menschen und Tiere lebten in grauer Vorzeit im Taunus? Finden wir Hinterlassenschaften der Eiszeit im Taunus? Und was veränderte der Mensch in historischer Zeit? Diese und viele andere Fragen zum Taunus beantwortet das vorliegende Buch in einer spannenden Zeitreise, die vor mehr als 400 Millionen Jahren beginnt. Verständnis für die Landschaft wecken, Neues entdecken, mehr verstehen, den Taunus mit anderen Augen sehen und die enge Verknüpfung von Mensch und Landschaft erkennen, das möchte dieses Buch erreichen. Es wendet sich daher an alle, die sich für den Taunus und seine Landschaftsgeschichte interessieren.
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&lt;p&gt;Geologische Karte von Nordrhein-Westfalen 1:100.000
&lt;br&gt;&lt;i&gt;Blatt C 4706 Düsseldorf-Essen&lt;/i&gt;
&lt;br&gt;Mit Erläuterungen
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;Walter, R.&lt;/i&gt;
&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;GEOLOGIE VON MITTELEUROPA&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;
&lt;br&gt;Die "Geologie von Mitteleuropa" gilt seit 1951 als Standardwerk über den geologischen Bau und den erdgeschichtlichen  Werdegang Deutschlands und seiner Nachbarländer. Das Buch richtet sich an all diejenigen, die sich einen Überblick über die sehr vielgestaltigen geologischen Verhältnisse im Zentrum des europäischen Kontinents verschaffen wollen. Den Studierenden der Geowissenschaften soll es eine erste Übersicht über die regionalgeologischen Verhältnisse in Zentraleuropa vermitteln. Auch diese 7. Auflage gliedert sich wieder in ein überregionales einführendes Kapitel zur geologischen Gliederung und Entwicklung Gesamtmitteleuropas und danach ausführliche regionale Darstellungen des geologischen Unterbaus des Mitteleuropäischen Tieflandes im Norden und der Mittelgebirgszone bis zum Nordrand der Alpen im Süden, jeweils untergliedert nach ihren tektonischen Stockwerken und geologischen Baueinheiten. Ein breiter Raum ist der erdgeschichtlichen Entwicklung der Einzelgebiete eingeräumt.
&lt;br&gt;7. vollständig neu bearbeitete Auflage 2007. 511 Seiten, gebunden.
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&lt;br&gt;Dieses Buch zeigt die Vielfalt der in der Bonner Innenstadt verbauten Natursteine. Auf zwei Rundgängen werden mehr oder weniger bekannte Gebäude, ihre Fassaden und die Gesteine, aus denen sie aufgebaut sind, vorgestellt. Beschrieben werden zunächst die Natursteine, so wie sie auf dem Spaziergang wahrgenommen werden. Es folgt eine Beschreibung der makroskopischen und mikroskopischen Details, der Mineralogie, der Herkunft der Gesteine. Stadtgeschichte verknüpft mit Dünnschliffmikroskopie und geologischen Hintergrundinformationen, ein Buch für Bonner Bürger, geologisch Interessierte und Mitarbeiter der Natursteinbranche.
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;Gruber, Gabriele &amp; Micklich, Norbert
&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;MESSEL - Schätze der Urzeit&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;
&lt;br&gt;Renommierte Naturkundler und Paläontologen geben eine Einführung in die Geschichte und Lebensverhältnisse der Fossilien und erläutern die brillanten, großformatigen Bilder. Nirgendwo sonst in Deutschland sind Tiere der Urzeit als ganzes so anschaulich und in so großer Vielfalt erhalten wie in der Grube Messel. Der Begleitband zur großen Ausstellung zeigt die spektakulären Fossilien aus dem UNESCO-Weltnaturerbe-Denkmal.
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;Rohde, Andrea
&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;FOSSILIEN SAMMEL AN DER OSTSEEKÜSTE&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;
&lt;br&gt;Die Erkundung der fernsten geologischen Vergangenheit - mit diesem Fossilienführer kein Problem!
&lt;br&gt;Fossilien sind Zeugen längst vergangenen Lebens. Aufgrund ihres Alters üben sie eine ganz eigene Faszination aus. Als Überreste von Tieren und Pflanzen haben sie Jahrmillionen überdauert und ermöglichen uns heute einen detaillierten Einblick in die weit zurückliegende Erdgeschichte. 
&lt;br&gt;Viele geologische Prozesse haben die Ostseelandschaften geprägt und in der langen Zeit seit der Entstehung der Erdkruste stetig verändert. 
&lt;br&gt;Gebirge stiegen auf und wurden wieder abgetragen, Meere überfluteten das Ostseegebiet und zogen sich wieder zurück, gewaltige Sedimentschichten lagerten sich ab und wurden wieder zerstört. Die Zeugnisse dieser Vorgänge sind die rund um die Ostsee vorkommenden Gesteine sowie die Landschaften mit ihren Felsen, Hügeln und Stränden. Auch viele Lebewesen, die in den letzten 545 Millionen Jahren in diesem Gebiet lebten, sind in Gesteinen erhalten.
&lt;br&gt;Mit diesem Fossilienführer in der Tasche kann sich jeder auf seine eigene Entdeckungsreise in die erdgeschichtliche Vergangenheit begeben - egal ob Universitätsprofessor oder den an der Geologie interessierten Laien. Der klar strukturierte Aufbau mit einer Gliederung in drei Teile ermöglicht eine einfache Benutzung und somit die eindeutige Bestimmung der gesammelten Funde. Im ersten allgemeinen Teil geht es generell um die Ostsee, die Entstehung, die Fundorte und die Häufigkeit von Fossilien. Der zweite Teil befasst sich mit den verschiedenen Gesteinen der einzelnen erdgeschichtlichen Abschnitte. Der abschließende dritte Teil beschreibt fossile Organismen, die man im südwestlichen Ostseegebiet finden kann. Zum besseren Verständnis werden die meisten Fachbegriffe im Glossar bzw. direkt im Text, in den Abbildungen oder in den Exkursen erklärt; der Index verweist auf die entsprechenden Seitenzahlen.
&lt;br&gt;2007. 224 Seiten,  zahlreiche farbige Abbildungen, paperback.
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;Schmid, Irma &amp; Froitzheim, Nikolaus
&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;VULKANE IM SIEBENGEBIRGE&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;
&lt;br&gt;Fünf geologische Wanderungen
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&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;DEUTSCHLANDS SÜDEN&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;
&lt;br&gt;Vom Erdmittelalter zur Gegenwart
&lt;br&gt;Süddeutschland gehört zu den abwechslungsreichsten Landschaften der Erde. Kaum eine andere Region bietet auf so engem Gebiet eine vergleichbare Vielfalt an Naturräumen: Grundgebirgs- und Schichtstufenlandschaften, die gewaltige Bruchzone des Oberrheingrabens und alpine Hochgebirgsregionen sind ebenso zu finden wie von Vulkanismus, Gletschern und Meteoriteneinschlägen geprägte Landschaften. 
&lt;br&gt;Süddeutschland erlebte in den letzten 140 Millionen Jahren tropische, subtropische und arktische Klimaphasen, deren Spuren bis heute in Teilen der Landschaft zu erkennen sind.
&lt;br&gt;Begeben Sie sich auf eine faszinierende Zeitreise durch Süddeutschland und verfolgen die Frühphase der Landformung unter tropischen Klimaverhältnissen, die Entwicklung von Oberrheingraben und Alpenvorland, die Entstehung der Schichtstufenlandschaften, die Flussgeschichte von Donau und Rhein, die heisse Phase mit Vulkanismus und Meteoriteneinschlaegen, die kaltzeitliche Überformung der Landschaft, die Entstehung der von Menschenhand gestalteten Landformen.
&lt;br&gt;Die Verfasser stellen die Landschaftsgeschichte Süddeutschlands allgemein verständlich für einen breiten Leserkreis dar. Sie entwerfen zu den einzelnen Zeitphasen ein virtuelles Bild Süddeutschlands. Vergleiche - und vierfarbige Fotos - mit heutigen Landschaften ausserhalb Europas ermöglichen es dem Leser überdies, eine bessere Vorstellung des einstigen Erscheinungsbildes von Süddeutschland zu entwickeln. 
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&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;Sandwell Gate in Hartlepool, part of the medieval town wall.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7020416-7985225435437439667?l=geotransblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/feeds/7985225435437439667/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7020416&amp;postID=7985225435437439667&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/7985225435437439667'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/7985225435437439667'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/2007/10/sandwell-gate-in-hartlepool-part-of.html' title='Sandwell Gate'/><author><name>Affenhänger</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp0.blogger.com/_hVMDy_vCgR4/Rwvee-FM8PI/AAAAAAAAAA0/D81gII7suws/s72-c/sandwell+gate.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7020416.post-2767283304591504979</id><published>2007-10-08T21:05:00.000-12:00</published><updated>2007-10-08T21:14:34.872-12:00</updated><title type='text'>Carnets de Géologie on CD-ROM</title><content type='html'>You will be pleased to hear that the famous Carnets de Géologie is now available on CD-ROM. You can order your copy of the CD-ROM (tome 4, October 2002 to July 2007) &lt;a href="http://paleopolis.rediris.es/cg/uk-cdrom.html"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; for the mere pittance of 5 euros only (including shipping charges). PayPal payments are accepted.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7020416-2767283304591504979?l=geotransblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/feeds/2767283304591504979/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7020416&amp;postID=2767283304591504979&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/2767283304591504979'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/2767283304591504979'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/2007/10/carnets-de-gologie-on-cd-rom.html' title='Carnets de Géologie on CD-ROM'/><author><name>Affenhänger</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7020416.post-3265291536365463684</id><published>2007-09-16T18:50:00.000-12:00</published><updated>2007-09-16T19:00:51.416-12:00</updated><title type='text'>Revision of the foraminiferal genus Globoreticulina Rahaghi</title><content type='html'>&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;A new 'Article' (CG2007 A06) was posted to Carnets de Géologie on Sunday, 16 September. It is a preliminary version (the final release is scheduled for 25/09/2007).
&lt;br&gt;Hottinger L. (2007) - Revision of the foraminiferal genus Globoreticulina Rahaghi, 1978, and of its associated fauna of larger foraminifera from the late Middle Eocene of Iran.
&lt;br&gt;Carnets de Géologie - Notebooks on Geology, Brest, Article 2007/06 (CG2007_A06), 51 p., 4 figs., 15 pls.
&lt;br&gt;Format [&lt;a href="http://paleopolis.rediris.es/cg/CG2007_A06/index.html"&gt;HTML&lt;/a&gt;] or [&lt;a href="http://paleopolis.rediris.es/cg/CG2007_A06/CG2007_A06.pdf"&gt;PDF&lt;/a&gt; 7,274 KB] - Reference: [CG2007_A06]&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;There is no French version / il n'y a pas de version française (mais un résumé est disponible dans cette langue).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Un nouvel "Article" (CG2007 A06) a été mis en ligne aujourd'hui. Il s'agit de la version préliminaire (la version définitive est programmée pour le 25.09.2007).
&lt;br&gt;Hottinger L. (2007).- Révision du genre Globoreticulina Rahaghi, 1978 (Foraminiferida) et de la faune associée de grands foraminifères de l'Éocène Moyen tardif de l'Iran.
&lt;br&gt;Carnets de Géologie - Notebooks on Geology, Brest, Article 2007/06 (CG2007_A06), 51 p., 4 figs., 15 pls.
&lt;br&gt;Format [&lt;a href="http://paleopolis.rediris.es/cg/CG2007_A06/index.html"&gt;HTML&lt;/a&gt;] ou [&lt;a href="http://paleopolis.rediris.es/cg/CG2007_A06/CG2007_A06.pdf"&gt;PDF&lt;/a&gt; 7.274 KB] - Référence : [CG2007_A06]&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7020416-3265291536365463684?l=geotransblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/feeds/3265291536365463684/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7020416&amp;postID=3265291536365463684&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/3265291536365463684'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/3265291536365463684'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/2007/09/revision-of-foraminiferal-genus.html' title='Revision of the foraminiferal genus Globoreticulina Rahaghi'/><author><name>Affenhänger</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7020416.post-2720562080343150983</id><published>2007-09-04T22:14:00.000-12:00</published><updated>2007-09-04T22:22:06.747-12:00</updated><title type='text'>Geoscience e-Journals portal reaches 40 journals!</title><content type='html'>&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Geoscience e-Journals portal had now reached the proud number of 40 journals! They can be accessed via the &lt;a href="http://paleopolis.rediris.es/geosciences/"&gt;paleopolis site&lt;/a&gt; or via &lt;a href="http://www.univ-brest.fr/geosciences/e-journals/"&gt;Brest university in France&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7020416-2720562080343150983?l=geotransblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/feeds/2720562080343150983/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7020416&amp;postID=2720562080343150983&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/2720562080343150983'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/2720562080343150983'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/2007/09/geoscience-e-journals-portal-reaches-40.html' title='Geoscience e-Journals portal reaches 40 journals!'/><author><name>Affenhänger</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7020416.post-6624872570137881857</id><published>2007-08-23T20:17:00.000-12:00</published><updated>2007-08-23T20:36:04.298-12:00</updated><title type='text'>New Stratigraphy Blog</title><content type='html'>&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;I have added a new Geoblog to my blogroll - &lt;a href="http://holostrat.blogspot.com/"&gt;Stratigraphy&lt;/a&gt;, by my internet acquaintance Bruno Granier of &lt;a href="http://paleopolis.rediris.es/cg/uk-index.html"&gt;Carnets de Géologie&lt;/a&gt; fame. Here's what Bruno says:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;"I am currently digging the Jurassic-Cretaceous system boundary (it is currently considered as equivalent to the Tithonian-Berriasian stage boundary; there are [a] few people, including me, who consider that it should be shifted up to near the Berriasian-Valanginian boundary)".&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The first post on the blog is entitled "&lt;a href="http://holostrat.blogspot.com/2007/08/on-trail-of-major-trans-tethyan.html"&gt;On the Trail of a Major Trans-Tethyan Discontinuity&lt;/a&gt;".&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7020416-6624872570137881857?l=geotransblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://holostrat.blogspot.com/' title='New Stratigraphy Blog'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/feeds/6624872570137881857/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7020416&amp;postID=6624872570137881857&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/6624872570137881857'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/6624872570137881857'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/2007/08/new-stratigraphy-blog.html' title='New Stratigraphy Blog'/><author><name>Affenhänger</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7020416.post-1828305246929211047</id><published>2007-08-05T18:55:00.000-12:00</published><updated>2007-08-05T18:58:38.686-12:00</updated><title type='text'>Marina webcam online again</title><content type='html'>&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;
Hardly worth mentioning, I know, but the webcam in &lt;a href="http://www.digital-hartlepool.com/webcams/upload/dock.jpg"&gt;Hartlepool marina&lt;/a&gt; is online once again. Let's see how long this time!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.digital-hartlepool.com/webcams/upload/dock.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px;" src="http://www.digital-hartlepool.com/webcams/upload/dock.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7020416-1828305246929211047?l=geotransblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/feeds/1828305246929211047/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7020416&amp;postID=1828305246929211047&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/1828305246929211047'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/1828305246929211047'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/2007/08/marina-webcam-online-again.html' title='Marina webcam online again'/><author><name>Affenhänger</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7020416.post-6300070875311008639</id><published>2007-08-05T18:27:00.000-12:00</published><updated>2007-08-05T18:32:56.859-12:00</updated><title type='text'>New versions of THERMOCALC</title><content type='html'>&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;Some of you may be interested to know that there are new versions of Thermocalc available, including new amphibole and clinopyroxene codings.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Please visit &lt;a href="http://www.earthsci.unimelb.edu.au/tpg/thermocalc/"&gt;Roger Powell's THERMOCALC homepage&lt;/a&gt; for more details of versions for all platforms, including documentation.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7020416-6300070875311008639?l=geotransblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/feeds/6300070875311008639/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7020416&amp;postID=6300070875311008639&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/6300070875311008639'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/6300070875311008639'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/2007/08/new-versions-of-thermocalc.html' title='New versions of THERMOCALC'/><author><name>Affenhänger</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7020416.post-5242536889649022681</id><published>2007-08-01T19:16:00.000-12:00</published><updated>2007-08-01T19:26:14.028-12:00</updated><title type='text'>New Article in Carnets de Géologie</title><content type='html'>&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;A new "Article" (CG2007 A05) was posted 25/07/2007.
&lt;br&gt;Babinot J.-F., Moullade M. &amp; Tronchetti G. (2007).&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;- The upper Bedoulian and lower Gargasian Ostracoda of the Aptian stratotype: Taxonomy and biostratigraphic correlation&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;.
&lt;br&gt;- Carnets de Géologie - Notebooks on Geology, Brest, Article 2007/05 (CG2007_A05), 35 p., 7 fig., 6 pl.
&lt;br&gt;Format [&lt;a href="http://paleopolis.rediris.es/cg/CG2007_A05/index.html"&gt;HTML&lt;/a&gt;] or [&lt;a href="http://paleopolis.rediris.es/cg/CG2007_A05/CG2007_A05.pdf"&gt;PDF&lt;/a&gt; 4,263 KB] - Reference: [CG2007_A05]&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;It also exists in a French version / il est également disponible en version française.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Un nouvel "Article" (CG2007 A05) est en ligne depuis le 25.07.2007.
&lt;br&gt;Babinot J.-F., Moullade M. &amp; Tronchetti G. (2007).&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;- Les Ostracodes du Bédoulien supérieur et du Gargasien inférieur du stratotype de l'Aptien : Systématique et corrélations biostratigraphiques.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;
&lt;br&gt;- Carnets de Géologie - Notebooks on Geology, Brest, Article 2007/05-fr (CG2007_A05 (fr)), 36 p., 7 fig., 6 pl.
&lt;br&gt;Format [&lt;a href="http://paleopolis.rediris.es/cg/CG2007_A05/index-fr.html"&gt;HTML&lt;/a&gt;] ou [&lt;a href="http://paleopolis.rediris.es/cg/CG2007_A05/CG2007_A05-fr.pdf"&gt;PDF&lt;/a&gt; 4.275 KB] - Référence : [CG2007_A05]&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;This Article is part of the &lt;a href="http://paleopolis.rediris.es/cg/in_press.html"&gt;Memoir 200X/XX&lt;/a&gt;:
&lt;br&gt;Moullade M., Tronchetti G.  &amp; Granier B. (eds., "in press").- The Gargasian (Middle Aptian) strata from Cassis-La Bédoule and La Tuilière - St-Saturnin-lès-Apt (SE France), Aptian historical stratotypical areas.
&lt;br&gt;- Carnets de Géologie - Notebooks on Geology, Brest, Memoir 200X/XX (CG200X_MXX).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Cet Article est une contribution au &lt;a href="http://paleopolis.rediris.es/cg/in_press.html"&gt;Mémoire 200X/XX &lt;/a&gt;:
&lt;br&gt;Moullade M., Tronchetti G.  &amp; Granier B. (éds., "sous presse").- Le Gargasien (Aptien moyen) de Cassis-La Bédoule et de La Tuilière - St-Saturnin-lès-Apt (SE France), régions stratotypiques historiques de l'Aptien.
&lt;br&gt;- Carnets de Géologie - Notebooks on Geology, Brest, Mémoire 200X/XX (CG200X_MXX).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7020416-5242536889649022681?l=geotransblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/feeds/5242536889649022681/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7020416&amp;postID=5242536889649022681&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/5242536889649022681'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/5242536889649022681'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/2007/08/new-article-in-carnets-de-gologie.html' title='New Article in Carnets de Géologie'/><author><name>Affenhänger</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7020416.post-3812412560752431435</id><published>2007-07-31T05:08:00.001-12:00</published><updated>2007-07-31T05:10:35.443-12:00</updated><title type='text'>Croation bolide video</title><content type='html'>&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;Croatian bolide video:

&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="http://dnevnik.hr/naslovnica/vijesti/hrvatska/20070726_21921_61602.php"&gt;http://dnevnik.hr/naslovnica/vijesti/hrvatska/20070726_21921_61602.php&lt;/a&gt;

&lt;br&gt;Some pretty amazing footage here (I think, but I've led a sheltered life).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7020416-3812412560752431435?l=geotransblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/feeds/3812412560752431435/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7020416&amp;postID=3812412560752431435&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/3812412560752431435'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/3812412560752431435'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/2007/07/croation-bolide-video.html' title='Croation bolide video'/><author><name>Affenhänger</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7020416.post-6225514013517968314</id><published>2007-07-29T17:07:00.000-12:00</published><updated>2007-07-29T17:18:29.467-12:00</updated><title type='text'>New blog added - welcome to strange maps</title><content type='html'>&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;I've added a new blog to my list of visitworthy blogs. You can see the link on the right, under Miscblogs. &lt;a href="http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/"&gt;Strange Maps&lt;/a&gt; (strange maps, actually) is a collection of weird and whacky maps (and some very informative), showing anything from the &lt;a href="http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/2006/09/10/1-lunatic-asylum-districts-in-pennsylvania/"&gt;lunatic asylum districts in Pennsylvania&lt;/a&gt;, USA, through &lt;a href="http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/2007/02/27/84-the-free-and-independent-republic-of-west-florida/"&gt;The Free and Independent Republic of West Florida&lt;/a&gt;, to a &lt;a href="http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/2007/07/29/158-total-solar-eclipse-map-2001-2025/"&gt;Total Solar Eclipse Map (2001-2025)&lt;/a&gt;, the latest entry. Have fun.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7020416-6225514013517968314?l=geotransblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/feeds/6225514013517968314/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7020416&amp;postID=6225514013517968314&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/6225514013517968314'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/6225514013517968314'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/2007/07/new-blog-added-welcome-to-strange-maps.html' title='New blog added - welcome to strange maps'/><author><name>Affenhänger</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7020416.post-2842660991658746771</id><published>2007-07-24T07:28:00.000-12:00</published><updated>2007-07-24T07:32:51.711-12:00</updated><title type='text'>Things getting tight at the desk these days</title><content type='html'>&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;Somehow, my desk looks very different these days.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_hVMDy_vCgR4/RqZTi-dfFuI/AAAAAAAAAAc/d78Z6zu_y4Q/s1600-h/R0010016.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_hVMDy_vCgR4/RqZTi-dfFuI/AAAAAAAAAAc/d78Z6zu_y4Q/s320/R0010016.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5090848289136252642" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7020416-2842660991658746771?l=geotransblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/feeds/2842660991658746771/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7020416&amp;postID=2842660991658746771&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/2842660991658746771'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/2842660991658746771'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/2007/07/things-getting-tight-at-desk-these-days.html' title='Things getting tight at the desk these days'/><author><name>Affenhänger</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp2.blogger.com/_hVMDy_vCgR4/RqZTi-dfFuI/AAAAAAAAAAc/d78Z6zu_y4Q/s72-c/R0010016.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7020416.post-5457503263307484382</id><published>2007-07-22T04:44:00.000-12:00</published><updated>2007-07-22T04:52:04.734-12:00</updated><title type='text'>A possible impact crater for the 1908 Tunguska Event</title><content type='html'>&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;In "&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;A possible impact crater for the 1908 Tunguska Event&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;", 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 &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunguska_event"&gt;Tunguska Event&lt;/a&gt;. The article is published in this months &lt;a href="http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/loi/ter"&gt;Terra Nova&lt;/a&gt; and is free content. Read the abstact &lt;a href="http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1365-3121.2007.00742.x"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;, where you can also download the &lt;a href="http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/action/showPdf?submitPDF=Full+Text+PDF+%281%2C476+KB%29&amp;doi=10.1111%2Fj.1365-3121.2007.00742.x"&gt;full article in pdf format&lt;/a&gt; or in &lt;a href="http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/action/showFullText?submitFullText=Full+Text+HTML&amp;doi=10.1111%2Fj.1365-3121.2007.00742.x"&gt;html&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7020416-5457503263307484382?l=geotransblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/feeds/5457503263307484382/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7020416&amp;postID=5457503263307484382&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/5457503263307484382'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/5457503263307484382'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/2007/07/possible-impact-crater-for-1908.html' title='A possible impact crater for the 1908 Tunguska Event'/><author><name>Affenhänger</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7020416.post-2133151637012184145</id><published>2007-07-17T01:42:00.000-12:00</published><updated>2007-07-17T01:46:50.814-12:00</updated><title type='text'>Boden des Jahres/Soil of the Year 2007</title><content type='html'>&lt;br&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;+++ Podsol – Boden des Jahres 2007&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

&lt;p&gt;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.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.gd.nrw.de/w_schbj.htm"&gt;Weitere Infos&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;+++ Podzol – Soil of the Year 2007&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

&lt;p&gt;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.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.gd.nrw.de/w_schbj.htm"&gt;For more information visit here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7020416-2133151637012184145?l=geotransblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/feeds/2133151637012184145/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7020416&amp;postID=2133151637012184145&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/2133151637012184145'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/2133151637012184145'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/2007/07/boden-des-jahressoil-of-year-2007.html' title='Boden des Jahres/Soil of the Year 2007'/><author><name>Affenhänger</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7020416.post-1491249049462792321</id><published>2007-07-02T18:55:00.000-12:00</published><updated>2007-07-02T19:17:51.296-12:00</updated><title type='text'>Two new publications at Carnets de Géologie</title><content type='html'>&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://paleopolis.rediris.es/cg/uk-index.html#NEW"&gt;Two new "Articles"&lt;/a&gt; (CG2007 A03 and A04) were posted on 02/07/2007.

&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="http://paleopolis.rediris.es/cg/fr-index.html#NEW"&gt;Deux nouveaux "Articles"&lt;/a&gt; (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]&lt;/p&gt;

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

&lt;p&gt;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.
&lt;br&gt;Format [&lt;a href="http://paleopolis.rediris.es/cg/CG2007_A04/index.html"&gt;HTML&lt;/a&gt;] or [&lt;a href="http://paleopolis.rediris.es/cg/CG2007_A04/CG2007_A04.pdf"&gt;PDF&lt;/a&gt;, 1,851 KB] - Reference: [CG2007_A04].
&lt;p&gt;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.
&lt;br&gt;Format [&lt;a href="http://paleopolis.rediris.es/cg/fr-index.html#NEW"&gt;HTML&lt;/a&gt;] ou [&lt;a href="http://paleopolis.rediris.es/cg/CG2007_A04/CG2007_A04.pdf"&gt;PDF&lt;/a&gt;, 1.851 KB] - Référence : [CG2007_A04].&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;ARTICLE 3: Renard M., Rafélis M. de, Emmanuel L., Beltran C., Moullade M. &amp; 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.
&lt;br&gt;Format [&lt;a href="http://paleopolis.rediris.es/cg/CG2007_A03/index.html"&gt;HTML&lt;/a&gt;] or [&lt;a href="http://paleopolis.rediris.es/cg/CG2007_A03/CG2007_A03.pdf"&gt;PDF&lt;/a&gt;, 1,165 KB] - Reference: [CG2007_A03]. This Article also forms part of Memoir 200X/XX ("in press").&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;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, &amp; Guy TRONCHETTI.
&lt;br&gt;Format [&lt;a href="http://paleopolis.rediris.es/cg/CG2007_A03/index.html"&gt;HTML&lt;/a&gt;] ou [&lt;a href="http://paleopolis.rediris.es/cg/CG2007_A03/CG2007_A03.pdf"&gt;PDF&lt;/a&gt;, 1.165 KB] - Référence : [CG2007_A03] Cet Article est aussi une contribution au Mémoire 200X/XX ("sous presse").&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7020416-1491249049462792321?l=geotransblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/feeds/1491249049462792321/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7020416&amp;postID=1491249049462792321&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/1491249049462792321'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/1491249049462792321'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/2007/07/two-new-publications-at-carnets-de.html' title='Two new publications at Carnets de Géologie'/><author><name>Affenhänger</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7020416.post-6904498963725637005</id><published>2007-06-22T21:55:00.000-12:00</published><updated>2007-06-22T22:29:39.512-12:00</updated><title type='text'>BGR Tätigkeitsbericht 2005/2006</title><content type='html'>&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;Der &lt;a href="http://www.bgr.bund.de/nn_335074/DE/Home/homepage__node.html?__nnn=true"&gt;BGR&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.bgr.bund.de/cln_011/nn_322882/DE/Allgemeines/Z6/UeberUns/Taetigkeitsbericht/taetigkeitsbericht__2005__2006.html?__nnn=true"&gt;Tätigkeitsbericht 2005/2006&lt;/a&gt; ist nun erschienen. Es umfasst insgesamt 174 Seiten wie immer mit viele Bilder and Grafiken und beschreibt die vielfältigen Aufgaben der BGR.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Der Tätigkeitsbericht 2005/2006 hat folgende Schwerpunktthemen:

&lt;br&gt;Rohstoffe

&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Energierohstoffe
&lt;br&gt;Mineralische Rohstoffe
&lt;br&gt;Georessource Boden
&lt;br&gt;Georessource Wasser
&lt;br&gt;Geosicherheit
&lt;br&gt;Geologische Schadensrisiken
&lt;br&gt;Seismologisches Zentralobservatorium und CTBT-Verifikation
&lt;br&gt;Tsunami-Hilfe

&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Sonderthemen

&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Die Pressearbeit der BGR
&lt;br&gt;Technische Zusammenarbeit mit Entwicklungsländern
&lt;br&gt;GANOVEX IX – Expedition ins ewige Eis der Antarktis
&lt;br&gt;Die neue Internationale Geologische Karte von Europa und den angrenzenden Gebieten im Maßstab 1 : 5 000 000 (IGME 5000
&lt;br&gt;Atlantische Klimaschaukel
&lt;br&gt;Zahlen und Fakten&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href="http://www.bgr.bund.de/cln_011/nn_330788/EN/Home/homepage__node.html?__nnn=true"&gt;German Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources&lt;/a&gt; (BGR - &lt;i&gt;Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe&lt;/i&gt; - aka the German Geological Survey) has published it's activity report for the 2005/2006 reporting period. On more than 170 pages it describes it's multitude of activities with numerous graphics and figures. Unfortunately the report is only available in &lt;a href="http://www.bgr.bund.de/cln_011/nn_322882/DE/Allgemeines/Z6/UeberUns/Taetigkeitsbericht/taetigkeitsbericht__2005__2006.html?__nnn=true"&gt;German&lt;/a&gt;. I don't know if it is going to be translated. Here is an overview of the contents:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;Resources

&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Energy Resources
&lt;br&gt;Mineral Resources
&lt;br&gt;Georesource Soil
&lt;br&gt;Georesource Water
&lt;br&gt;Geosafety
&lt;br&gt;Geological Hazards
&lt;br&gt;Seismological Central Observatory and CTBT Verification
&lt;br&gt;Tsunami Aid

&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Special Topics

&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;BGR Public Relations Work
&lt;br&gt;Technical Cooperation with Developing Countries
&lt;br&gt;GANOVEX IX – Expedition to the Eternal Ice of the Antarctic
&lt;br&gt;The New International Geological Map of Europe and Neighbouring Territories, Scale 1:5,000,000 (IGME 5000)
&lt;br&gt;Atlantic Climate Swings
&lt;br&gt;Facts and Figures&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If anybody wants a more detailed breakdown of the contents, please ask. It covers 3 - 4 pages altogether.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7020416-6904498963725637005?l=geotransblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/feeds/6904498963725637005/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7020416&amp;postID=6904498963725637005&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/6904498963725637005'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/6904498963725637005'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/2007/06/bgr-ttigkeitsbericht-20052006.html' title='BGR Tätigkeitsbericht 2005/2006'/><author><name>Affenhänger</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7020416.post-289661301223138788</id><published>2007-06-22T07:15:00.001-12:00</published><updated>2007-06-22T07:21:36.933-12:00</updated><title type='text'>Big sister</title><content type='html'>&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;And here with big sister Victoria, looking just a bit unsure, and part of mam in the background.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_hVMDy_vCgR4/RnwgPgGTI4I/AAAAAAAAAAU/twoPtzqt7wk/s1600-h/IMG_0099.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_hVMDy_vCgR4/RnwgPgGTI4I/AAAAAAAAAAU/twoPtzqt7wk/s320/IMG_0099.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5078969930453558146" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7020416-289661301223138788?l=geotransblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/feeds/289661301223138788/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7020416&amp;postID=289661301223138788&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/289661301223138788'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/289661301223138788'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/2007/06/and-here-with-big-sister-victoria.html' title='Big sister'/><author><name>Affenhänger</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp3.blogger.com/_hVMDy_vCgR4/RnwgPgGTI4I/AAAAAAAAAAU/twoPtzqt7wk/s72-c/IMG_0099.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7020416.post-1814192927049297443</id><published>2007-06-21T06:06:00.000-12:00</published><updated>2007-06-22T07:44:16.319-12:00</updated><title type='text'>Another member of the clan</title><content type='html'>&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;Aidan, born 11:30 June 21, 2007, 3105 grammes, 50 cm.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_hVMDy_vCgR4/Rnq-vAGTI3I/AAAAAAAAAAM/ff3oKL0o-yI/s1600-h/IMG_0091.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_hVMDy_vCgR4/Rnq-vAGTI3I/AAAAAAAAAAM/ff3oKL0o-yI/s320/IMG_0091.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5078581244503204722" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7020416-1814192927049297443?l=geotransblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/feeds/1814192927049297443/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7020416&amp;postID=1814192927049297443&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/1814192927049297443'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/1814192927049297443'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/2007/06/another-member-of-clan.html' title='Another member of the clan'/><author><name>Affenhänger</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp3.blogger.com/_hVMDy_vCgR4/Rnq-vAGTI3I/AAAAAAAAAAM/ff3oKL0o-yI/s72-c/IMG_0091.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7020416.post-3427080259304456125</id><published>2007-06-15T00:15:00.000-12:00</published><updated>2007-06-15T00:40:37.258-12:00</updated><title type='text'>Neue Titeln vom Buchhändler</title><content type='html'>&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;Rückert, A. &amp; Klever, Th.
&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;TRILOBITEN - Schätze des Gerolsteiner Landes&lt;/b&gt;
&lt;br&gt;Beschreibung der Trilobiten der klassischen und weltberühmten Fundstelle am Pelm-Salmer-Weg in Gerolstein. Farbige Abbildung aller Trilobiten.
&lt;br&gt;2007. 86 Seiten, zahlreiche Farbfotos, paperback.
&lt;br&gt;EUR 8,80
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&lt;p&gt;Rolf Reinicke
&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;STEINE AM OSTSEESTRAND&lt;/b&gt;
&lt;br&gt;Das neue Buch des bekannten Stralsunder Autors ist ganz speziell für den geologischen Laien gedacht. Auf 80 Seiten werden hier zahlreiche Fragen zu den an der Ostsee gefundenen Strandsteinen in einfachster Weise beantwortet: Was ist das für ein Stein? Woher kommt er? Wo findet man Fossilien? Wie alt sind diese Versteinerungen? Wie erkennt man Bernstein? Was ist ein Hühnergott? Woher kommen die Steine am Strand? Die Antworten darauf werden auf ebenso populäre wie unterhaltsame Weise gegeben, für jedermann verständlich und mit eindrucksvollen, ästhetisch sehr ansprechenden Fotos illustriert. Dieses informative Buch schaut man sich also auch gern an. Dass der Strandwanderer in diesem handlichen Buch genau das findet, was er wissen möchte, garantiert der Autor Rolf Reinicke. Schließlich war er fast drei Jahrzehnte als Wissenschaftler am Meeresmuseum in Stralsund tätig und konnte den Museumsbesuchern in dieser Zeit ungezählte Strandfunde bestimmen.
&lt;br&gt;2007. 78 Seiten mit zahlreichen Farbfotos, kartoniert.
&lt;br&gt;EUR 9,95
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&lt;p&gt;Horst Malberg
&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;METEOROLOGIE UND KLIMATOLOGIE&lt;/b&gt;
&lt;br&gt;Das Buch stellt eine Einführung in die faszinierende Welt des Wetters und des Klimas dar. Dabei wird besonderer Wert auf eine verständliche und anschauliche Darstellung gelegt. Dazu tragen auch die zahlreichen Abbildungen bei, die in dieser Auflage noch um rund 20 erweitert wurden. Nach der Behandlung der physikalischen Grundlagen der Atmosphäre folgen die Kapitel, die sich mit den (synoptischen) Wettererscheinungen und der Wettervorhersage befassen. Die allgemeine Zirkulation stellt dann das Bindeglied zwischen dem kurzfristigen Wetter und dem langzeitlichen Klimaverhalten dar. Die Kapitel zum Klimawandel sowie zum Stadtklima runden das Buch ab. Gegenüber der 4. Auflage werden die Ausführungen zu den wetterbestimmenden langen Wellen in der Atmosphäre, dem Verhalten von Hurrikanen (u.a. dem New-Orleans-Hurrikan Katrina) sowie den Wettervorhersagemodellen wesentlich erweitert. In Bezug auf die vielfältigen Klimaaspekte werden wesentliche Erweiterungen vorgenommen zum Klimasystem der Erde als Ganzes, zu den Klimazonen und Klimaklassifikationen sowie zum globalen, hemisphärische und mitteleuropäischen Klimawandel. Eingegangen wird auch auf den Zusammenhang zwischen Klimaänderungen und der Entwicklung der Menschheit.
&lt;br&gt;5.erweiterte und aktualisierte Auflage 2006. 395 Seiten mit 209 Abbildungen, paperback.
&lt;br&gt;EUR 39,95
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&lt;p&gt;Neuauflage im Sommer 2007
&lt;br&gt;Wilfried Ließmann
&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;HISTORISCHER BERGBAU IM HARZ&lt;/b&gt;
&lt;br&gt;Die Geschichte des Bergbaus, das Leben der Bergleute, der Wandel der Harzer Industrielandschaft und die Entwicklung der Bergbautechnik werden ausführlich beschrieben. Der regionale Teil stellt die wichtigsten Harzer Bergbaureviere sowie deren Geschichte vor und unterbreitet zahlreiche Vorschläge zu eigenen Exkursionen. Informationen über alte Grubenreviere, Besucherbergwerke und Museen sowie sonstige Sehenswürdigkeiten, ein kleines bergmännisches ABC sowie eine Zusammenstellung der Eigenschaften und Erkennungsmerkmale der wichtigsten Erz und Gangminerale vervollständigen das mit zahlreichen historischen Fotografien, Zeichnungen und Stichen illustrierte Buch.
&lt;br&gt;Die Neuauflage enthält neben Aktualisierungen und Ergänzungen zu den verschiedenen Kapiteln ein Schlagwortverzeichnis, zahlreiche neue Abbildungen sowie ein komplett überarbeitetes Layout.
&lt;br&gt;3.vollständig neu bearbeitete Auflage 2007. etwa 550 Seiten, 238 Abb., broschiert.
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&lt;p&gt;Brigitte Klose
&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;METEOROLOGIE&lt;/b&gt;
&lt;br&gt;Eine Einführung in die Physik der Erdatmosphäre
&lt;br&gt;Da die Wetterprognose heutzutage vorwiegend mit numerischen Methoden erfolgt, ist die Meteorologie endgültig zur Physik und Chemie der Atmosphäre geworden und zunehmend mathematisiert. Um den Studierenden und allen am Wetter Interessierten aber trotzdem einen Einblick in den täglich wechselnden Zustand der Atmosphäre zu vermitteln, wird nach einführenden Betrachtungen zum Aufbau und zur Thermodynamik der Atmosphäre ausführlich auf die meteorologischen Elemente und deren Messmethoden eingegangen. Ein kurzer Abschnitt befasst sich mit der Satellitenmeteorologie. Neben den synoptischen Systemen der mittleren Breiten und Tropen ist das Augenmerk auch auf die allgemeine Zirkulation und die Bildung tropischer Wirbelstürme sowie die damit verbundene Sturmnavigation gerichtet.
&lt;br&gt;2007. 350 Seiten, 180 SW-Abbildungen, 20 Farbabbildungen, 60 Duoton-Abbildungen, 20 Farbabbildungen, 120 SW-Zeichnungen, gebunden.
&lt;br&gt;EUR 59.95
&lt;br&gt;Der Titel erscheint laut Verlag Juni 2007.   
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&lt;p&gt;Ralf Balsius &amp; Nadja Podbregar
&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;ARMAGGEDON&lt;/b&gt;
&lt;br&gt;Die längste Nacht
&lt;br&gt;Das Begleitbuch zur gleichnamigen ZDF-Dokumentation "Armageddon die längste Nacht" schildert die Hintergründe einer globalen Katastrophe: Vor 65 Millionen Jahren setzte ein Asteroideneinschlag der Herrschaft der Dinosaurier ein Ende. Was aber wäre, wenn ein solcher „Dinokiller" heute auf der Erde einschlagen würde? Das Buch folgt den Auswirkungen eines solchen Impakts von den unmittelbaren Folgen des Einschlags bis zu den langfristigen Veränderungen der Tier- und Pflanzenwelt, aber auch der menschlichen Gesellschaft.
&lt;br&gt;Für Laien verständlich und anschaulich, aber dennoch wissenschaftlich fundiert gibt das Buch einen Einblick in die Erkenntnisse über die Folgen eines Meteoriteneinschlags. 
&lt;br&gt;Zehn hochrangige internationale Wissenschaftler unterschiedlicher Fachgebiete sind an der Entstehung von Buch und Film beteiligt und kommen in Interview und Kommentaren zu Wort.
&lt;br&gt;2007, gebunden.
&lt;br&gt;EUR 29.95
&lt;br&gt;Der Titel erscheint laut Verlag August 2007.   
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&lt;p&gt;Dieter D. Genske
&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;INGENIEURGEOLOGIE&lt;/b&gt;
&lt;br&gt;Grundlagen und Anwendungen
&lt;br&gt;Die Ingenieurgeologie ist ein junges, interdisziplinäres Fachgebiet an der Schnittstelle von Geo- und Ingenieurwissenschaften. Es befasst sich mit der Geosphäre, ihrer Wechselwirkung mit dem Menschen und verbindet das raumzeitliche Denken des Geowissenschaftlers mit der Entwurfsarbeit des Ingenieurs. Ausgehend von der Erkundung der Geosphäre stellt der Autor zunächst Georisiken vor und diskutiert die Folgen menschlicher Eingriffe in die Geosphäre. Anschließend veranschaulicht er aktuelle ingenieurgeologische Herausforderungen und entwirft nachhaltige Lösungskonzepte für verschiedene Problembereiche: z.B. Naturgefahren wie Hangrutschungen und Bergfälle, die Ausbeute natürlicher Ressourcen, Bau- und Sanierungsvorhaben. Abbildungen, Fallbeschreibungen und ausgearbeitete Beispiele vertiefen das Verständnis für diesen neuen, zukunftsträchtigen Zweig der Erdwissenschaften.
&lt;br&gt;2006. 588 Seiten, 396 Abbildungen, gebunden.
&lt;br&gt;EUR 49.95
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&lt;p&gt;Hans-Joachim Pachur
&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;SPÄTQUARTÄR IN DER OSTSAHARA&lt;/b&gt;
&lt;br&gt;Die Ostsahara gilt als größter hyperarider Raum der Erde. Jüngste Forschungen haben gezeigt, dass in den letzten ca. 13000 Jahren ein geradezu dramatischer Klimawandel abgelaufen ist. Der Widerspruch zu der heutigen Aridität und der Tatsache eines Wasserexports aus den großen Becken der Ostsahara an die Nordafrikanische Küste wird vor dem Hintergrund der geologischen und paläoklimatischen Entwicklung diskutiert. Die Rekonstruktion des ostsaharischen Geoökosystems führte jüngst zu überraschenden Ergebnissen. So erwiesen sich beispielsweise einige schwer zugängliche Synklinalen der Ostsahara als bedeutendeWasserdampfquellen. Ihre Existenz im Inneren des Kontinents führte zu einem rückgekoppelten System mit niederschlagsauslösendem Effekt und Grundwasserbildung.
&lt;br&gt;2006. 560 Seiten, gebunden.
&lt;br&gt;EUR 199.95
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&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href="http://www.vts.intute.ac.uk/"&gt;Intute: Virtual Training Suite&lt;/a&gt; provides similar reources for a whole range of professions, for instance &lt;a href="http://www.vts.intute.ac.uk/tutorial/earth"&gt;Earth Scientist&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.vts.intute.ac.uk/he/tutorial/civil"&gt;Civil Engineer&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href="http://www.vts.intute.ac.uk/he/tutorial/languages"&gt;Modern Languages&lt;/a&gt;, which I have also used in the past.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7020416-8815210654012001959?l=geotransblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/feeds/8815210654012001959/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7020416&amp;postID=8815210654012001959&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/8815210654012001959'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/8815210654012001959'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/2007/06/internet-for-petroleum-and-offshore.html' title='INTERNET FOR PETROLEUM AND OFFSHORE ENGINEERING'/><author><name>Affenhänger</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7020416.post-901987104589831184</id><published>2007-06-04T17:54:00.000-12:00</published><updated>2007-06-04T18:05:23.278-12:00</updated><title type='text'>RemTech Proceedings: 2002-2006</title><content type='html'>&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;I found some blurb in my mailbox this morning that I found quite interesting. I went to take a look and found a lot of useful information:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.esaa-events.com/remtech/default.htm"&gt;Remediation Technologies (RemTech)&lt;/a&gt; is sponsored by the Environmental Services Association of Alberta (ESAA), a non-profit business association committed to building a robust environmental industry through leadership in technology, human resources, quality assurance and market development. The &lt;a href="http://www.esaa-events.com/remtech/proceedings.htm"&gt;proceedings of the annual Remediation Technologies Symposium (RemTech)&lt;/a&gt; are now online. The resource is free and searchable and contains approximately 200 technical presentation (dating from 2002 until 2006) and case studies focused on remediation and numerous technologies, applications and contaminants. Visit &lt;a href="http://www.esaa-events.com/remtech/proceedings.htm"&gt;their site&lt;/a&gt; for more details.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7020416-901987104589831184?l=geotransblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/feeds/901987104589831184/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7020416&amp;postID=901987104589831184&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/901987104589831184'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/901987104589831184'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/2007/06/i-found-some-blurb-in-my-mailbox-this.html' title='RemTech Proceedings: 2002-2006'/><author><name>Affenhänger</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7020416.post-5639743981388048321</id><published>2007-05-23T00:03:00.000-12:00</published><updated>2007-05-23T00:10:02.087-12:00</updated><title type='text'>A new "Memoir" from Carnets de Géologie</title><content type='html'>&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;A new "Memoir" (CG2007 M02) was posted 15/05/2007.
&lt;br&gt;Memoir 2 [2007]: Relations between the northern and southern margins of the Tethys ocean during the Cretaceous period, edited by Luc G. BULOT, Serge FERRY &amp; Danièle GROSHENY.- Format [HTML] or [PDF 4,951 KB] - Reference: [CG2007_M02]&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="http://paleopolis.rediris.es/cg/uk-index.html#NEW"&gt;http://paleopolis.rediris.es/cg/uk-index.html#NEW&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Un nouvel "Mémoire" (CG2007 M02) est en ligne depuis le 15.05.2007. 
Mémoire 2 [2007] : Relations entre les marges septentrionale et méridionale de la Téthys au Crétacé, édité par Luc G. BULOT, Serge FERRY &amp; Danièle GROSHENY.- Format [HTML] ou [PDF 4.951 KB] - Référence : [CG2007_M02]&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="http://paleopolis.rediris.es/cg/fr-index.html#NEW"&gt;http://paleopolis.rediris.es/cg/fr-index.html#NEW&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;Abstract: The theme of the 2006 meeting of the Groupe Français du Crétacé (GFC) was on a comparison of the northern and southern margins of the Tethyan ocean during the nearly 80 million year span of the Cretaceous period, a time when this large, meander-edged seaway was closed progressively by the movement of two major tectonic plates. Consequently, during this slow closure sedimentary successions near the northern and southern shores of the Tethys provide ideal sites for testing a number of hypotheses. One of these is the degree of correlativity between "events" in tracts far distant from one another. The "events" could be paleontologic (faunal renewal vs. migration), sedimentologic (are depositional sequences and specific lithologies such as black shale or phosphates on either shore coeval?), eustatic vs. tectonic. On November 27-28, 2006, thirty earth scientists met in the École des Mines in Paris to discuss these matters. Thirteen communications were presented, eleven of  which as abstracts or extended abstracts comprise this special publication by "Carnets".&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Résumé : La réunion thématique 2006 du Groupe Français du Crétacé (GFC) s'est intéressée "aux relations entre les marges septentrionale et méridionale de la Téthys au Crétacé". La fermeture progressive de la Téthys au cours du Crétacé va engendrer de grands bouleversements paléogéographiques et courantologiques dans un contexte tectonique actif. De nombreux événements vont alors être enregistrés sur les plans paléontologique, sédimentologique, géochimique et tectonique. La réunion thématique du GFC avait pour but de débattre des interactions complexes des processus mis en jeu lors de cette période singulière sur les marges Nord et Sud de la Téthys. Les 27 et 28 Novembre 2006, une trentaine de participants se sont réunis à l'École des Mines de Paris où treize communications ont été présentées. Onze résumés sont publiés dans ce numéro spécial des "Carnets".&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;Contents / Sommaire&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;1- Robaszynski F., Amédro F., González-Donoso J.M. &amp; Linares D. (2007).- Les bioévénements de la limite Albien (Vraconnien) - Cénomanien aux marges nord et sud de la Téthys (S.E. de la France et Tunisie centrale) [Bioevents at the Albian (Vraconnian) - Cenomanian boundary at the North and South margins of the Tethyan Ocean (SE France and Central Tunisia)].&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;2- Courville P. (2007).- Échanges et colonisations fauniques (Ammonitina) entre Téthys et Atlantique sud au Crétacé supérieur : voies atlantiques ou sahariennes ? [Late Cretaceous faunal exchange and colonization (Ammonitina) between the Tethys and the South Atlantic: Atlantic or Saharan routes?].&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;3- Westermann S., Föllmi K.B., Matera V. &amp; Adatte T. (2007).- Phosphorus and trace-metal records during Cretaceous oceanic anoxic events: Example of the Early Aptian OAE in the western Tethys [Évolution de la concentration du phosphore et des métaux-traces durant les événements anoxiques du Crétacé inférieur : exemple de l'événement de l'Aptien inférieur (OAE 1a) dans la Téthys occidentale].&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;4- Jammes S., Manatschal G. &amp; Ghienne J.-F. (2007).- L'évolution tectono-sédimentaire du système "Golfe de Gascogne/Pyrénées Occidentales" au Crétacé inférieur : un nouveau regard [The tectonic and sedimentary evolution of the Bay of Biscay/Western Pyrenees during the Early Cretaceous : a new point of view].&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;5- Bardet N., Houssaye A., Pereda Suberbiola X. &amp; Rage J.-C. (2007).- The marine squamates (reptiles) from the Cenomanian-Turonian of the Tethys: a noteworthy radiation [Les squamates (reptiles) marins du Cénomanien-Turonien de la Téthys : une radiation remarquable].&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;6- Yans J., Masure E., Dejax J., Pons D. &amp; Amédro F. (2007).- Influences boréales dans le bassin de Mons (Belgique) à l'Albien [Boreal influences in the Mons basin (Belgium) during the Albian].&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;7- Granier B. (2007).- On the track of a major trans-Tethyan discontinuity [Sur la piste d'une discontinuité majeure trans-Téthys].&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;8- Ferry S., Merran Y., Grosheny D. &amp; Mroueh M. (2007).- The Cretaceous of Lebanon in the Middle East (Levant) context [Le Crétacé du Liban dans le cadre du Moyen-Orient (Levant)].&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;9- Grosheny D., Chikhi-Aouimeur F., Ferry S., Jati M. , Herkat M., Atrops F., Redjimi W. &amp; Benkerouf F. (2007).- The Cenomanian-Turonian of the Saharan Atlas (Algeria) [Le Cénomanien-Turonien de l'Atlas saharien (Algérie)].&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;10- Bulot L.G. (2007).- Endémisme et cosmopolitisme des faunes d'ammonites de la plaque arabique au Crétacé moyen (Aptien - Turonien) [Endemism vs. cosmopolitanism of the ammonite faunas from the Arabian plate during mid-Cretaceous times (Aptian – Turonian)].&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;11- Bulot L.G. &amp; Ferry S. (2007).- La discontinuité albienne à l'échelle globale et ses implications paléobiogéographiques et biostratigraphiques [The Albian unconformity at a global scale and its palaeobiogeographic and biostratigraphic implications].&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7020416-5639743981388048321?l=geotransblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/feeds/5639743981388048321/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7020416&amp;postID=5639743981388048321&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/5639743981388048321'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/5639743981388048321'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/2007/05/new-memoir-from-carnets-de-gologie.html' title='A new &quot;Memoir&quot; from Carnets de Géologie'/><author><name>Affenhänger</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7020416.post-657638543976980730</id><published>2007-05-06T19:58:00.000-12:00</published><updated>2007-05-06T20:30:33.982-12:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Geologie'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='geology'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bücher'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='books'/><title type='text'>More books from Gleumes</title><content type='html'>&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;Here's the latest list of books from my German supplier, &lt;a href="http://www.gleumes.info/"&gt;Gleumes&lt;/a&gt;. Most are in German but there are one or two English titles - Hier die neuesten Bücher von &lt;a href="http://www.gleumes.info"&gt;Gleumes&lt;/a&gt;, mein Buchladen. Die meisten sind von Deutsche Autoren, aber es gibt auch ein zwei englische Titeln.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;ARCHAEOPTERYX Band 24
&lt;br&gt;GÖHLICH, Ursula B., Helmut TISCHLINGER &amp; Luis M. CHIAPPE:
&lt;br&gt;Juravenator starki (Reptilia, Theropoda), ein neuer Raubdinosaurier aus dem Oberjura der Südlichen Frankenalb (Süddeutschland): Skelettanatomie und Weichteilbefunde.
&lt;br&gt;VIOHL, Günter &amp;amp; Manfred ZAPP:
&lt;br&gt;Die Fossil-Lagerstätte Schamhaupten (oberstes Kimmeridgium, Südliche Frankenalb, Bayern)
&lt;br&gt;FUCHS, Dirk:
&lt;br&gt;Re-description of Doryanthes munsterii (D'ORBIGNY, 1845), a poorly known coleoid cephalopod from the Upper Jurassic (Tithonian) Solnhofen Plattenkalks (ARCHAEOPTERYX Band 24) 2007. [Deutsch und Englisch] – 102 Seiten, 26 Tafeln (90 Farb- und 7 Schwarzweißabbildungen), 30 Schwarzweißabbildungen, 2 Tabellen – 24 x 17 cm. Paperback mit Schutzumschlag
&lt;br&gt;EUR 20,00
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&lt;p&gt;Klatt, Ekkehart
&lt;br&gt;SYLT – GEOLOGIE EINER NORDSEEINSEL
&lt;br&gt;Mit den schönsten geologischen Wanderungen.
&lt;br&gt;Vom Anstieg des Meeresspiegels, der Inselentstehung und einem Ausblick in die Zukunft handelt dieser Führer, der auch ausgewählte geologische Wanderungen auf den Kliffs und am Strand vorschlägt.
&lt;br&gt;Der Autor Dr. Ekkehard Klatt lebt seit 1962 in Nordfriesland und arbeitet als Geologe und Geo-Touristiker auf Sylt, Helgoland, in Skandinavien und der Republik Südafrika. Bei geologischen Wanderungen auf der Nordseeinsel Sylt erklärt Klatt seit 1998 Gästen und Einheimischen die Entstehung und die Schönheit seiner nordfriesischen Heimat. Die jüngere Erdgeschichte Norddeutschlands wird in diesem Buch ausführlich am Beispiel der beliebten Nordseeinsel Sylt dargestellt. Ekkehard Klatts Kenntnisse über die Geologie der Insel, die Sandverluste und den Rückgang der Küste in den letzten 40 Jahren sowie die Auswirkungen der unterschiedlichsten Küstenschutz-Maßnahmen sind in diesem Buch dokumentiert.
&lt;br&gt;2006. 108 Seiten mit 37 meist farb. Fotos u. 6 farbigen Karten, paperback.
&lt;br&gt;EUR 12.80
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&lt;p&gt;Seilacher, Adolf
&lt;br&gt;TRACE FOSSILS
&lt;br&gt;Trace fossils, geologically recorded indicators of the behavior of organisms, have become the subject of the field ichnology.The field s growing impact derives from the intimate connections between ichnology and sedimentology, and their combined relevance for paleoenvironmental and basin analysis and petroleum exploration.
&lt;br&gt;Moreover, an organism s reaction to changing conditions is the most important tool for the reconstruction of ancient environments. This definitive textbook by a seminal practitioner and theorist concentrates on the more distinctive and representative ichogenera while focuses primarily on structures left invertebrates in soft sediments. Seilacher's Trace Fossils is crafted to impart and develop interpretive skills via 75-core figures drawn by the author, around which the descriptive text and annotated bibliographies append. The plates represent trace fossils from various facies from the deep sea to shorelines. Fossil records of trace fossils are described, interpreted and their paleoecological meaning highlighted, while a glossary concludes the book.
&lt;br&gt;2007. with 75 color figs., hardcover.
&lt;br&gt;EUR 54,00
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&lt;p&gt;Goudie, Andrew
&lt;br&gt;PHYSISCHE GEOGRAPHIE
&lt;br&gt;Eine Einführung.
&lt;br&gt;Physische Geographie ist ein modernes, einführendes Geographie-Lehrbuch, das durch seine klar erörterten Details, die instruktiven Abbildungen sowie die Veranschaulichung der Lehrinhalte an vorwiegend europäischen Beispielen besticht. Studenten der Geographie wie der Umweltwissenschaften und der Ökologie verstehen mit diesem erfolgreichen Werk die Prozesse der Erde in ihrer gegenseitigen räumlichen und zeitlichen Abhängigkeit. Pruefungsrelevante Fakten der Geomorphologie, Klimatologie, Hydrologie, Bodenkunde und Biogeographie sowie die Wechselbeziehungen zwischen Mensch und Umwelt sind geschickt in den Stoff eingebunden. Die deutsche Fassung wurde auf die hiesigen Studienverhältnisse abgestimmt und aktualisiert.
&lt;br&gt;4. Auflage Sonderausgabe 2007.
&lt;br&gt;487 Seiten mit zahlreichen Abbildungen und Fototafeln, kartoniert
&lt;br&gt;EUR 22.00
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&lt;p&gt;Stuewe, Kurt
&lt;br&gt;GEODYNAMICS OF THE LITHOSPHERE
&lt;br&gt;2nd ed. 2007. 493 p. with 210 figs and 270 drawings, gebunden.
&lt;br&gt;EUR 96.80
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&lt;p&gt;Schoch, Rainer (Hrsg.)
&lt;br&gt;SAURIER
&lt;br&gt;Expedition in die Urzeit
&lt;br&gt;Die Saurier waren die Herrscher der urzeitlichen Erde, vom Fischsaurier ueber den Raubsaurier bis zum Flugsaurier erfuellten sie alle Lebensraeume. Die vielfaeltigen Spuren, die sie hinterlassen haben, werden in diesem Band zum Leben erweckt.
&lt;br&gt;Dabei wirken die Rekonstruktionen so "lebendig", als wuerde man dem tatsächlichen Lebewesen Auge in Auge gegenüber stehen. Archäologen erschliessen aus den Fundumstaenden einzelner Knochen oder Abdruecke ganze Szenen, wie es zum Tod gerade dieses Sauriers in dieser urweltlichen Landschaft kam. Das Buch lässt auch Laien an der neuesten archaeologischen Forschung über Saurier teilhaben und erweckt die Ergebnisse dieser Forschung in farbigen Abbildungen und Fotos zum Leben.
&lt;br&gt;2007. 136 Seiten mit zahlreichen farbigen Abbildungen, gebunden.
&lt;br&gt;EUR 19.90
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&lt;p&gt;Reinicke, Rolf
&lt;br&gt;STEINE AM OSTSEESTRAND
&lt;br&gt;2007. 78 Seiten mit zahlreichen Farbfotos, kartoniert.
&lt;br&gt;EUR 9.95
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&lt;p&gt;Stahr, Alexander; Bender, Birgit
&lt;br&gt;DER TAUNUS
&lt;br&gt;Eine Zeitreise. Entstehung und Entwicklung eines Mittelgebirges.
&lt;br&gt;Wie entstand der Taunus? Wo beginnt und wo endet er? Welche Kräfte haben seine Gesteine in Falten gelegt? Wie sah die Taunuslandschaft aus, bevor die ersten Menschen sie besiedelten? Welche Menschen und Tiere lebten in grauer Vorzeit im Taunus? Finden wir Hinterlassenschaften der Eiszeit im Taunus? Und was veränderte der Mensch in historischer Zeit? Diese und viele andere Fragen zum Taunus beantwortet das vorliegende Buch in einer spannenden Zeitreise, die vor mehr als 400 Millionen Jahren beginnt.
&lt;br&gt;Verständnis für die Landschaft wecken, Neues entdecken, mehr verstehen, den Taunus mit anderen Augen sehen und die enge Verknüpfung von Mensch und Landschaft erkennen, das möchte dieses Buch erreichen. Es wendet sich daher an alle, die sich für den Taunus und seine Landschafts- geschichte interessieren.
&lt;br&gt;2007. XIII, 253 Seiten mit 253 meist farbigen Abbildungen, gebunden.
&lt;br&gt;EUR 34.80
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&lt;p&gt;VULKANE
&lt;br&gt;DIE 6 SPEKATAKULÄRSTEN KATASTROPHEN
&lt;br&gt;Audio-CD
&lt;br&gt;67 Min. Von Klaus Jacob. Bild der Wissenschaft, bdw Audio.
&lt;br&gt;Die rote Glut der Feuerberge ist atemberaubend schoen und gefährlich zugleich. Ihre Ausbrüche mit Hitze, Asche und Lava, Zerstoerung und Tod. Allein im 20. Jahrhundert kamen rund 90.000 Menschen durch Vulkane ums Leben. Killer mit Charakter
&lt;br&gt;- Wie sich die Vulkangefahr begrenzen laesst. Eisiger Sommer: Tambora, 1815. Kochendes Meer: Krakatau, 1883. Toedliche Glutlawine, Pelee, 1902. Gesprengte Bergflanke: Mount St. Helens, 1980. Erstickende Schlammwalze: Nevada del Ruiz, 1985. Gigantische Dreckschleuder: Pinatubo, 1991. Freiheitskampf und Frankenstein
&lt;br&gt;- Wie Vulkanausbrüche Geschichte schrieben. Klaus Jacob schildert die spektakulaersten Vulkan-Ausbrüche der letzten 200 Jahre und ihre Folgen für Mensch und Natur.
&lt;br&gt;2007
&lt;br&gt;EUR 12,95
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&lt;p&gt;Friedrich August Quenstedt
&lt;br&gt;GEOLOGISCHE AUSFLÜGE IN SCHWABEN
&lt;br&gt;mit besonderer Berücksichtigung von Tübingen und Umgebung Bereits im 19. Jahrhundert erschienen, gilt Quenstedts „Geologische Ausflüge in Schwaben" noch heute als bedeutender geologischer Führer durch Württemberg.
&lt;br&gt;Die 5 Farbtafeln verdeutlichen die verschiedenen Schichten des Muschelkalk, Keuper, Lias, Brauner Jura und Weißer Jura.
&lt;br&gt;Reprint der 2. Auflage von 1884. 382 S. u. 5 Farbtafeln, 13  Holzschnitt-Illustrationen, gb., Leinoptik mit Prägung, Format 13,5 x 20 cm.
&lt;br&gt;(Reihe "Klassiker der Geologie" )
&lt;br&gt;Subskriptionspreis bis zum Erscheinen
&lt;br&gt;EUR 39,95
&lt;br&gt;danach
&lt;br&gt;EUR 49,80
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Letter 1 [2007]: Parsimony analysis of endemicity of enchodontoid fishes from the Cenomanian, by Hilda Maria Andrade da SILVA &amp; Valéria GALLO.- Format [&lt;a href="http://paleopolis.rediris.es/cg/CG2007_L01/index.html"&gt;HTML&lt;/a&gt;] or [&lt;a href="http://paleopolis.rediris.es/cg/CG2007_L01/CG2007_L01.pdf"&gt;PDF&lt;/a&gt; 111 KB]&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Une nouvelle "Note brève" (CG2007 L01) est en ligne depuis le 04.04.2007.
Note brève 1 [2007] : Analyse parcimonieuse d'endémicité des poissons Enchodontoidei du Cénomanien, par Hilda Maria Andrade da SILVA &amp; Valéria GALLO.- Format [HTML] ou [PDF 111 KB] http://paleopolis.rediris.es/cg/fr-index.html#NEW
[Cet article n'est disponible qu'en version anglaise avec résumé français]&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Abstract: "Parsimony analysis of endemicity was applied to analyze the distribution of enchodontoid fishes occurring strictly in the Cenomanian. The analysis was carried out using the computer program PAUP* 4.0b10, based on a data matrix built with 17 taxa and 12 areas. The rooting was made on an hypothetical all-zero outgroup. Applying the exact algorithm branch and bound, 47 trees were obtained with 26 steps, a consistency index of 0.73, and a retention index of 0.50. (...)"&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Résumé: "L'analyse parcimonieuse d'endémicité est réalisée pour expliquer la distribution cénomanienne des poissons Enchodontoidei. Le programme PAUP* 4.ob10 a été utilisé. L'analyse est basée sur une matrice construite à partir de 17 taxons provenant de 12 régions. L'enracinement se fait sur un groupe externe hypothétique. Par application de l'algorithme du "branch and bound", 47 arbres ont été obtenus à 26 pas, avec un index de consistance de 0,73 et un index de rétention de 0,50. (...)"&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7020416-117576017538921174?l=geotransblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/feeds/117576017538921174/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7020416&amp;postID=117576017538921174&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/117576017538921174'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/117576017538921174'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/2007/04/parsimony-analysis-of-endemicity-of.html' title='Parsimony analysis of endemicity of enchodontoid fishes'/><author><name>Affenhänger</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7020416.post-117525694215788076</id><published>2007-03-30T01:12:00.000-12:00</published><updated>2007-03-30T01:15:42.176-12:00</updated><title type='text'>Geologist claims North Sea silverpit structure not caused by bolide</title><content type='html'>&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;Sounds like the makings of a good bitching contest. As reported by the
BBC:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6503543.stm#top"&gt;UK impact crater debate heats up&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7020416-117525694215788076?l=geotransblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/feeds/117525694215788076/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7020416&amp;postID=117525694215788076&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/117525694215788076'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/117525694215788076'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/2007/03/geologist-claims-north-sea-silverpit.html' title='Geologist claims North Sea silverpit structure not caused by bolide'/><author><name>Affenhänger</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7020416.post-117518566800700128</id><published>2007-03-29T05:21:00.000-12:00</published><updated>2007-03-29T05:27:48.023-12:00</updated><title type='text'>Recent advances in palynology - a Carnets de Geologie "memoir"</title><content type='html'>&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;A new "Memoir" (CG2007 M01) was posted 22/03/2007.
&lt;br&gt;Memoir 1 [2007]: &lt;a href="http://paleopolis.rediris.es/cg/uk-index.html#NEW"&gt;Recent advances in palynology&lt;/a&gt;, edited by Philippe STEEMANS &amp; Emmanuelle JAVAUX.- Format [HTML] or [PDF 59 KB] - Reference: [CG2007_M01]&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Mémoire 1 [2007] : &lt;a href="http://paleopolis.rediris.es/cg/fr-index.html#NEW"&gt;Progrès récents en palynologie&lt;/a&gt;, édité par Philippe STEEMANS &amp; Emmanuelle JAVAUX.- Format [HTML] ou [PDF 5.762 KB] - Référence : [CG2007_M01]
[1 seul résumé étendu est disponible en version française]&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;Abstract:  A set of 11 abstracts and short papers (extended abstracts) of presentations given at a meeting organized by the NFSR Working Group, "Micropaléontologie végétale et Palynologie (MVP)", held on May 24, 2006 at the University of Liège, Belgium. Most contributions are available only in English.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Résumé :  Un volume constitué par les résumés (étendus ou non) des 11 communications présentées à l'occasion de la réunion du Groupe de Travail du NFSR, "Micropaléontologie végétale et Palynologie (MVP)", qui s'est tenue le 24 Mai 2006 dans les locaux de l'Université de Liège, Belgique. La plupart de ces contributions ne sont disponibles que dans leur version anglaise.&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;Contents / Sommaire&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;    1- Breuer P., Filatoff J. &amp; Steemans P. (2007).- Some considerations on Devonian miospore taxonomy.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;    2- Breuer P., Dislaire G., Filatoff J., Pirard E. &amp; Steemans P. (2007).- A classification of spores by support vectors based on an analysis of their ornament spatial distribution – An application to Emsian miospores from Saudi Arabia.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;    3- Dejax J., Dumax É., Damblon F. &amp; Yans J. (2007).- Palynology of Baudour Clays Formation (Mons Basin, Belgium): correlation within the "stratotypic" Wealden.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;    4- Gerards T., Yans J. &amp; Gerrienne P. (2007).- Quelques implications paléoclimatiques de l'observation de bois fossiles du Wealdien du bassin de Mons (Belgique) - Résultats préliminaires. [FR]&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;    5- Grey K. (2007).- Advances in Ediacaran biostratigraphy in Australia.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;    6- Javaux E.J. (2007).- Patterns of diversification in early eukaryotes.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;    7- Prestianni C., Streel M., Thorez J. &amp; Gerrienne P. (2007).- Strud: old quarry, new discoveries. Preliminary report.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;    8- Steemans P. &amp; Breuer P. (2007).- PalyWeb: A palynomorph database project on the web.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;    9- Streel M., Renson V. &amp; Vleeschouwer F. de (2007).- Palynological and geochemical data in peat sediments alongside an old (Roman or Merovingian) paved road in the Hautes-Fagnes.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;    10- Vanmeirhaeghe J. (2007).- Chitinozoans of the lower Llanvirn Huy and the middle Caradoc Sart-Bernard formations (Middle to Upper Ordovician): implications for the stratigraphy of the Condroz Inlier (Belgium).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;    11- Ville de Goyet F. de, Breuer P., Gerrienne P., Prestianni C., Streel M. &amp;  Steemans P. (2007).- Middle Devonian (Givetian) megaspores from Belgium (Ronquières) and Libya (A1-69 borehole).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7020416-117518566800700128?l=geotransblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/feeds/117518566800700128/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7020416&amp;postID=117518566800700128&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/117518566800700128'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/117518566800700128'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/2007/03/recent-advances-in-palynology-carnets.html' title='Recent advances in palynology - a Carnets de Geologie &quot;memoir&quot;'/><author><name>Affenhänger</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7020416.post-117463469058145320</id><published>2007-03-22T20:19:00.000-12:00</published><updated>2007-03-22T20:24:50.583-12:00</updated><title type='text'>New blog added</title><content type='html'>&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;I've added a link to the blog "&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://theprogressivetranslator.blogspot.com/"&gt;The progressive translator&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;" in my Trans- and languablogs section. If I may quote: "Ken Kronenberg is a German translator specializing in medicine, patents, and 19th- and 20th-century diaries and letters. The views and positions taken by guest bloggers are not necessarily those of Ken Kronenberg or the Progressive Translator".&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Although apparently thoroughly focussed on the USA it addresses some global moral issues faced by translators and interpreters.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7020416-117463469058145320?l=geotransblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/feeds/117463469058145320/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7020416&amp;postID=117463469058145320&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/117463469058145320'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/117463469058145320'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/2007/03/new-blog-added.html' title='New blog added'/><author><name>Affenhänger</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7020416.post-117422566131366729</id><published>2007-03-18T02:40:00.000-12:00</published><updated>2007-03-18T02:47:41.313-12:00</updated><title type='text'>IATE now online</title><content type='html'>&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;For those who haven't yet heard, &lt;a href="http://iate.europa.eu"&gt;IATE&lt;/a&gt; is now "open to the public" and online. IATE stands for Inter Active Terminology for Europe, a terminology translation database covering 24 European languages. It is the sucessor to the now defunct &lt;a href="http://ec.europa.eu/eurodicautom/Controller"&gt;Eurodicautom&lt;/a&gt;. It is easy enough to use, but go &lt;a href="http://iate.europa.eu/iatediff/help/IATE_Help_Rel.1.0.htm"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; for a short intro. The Eurodicautom site can still be accessed, but will no longer be updated, and hasn't been for quite some time now. It will presumably be taken off-line at some stage&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7020416-117422566131366729?l=geotransblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/feeds/117422566131366729/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7020416&amp;postID=117422566131366729&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/117422566131366729'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/117422566131366729'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/2007/03/iate-now-online.html' title='IATE now online'/><author><name>Affenhänger</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7020416.post-117422499832938777</id><published>2007-03-18T01:06:00.000-12:00</published><updated>2007-03-18T02:36:38.350-12:00</updated><title type='text'>Neue Bücher Geologie/New geology books</title><content type='html'>&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;Meiner &lt;a href="http://www.gleumes.info"&gt;Geo-Buchhändler&lt;/a&gt; hat mir mal wieder eine Liste der Neuerscheinungen zugeschickt. Ich begrüße ausdrücklich Rezensionen. Hier sind sie:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Müller-Beck, Hansjürgen
&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;DIE EISZEITEN&lt;/b&gt;
&lt;br&gt;Naturgeschichte und Menschheitsgeschichte Das erste uns bekannte Eiszeitalter begann vor etwa 580 Millionen Jahren. Ihm sollten weitere Klimaschwankungen und Kälteperioden folgen, die das Gesicht der Erde ebenso prägten wie alles sich darauf  entwickelnde Leben. Wie dieser Prozess verlief, wie Pflanzen und Tiere auf solche Wechsel reagierten und wie der Mensch in diesem Geschehen entstehen konnte, wird in diesem band plastisch und anschaulich dargestellt.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Der Autor ist emeritierter Professor am Institut für Ur- und Frühgeschichte und Archäologie des Mittelalters der Universität Tübingen. Die Ausgrabungen der Siedlung Ekven bei Uelen, Chukotka, im nördlichen Sibirien, bildet derzeit einen seiner Arbeitsschwerpunkte.
&lt;br&gt;2006. 128 Seiten, paperback.
&lt;br&gt;EUR 7,90
&lt;br&gt;bestellen : &lt;a href="mailto:bestellung@gleumes.info"&gt;bestellung@gleumes.info&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Ludwig, K-H.
&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;EINE KURZE GESCHICHTE DES KLIMAS&lt;/b&gt;
&lt;br&gt;Von der Entstehung der Erde bis heute.
&lt;br&gt;In diesem Buch erfahren Sie in anschaulicher und prägnanter Form was der Unterschied ist zwischen Wetter und Klima, welche Faktoren das Wetter bestimmen, wie die Ozonschicht die Erde schützt, warum die Verschiebung der Kontinente das Klima verändert, warum es immer wieder zu Massenaussterben kam, wodurch der Mensch seit zwei Jahrhunderten das globale Klima verändert, wieso Treibhausgase Wirbelstürme verursachen, weshalb langfristige Klimaprognosen grundsätzlich nicht sicher sind, was wir gegen den Klimawandel unternehmen können.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Ein Überblick über die Klimageschichte und ihre Auswirkungen auf Erde und Mensch, von einem Wissenschaftspublizisten allgemeinversändlich dargestellt.
&lt;br&gt;2006. 214 Seiten, paperback.
&lt;br&gt;EUR 12,90
&lt;br&gt;bestellen : &lt;a href="mailto:bestellung@gleumes.info"&gt;bestellung@gleumes.info&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Rahmstorf, S. &amp; Schellnhuber, H.J.
&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;DER KLIMAWANDEL&lt;/b&gt;
&lt;br&gt;Der Klimawandel ist - nicht zuletzt nach der Katastrophe von New Orleans
- in aller Munde. Angesichts seiner einschneidenden und globalen Bedeutung für Natur und Zivilisation ist das kein Wunder. Doch was ist eigentlich unter Klimawandel zu verstehen, und welche Faktoren sind für das Klima verantwortlich? Zwei renommierte Klimaforscher geben einen kompakten und verständlichen Überblick über den derzeitigen Stand unseres Wissens und zeigen Lösungswege auf.
&lt;br&gt;Reihe : BECK Wissen
&lt;br&gt;2006. 144 Seiten, broschiert.
&lt;br&gt;EUR 7,90
&lt;br&gt;bestellen : &lt;a href="mailto:bestellung@gleumes.info"&gt;bestellung@gleumes.info&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.gleumes.info/klima.htm"&gt;Noch mehr Literatur zum Thema Klima und Wetter&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Geotouristische Karte Baden-Württemberg 1:200.000 &lt;b&gt;SCHWARZWALD&lt;/b&gt;. Kartenvorderseite : Geologische Übersichtskarte 1:200.000 mit 666 Geotouritischen Zielen (Besucherbergwerken, Höhlen, Museen, Lehrpfaden, Naturschutzzentren, Aussichtspunkten, Geotopen) im Schwarzwald mit Umgebung. Kartenrückseite : Auflistung alles auf der Kartenvorderseite eingezeichneten Objekte; Übersichtsprofil der Schichtenfolge mit Aufschlussbildern; Panoramabild des Südschwarzwaldes.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Erläuterungen (Begleitbuch) : 440 Seiten, 255 Abbildungen, 1 Karte mit Detailinformationen zu den Sehenswürdigkeiten, weiterführenden Hinweisen zum Erlebnis Geologie sowie Register.
&lt;br&gt;2004. gefaltet.
&lt;br&gt;EUR 13,00
&lt;br&gt;bestellen : &lt;a href="mailto:bestellung@gleumes.info"&gt;bestellung@gleumes.info&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Geotouristsiche Karte Baden-Württemberg 1:200.000 &lt;b&gt;SCHWÄBISCHE ALB&lt;/b&gt;. Kartenvorderseite : Geologische Übersichtskarte 1:200.000 mit geotouritischen Zielen (Besucherbergwerken, Höhlen, Museen, Lehrpfaden, Naturschutzzentren, Aussichtspunkten, Geotopen) auf der Schwäbischen Alb.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Kartenrückseite : Auflistung alles auf der Kartenvorderseite eingezeichneten Objekte; Übersichtsprofil der Schichtenfolge mit Aufschlussbildern Erläuterungen (Begleitbuch) : zahlreiche Abbildungen, 1 Karte mit Detailinformationen zu den Sehenswürdigkeiten, weiterführenden Hinweisen zum Erlebnis Geologie sowie Register.
&lt;br&gt;2004. gefaltet.
&lt;br&gt;EUR 13,00
&lt;br&gt;bestellen : &lt;a href="mailto:bestellung@gleumes.info"&gt;bestellung@gleumes.info&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Neuauflage 2007
&lt;br&gt;Schröder, D. 
&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;BODENKUNDE IN STICHWORTEN&lt;/b&gt;
&lt;br&gt;Hirts Stichwortbücher
&lt;br&gt;6. völlig neu bearbeitete Aufkage 2007. Erscheint voraussichtlich im April 2007, ca. EUR 19,00, jetzt schon vorbestellen : &lt;a href="mailto:bestellung@gleumes.info"&gt;bestellung@gleumes.info&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.gleumes.info/boden.htm"&gt;Weitere Literatur zur Bodenkunde&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Geotouristische Übersichtskarte 1:125.000 &lt;b&gt;NATIONALER GEOPARK RUHRGEBIET&lt;/b&gt;. Karte und Erläuterungsheft. Die geotouristische Übersichtskarte zum GeoPark Ruhrgebiet wurde als Übersicht des geplanten Nationalen GeoParks herausgegeben. Sie gibt einen Überblick über die vielseitigen Möglichkeiten, die Geologie in der Region "anzuschauen" und zu "erleben".&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Die Bevölkerung wird dazu eingeladen, mehr als 100 Geotope, zahlreiche geologische und bergbaugeschichtliche Wanderwege sowie Museen, Forschungseinrichtungen, Industriedenkmäler und aktuelle Rohstoffbetriebe kennen zu lernen. Was ist ein Geopark? Ein GeoPark ist ein geographisch festgelegtes Gebiet, in dem das Erbe der Erdgeschichte für die Öffentlichkeit "zugänglich und erlebbar" wird. Ziel ist es, den Bürger über die Geologie vor Ort (z.B. Gesteine, Findlinge, Höhlen, Fossilien oder auch die Bodenschätze) zu informieren und sein Interesse dafür zu wecken oder zu fördern.
&lt;br&gt;2006.
&lt;br&gt;EUR 9,90
&lt;br&gt;bestellen : &lt;a href="mailto:bestellung@gleumes.info"&gt;bestellung@gleumes.info&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;GEOLOGIE ERLEBEN&lt;/b&gt;
&lt;br&gt;Museen, Schauhöhlen, Besucherbergwerke, Lehr- und Wanderpfade in NRW und Umgebung. Der bebilderte Museumsführer des Geologischen Dienstes NRW stellt über 300 geowissenschaftlich besonders interessante Museen, Schauhöhlen, Besucherbergwerke sowie geologische und montanhistorische Lehr- und Wanderpfade vor. Weil die Geologie nicht an der NRW-Landesgrenze Halt macht, sind zahlreiche Geo-Museen aus der benachbarten Umgebung in Niedersachsen, Hessen, Rheinland-Pfalz, den Niederlanden und Belgien mit aufgenommen. 500 Mio. Jahre Erdgeschichte, 5 000 Jahre Bergbau und 200 Jahre Industriekultur verbindet eben die Menschen über Ländergrenzen hinweg. Geologie erleben umfasst 127 Seiten, zahlreiche Abbildungen sowie 1 Übersichtskarte.
&lt;br&gt;2. völlig überarbeitete und aktualisierte Auflage 2006. 127 Seiten, zahlreiche Abbildungen, 1 Übersichtskarte, broschiert.
&lt;br&gt;EUR 9,80
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&lt;p&gt;Erscheint im Frühjahr 2007.
&lt;br&gt;Jetzt schon vorbestellen !
&lt;br&gt;Benton, Michael J.
&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;PALÄONTOLOGIE DER WIRBELTIERE&lt;/b&gt;
&lt;br&gt;Übersetzung der 3. englischen Auflage durch Hans-Ulrich PFRETZSCHNER. Mit der "Paläontologie der Wirbeltiere" von Michael J. BENTON in der Übersetzung von Hans-Ulrich PFRETZSCHNER steht endlich auch in deutscher Sprache ein umfassendes und aktuelles Lehrbuch zur Paläontologie der Wirbeltiere zur Verfügung. Vom Auftreten der ersten Fische bis hin zum Menschen wird die Evolution der Wirbeltiere wissenschaftlich korrekt und verständlich erklärt. Die verwandtschaftlichen Beziehungen der Gruppen untereinander werden mit Kladogrammen in Kästen, separat vom übrigen Text, dargestellt und diskutiert. Die Merkmale der Tiere werden mit hervorragenden und ausführlich beschrifteten Zeichnungen veranschaulicht. Eine Liste der Taxa, angeordnet nach den Prinzipien der phylogenetischen Systematik, erleichtert die Übersicht. Ein umfangreicher Index dient dem schnellen Auffinden von Tiernamen und Fachbegriffen. Die "Paläontologie der Wirbeltiere" richtet sich an Lehrende und Lernende der Bio- und Geowissenschaften, aber auch an Sammler von Fossilien, denen in der Praxis Wirbeltierreste begegnen. Wer einen Überblick über die stammesgeschichtliche Entwicklung der Wirbeltiere bekommen will, wird kaum ein geeigneteres Buch finden.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Der Autor Michael J. BENTON ist Professor für Wirbeltierpaläontologie an der Universität Bristol. Sein Hauptarbeitsgebiet sind die frühen Reptilien, die Dinosaurier der Trias und die Makroevolution. Er ist einer der bedeutendsten Autoren der Paläontologie.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Der Übersetzer Hans-Ulrich PFRETZSCHNER ist Professor für Paläontologie am Institut und Museum für Geologie und Paläontologie der Universität Tübingen. Er leitet die Arbeitsgruppe Wirbeltierpaläontologie.
&lt;br&gt;2007. [Deutsch] – 472 Seiten, 312 Abbildungen (zahlreiche Stammbäume), 1 Tabelle, hardcover.
&lt;br&gt;EUR 48,00 Jetzt schon vorbestellen : &lt;a href="mailto:bestellung@gleumes.info"&gt;bestellung@gleumes.info&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7020416-117422499832938777?l=geotransblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/feeds/117422499832938777/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7020416&amp;postID=117422499832938777&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/117422499832938777'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/117422499832938777'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/2007/03/neue-bcher-geologienew-geology-books.html' title='Neue Bücher Geologie/New geology books'/><author><name>Affenhänger</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7020416.post-117396065466138342</id><published>2007-03-15T01:01:00.000-12:00</published><updated>2007-03-15T01:10:54.680-12:00</updated><title type='text'>Germans name granite "Rock of the Year 2007"</title><content type='html'>&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;Here is the German original, my translation is below.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Der &lt;a href="http://www.geoberuf.de"&gt;Berufsverband Deutscher Geowissenschaftler BDG&lt;/a&gt; hat gemeinsam mit der &lt;a href="http://www.dgg.de"&gt;Deutschen Gesellschaft für Geowissenschaften DGG&lt;/a&gt; den Granit zum „Gestein des Jahres 2007“ gekürt.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Der Granit ist wohl eines der bekanntesten Gesteine überhaupt. 
Bereits die Kinder in den Elementarschulen kennen den Satz: 
„Feldspat, Quarz und Glimmer ¯ die drei vergess ich nimmer“! Das ist die mineralische Zusammensetzung des Granits, eines Gesteins das uns tatsächlich auf Schritt und Tritt begegnet und dessen Name auf seine sichtbare Körnigkeit zurückgeht. Wenn man offenen Auges durch viele unserer Innenstädte geht, so wird man diesem Gestein überall begegnen, sei es als Pflasterstein, als Bordstein, als Sockel von Gebäuden, als Verblendung von Fassaden oder als polierte Bodenfliese. Dementsprechend findet man in vielen Gebieten Deutschlands Steinbrüche, in denen Granit für diese Zwecke gewonnen wurde oder noch wird. Leider stammen immer mehr Granite für diese Verwendungszwecke in neuen Gebäuden inzwischen nicht mehr aus Deutschland, sondern aus Italien, Südostasien und anderen Gebieten der Erde ¯ aus wirtschaftlicher Sicht bedauerlich, aber aus geowissenschaftlicher Sicht unproblematisch. Ebenso wie die Geologie ohne Grenzen ist, ist Granit immer Granit, ganz gleich an welcher Stelle der Erde er entstanden ist.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Aus geologischer oder besser aus physikochemischer Sicht verhält es sich mit dem Granit so ähnlich wie mit Rom im landläufigen
Sprachgebrauch: viele Wege führen nach Rom und viele Wege führen auch zum Granit. Das heißt, jede magmatische Schmelze, die in ihrer Zusammensetzung etwa derjenigen der Erdkruste entspricht,  strebt bei ihrer Abkühlung zu einem Restprodukt von granitischer Zusammensetzung. In diesem Sinne stellt der Granit also einen Endpunkt dar. Gleichzeitig ist er aber auch ein Anfang: Wenn ein Gestein, sei es eine Grauwacke, ein Tonschiefer oder ein anderes Gestein, das ein gewisses Quantum an Kieselsäure, Tonerde und Kalium und Natrium enthält, unter höhere Temperaturen und Drücke gerät, dann entsteht zuerst eine Schmelze von granitischer Zusammensetzung, die in Spalten und Klüfte des Nebengesteins eindringen kann. Mithin ist der Granit so etwas wie Anfang und Ende, wie Alpha und Omega des Magmatismus und der Metamorphose.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Das ist der Grund, warum Gesteine der Granitfamilie (petrographisch
„Granitoide“) so häufig vorkommen. Wir treffen sie in den meisten unserer Mittelgebirge, etwa im Schwarzwald, Odenwald, Thüringer Wald, Fichtelgebirge, Erzgebirge und im Harz, wo sie oft markante Felsgruppen mit der typischen, wegen der entstehenden Formen sogenannten „Wollsackverwitterung“ bilden. Aber auch in den Geschieben der eiszeitlichen Moränenablagerungen im norddeutschen Flachland finden sich neben verschiedenen metamorphen Gesteinen auch Granite aus Skandinavien mit einer nicht minder interessanten geologischen Geschichte und vielfältigen Verwendungen. Man denke nur an den imposanten „Alten Schweden“ in Hamburg oder die bekannten Markgrafensteine östlich von Berlin!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Da alle diese Gebiete gleichzeitig zu den bekanntesten und interessantesten Wanderrevieren gehören, haben wir die Gelegenheit, dem Granit als dem „Gestein des Jahres“ in all seiner Vielfalt gleichsam nebenbei zu begegnen und manches Wissenswerte über seine Beziehungen zu anderen Naturerscheinungen wie Böden, Vegetation und Landschaft oder zum Tourismus der betreffenden Region zu erfahren. Aber auch als Stadtspaziergänger kann man sich an den unterschiedlichen Farben und Körnungen der zur Gestaltung von Gebäuden, Gehwegen, Denkmalen oder Grabsteinen verwendeten Granite erfreuen und ihre Rolle in Architektur und Kunstgeschichte unterschiedlicher Epochen erkunden und dadurch einen Eindruck von der Bedeutung des „Gesteins des Jahres“ als Werkstein und Wirtschaftsgut gewinnen.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The German &lt;a href="http://www.geoberuf.de"&gt;Berufsverband Deutscher Geowissenschaftler BDG&lt;/a&gt; (German Association of Professional Geoscientists), together with the &lt;a href="http://www.dgg.de"&gt;Deutsche Gesellschaft für Geowissenschaften DGG&lt;/a&gt; (German Geoscientific Society) has named granite "Rock of the Year 2007".&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Granite is probably one of the best known of all rocks. Even primary school children know that feldspar, quartz and mica represent the mineral composition of granite. It is one of the few rocks that we meet every day in every way and whose name reflects its visible granularity. If you keep your eyes open in many of our inner cities you will come across this rock everywhere, whether as a paving stone, a kerbstone, as a plinth around buildings, as a facing for facades or as polished floor tiles. Accordingly, quarries can be found in many parts of Germany in which granite was or still is extracted to fulfil these purposes. Unfortunately, an increasing amount of the granite used for these functions in new buildings does not originate in Germany, but comes from Italy, south-east Asia and other regions – regrettably, from an economic point of view, although unproblematic from a geological perspective. Just as geology knows no borders, granite is always granite, regardless of where on Earth it was formed.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;From a geological, or better physicochemical, perspective, granite can be described by the well-known phrase: many roads lead to Rome; and many routes also lead to granite. That is, every magmatic melt with a composition approximately corresponding to that of the Earth's crust tends towards a residual product of granitic composition upon cooling. In this sense, then, granite represents an end point. But at the same time, it is also a beginning: if a rock, whether a greywacke, a slate or another rock containing a certain amount of silica, alumina, and potassium and sodium is subject to higher temperatures and pressures, it first forms a melt of granitic composition, which can penetrate the joints and fissures of the neighbouring rock. Granite can thus represent both a beginning and an end, the alpha and omega of magmatism and metamorphism.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;This is why rocks of the granite family (petrographically: "granitoids") are so widespread. They can be found in most of the low mountain areas of Germany, such as the Black Forest, Odenwald, Thüringer Wald, Fichtelgebirge, Erzgebirge and in the Harz Mountains, where they often form distinctive rock groups with the typical spheroidal weathering, called "woolsack" in German for the shapes it produces. Beside a variety of metamorphic rocks, Scandinavian granites can also be found in the glacial drift deposits of the North German Plain. Their geological history is no less interesting and they have many uses. We need only think of the impressive "Alte Schwede" in Hamburg (a 217 tonne granite erratic) or the well-known Markgrafensteine east of Berlin (more granite erratics)!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Because all of these areas also belong to the best-known and most interesting walking regions, we have the opportunity to encounter the granite "Rock of the Year" in all its facets and to learn useful snippets about its relationship to other natural systems such as the soil, vegetation and the landscape, or about tourism in the respective region. But even walking through our towns and cities you can enjoy the variety of granite colours and grains used to decorate buildings, paths, memorials or gravestones and discover their role in the architecture and art history of the various architectural epochs. You will gain an insight into the importance of this "Rock of the Year" as a freestone and economic asset.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7020416-117396065466138342?l=geotransblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/feeds/117396065466138342/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7020416&amp;postID=117396065466138342&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/117396065466138342'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/117396065466138342'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/2007/03/germans-name-granite-rock-of-year-2007.html' title='Germans name granite &quot;Rock of the Year 2007&quot;'/><author><name>Affenhänger</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7020416.post-117385555634894935</id><published>2007-03-13T19:36:00.000-12:00</published><updated>2007-03-13T19:59:16.363-12:00</updated><title type='text'>Resource Geology journal</title><content type='html'>&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.blackwell-synergy.com"&gt;Blackwell Synergy&lt;/a&gt; has apparently added another journal to its already impressive list of professional and scientific journals: &lt;a href="http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/toc/rge/57/1"&gt;Resource Geology&lt;/a&gt;, published on behalf of the Society of Resource Geology and edited by Yoshimichi Kajiwara, is an international journal focusing on economic geology, geochemistry and environmental geology, publishing high-quality papers of interest to those engaged in research and exploration of mineral deposits. Its purpose is to contribute to the promotion of earth sciences related to metallic and nono-metallic mineral deposits mainly in Asia, Oceania and the Circum-Pacific region, although other parts of the world are also considered. Launched in 1998, the journal is published in English, making it accessible to the international geological community. The journal has an impact factor of 0.716. The content of Volume 57, Issue 1 is free.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7020416-117385555634894935?l=geotransblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/feeds/117385555634894935/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7020416&amp;postID=117385555634894935&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/117385555634894935'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/117385555634894935'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/2007/03/resource-geology-journal.html' title='Resource Geology journal'/><author><name>Affenhänger</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7020416.post-117377682114526601</id><published>2007-03-12T22:04:00.000-12:00</published><updated>2007-03-12T22:09:54.096-12:00</updated><title type='text'>New book published</title><content type='html'>&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;Tada! My latest book translation is finally available for pre-ordering. I received my complimentary copy yesterday in the mail.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;For Amazon in the UK go here:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Patterns-Earth-Bernhard-Edmaier/dp/0714846791/ref=pd_ka_1/026-6559536-9578865?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1173770067&amp;sr=8-1"&gt;http://www.amazon.co.uk/Patterns-Earth-Bernhard-Edmaier/dp/0714846791/ref=pd_ka_1/026-6559536-9578865?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1173770067&amp;sr=8-1&lt;/a&gt;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;or&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://tinyurl.com/ywn66k"&gt;http://tinyurl.com/ywn66k&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Or in the USA:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/Patterns-Earth-Bernhard-Edmaier/dp/0714846791/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/102-1256618-1540106?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1173772316&amp;sr=8-1"&gt;http://www.amazon.com/Patterns-Earth-Bernhard-Edmaier/dp/0714846791/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/102-1256618-1540106?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1173772316&amp;sr=8-1&lt;/a&gt;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;or&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://tinyurl.com/2g88bb"&gt;http://tinyurl.com/2g88bb&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Strangely enough, it doesn't appear on the &lt;a href="http://www.phaidon.co.uk"&gt;publisher's own website&lt;/a&gt;. They have some excellent books, by the way. This brings my long list of published works to a grand total of... erm... three.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;It's not the biggest book I've translated, but it is by far the prettiest. If you are interested in the Earth, in patterns and colours, and in good phorography, you might like this one. The RRP is £12.95, $19.95 or €19.95, but that's £8.54 and $13.57 on Amazon.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Thanks for your ears.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7020416-117377682114526601?l=geotransblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/feeds/117377682114526601/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7020416&amp;postID=117377682114526601&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/117377682114526601'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/117377682114526601'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/2007/03/new-book-published.html' title='New book published'/><author><name>Affenhänger</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7020416.post-117266438331587934</id><published>2007-02-27T23:57:00.000-12:00</published><updated>2007-02-28T00:06:23.336-12:00</updated><title type='text'>Environmental changes during marl-limestone formation</title><content type='html'>&lt;br&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Carnets de Geologie published a new "article" (CG2007 A01) on 27/02/2007.&lt;br&gt;

Article 1 [2007]: Environmental changes during marl-limestone formation: evidence from the Gargasian (Middle Aptian) of La Marcouline Quarry (Cassis, SE France), by Catherine BELTRAN, Marc de RAFÉLIS, Maurice RENARD, Michel MOULLADE &amp; Guy TRONCHETTI.- Format [&lt;a href="http://paleopolis.rediris.es/cg/CG2007_A01/index.html"&gt;HTML&lt;/a&gt;] or [&lt;a href="http://paleopolis.rediris.es/cg/CG2007_A01/CG2007_A01.pdf"&gt;PDF&lt;/a&gt; 646 KB]&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Un nouvel "Article" (CG2006 A05) est en ligne depuis le 27.02.2007.&lt;br&gt;

Article 1 [2007] : Variations des paramètres de l'environnement au cours de la sédimentation d’alternances marne-calcaire : Exemple de la série gargasienne (Aptien moyen) de la Carrière de La Marcouline (Cassis, SE France), par Catherine BELTRAN, Marc de RAFÉLIS, Maurice RENARD, Michel MOULLADE &amp; Guy TRONCHETTI.- Format [&lt;a href="http://paleopolis.rediris.es/cg/CG2007_A01/index.html"&gt;HTML&lt;/a&gt;] ou [&lt;a href="http://paleopolis.rediris.es/cg/CG2007_A01/CG2007_A01.pdf"&gt;PDF&lt;/a&gt; 646 KB]
[Cet article n'est disponible qu'en version anglaise avec résumés bilingues]&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Abstract: "Limestone-marl alternations are usually interpreted to reflect cyclic paleoenvironmental fluctuations linked to Milankovitch-scale climate variations. However, the impact of diagenesis on lithological differentiation can be overprinted on the primary signal. In order to evaluate environmental variations during the deposition of the Gargasian hemipelagic limestone-marl alternations from the "La Marcouline" quarry (SE France), we have applied a multi-discipline approach (carbonate geochemistry, micropaleontology and mineralogy). The work uses of a method of granulometric separation of the main carbonate particles which (1) allows the characterization and quantification of the compositions of the carbonate phases of both lithologies and (2) gives access to the geochemical signatures of similar carbonate (bio-) particles in each lithology. (...)"&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Résumé: "Il est classiquement admis que les systèmes alternants marne-calcaire reflètent des variations climatiques orbito-dépendantes. Toutefois, des processus diagénétiques conduisant à la différentiation lithologique peuvent avoir masqué ce signal primaire. Afin de caractériser les variations des paramètres environnementaux associés à la formation des alternances marno-calcaires gargasiennes de La Marcouline (SE France), nous avons mené une étude pluridisciplinaire (géochimique, micropaléontologique et minéralogique) basée sur l'utilisation d'une méthode de séparation granulométrique des particules sédimentaires. Cette approche nous a permis, d'une part de caractériser et quantifier les compositions des phases carbonatées des deux types de lithologies et d'autre part de disposer des signatures géochimiques de (bio-) particules carbonatées identiques dans les marnes et les calcaires marneux. (...)"&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7020416-117266438331587934?l=geotransblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/feeds/117266438331587934/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7020416&amp;postID=117266438331587934&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/117266438331587934'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/117266438331587934'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/2007/02/environmental-changes-during-marl.html' title='Environmental changes during marl-limestone formation'/><author><name>Affenhänger</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7020416.post-117111348474608304</id><published>2007-02-10T01:15:00.000-12:00</published><updated>2007-02-10T01:18:04.760-12:00</updated><title type='text'>Marina webcam revisited</title><content type='html'>&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href="http://www.digital-hartlepool.com/webcams/upload/dock.jpg"&gt;webcam in Hartlepool marina&lt;/a&gt; appears to be working once again. It's going in fits and starts, so I wonder how long it's online for this time. I've quite missed it.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7020416-117111348474608304?l=geotransblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/feeds/117111348474608304/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7020416&amp;postID=117111348474608304&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/117111348474608304'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/117111348474608304'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/2007/02/marina-webcam-revisited.html' title='Marina webcam revisited'/><author><name>Affenhänger</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7020416.post-117110667196247035</id><published>2007-02-09T22:52:00.000-12:00</published><updated>2007-02-09T23:24:31.976-12:00</updated><title type='text'>A small step in the right direction</title><content type='html'>&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;The UK this week boasts reaching a windpower milestone. Braes O'Doune wind farm, near Stirling, Scotland started generating electricity, thus putting UK capacity above the 2 GW (gigawatt = 1000 megawatt) mark. This makes the UK only the seventh nation worldwide to achieve this. Not bad, you may think, until you compare those 2 GW to some other nations:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;World wind energy leaders:&lt;/p&gt;
 
&lt;p&gt;1. Germany - 20,622MW
&lt;br&gt;2. Spain - 11,615MW
&lt;br&gt;3. USA - 11,273MW
&lt;br&gt;4. India - 6,053MW
&lt;br&gt;5. Denmark - 3,136MW
&lt;br&gt;6. Italy - 2,123MW
&lt;br&gt;7. UK - 2,016MW
&lt;br&gt;8. Netherlands - 1,564MW
&lt;br&gt;(Source: BWEA)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Now compare that to Germany. Germany is larger than the UK, and the population is around 1.2x that of our's, but their wind power production is a slapping 10x that of the UK's meagre efforts. Even Spain, whose population is only around 80% of the UK's, produces well over five times, almost six times, more than we do. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The most recent figures published by the government show that a mere 4.2% of the UK's electricity is generated by renewables, &lt;u&gt;including&lt;/u&gt; wind, solar, hydro and biomass. Time the Luddites had a good kicking.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7020416-117110667196247035?l=geotransblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/feeds/117110667196247035/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7020416&amp;postID=117110667196247035&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/117110667196247035'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/117110667196247035'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/2007/02/small-step-in-right-direction.html' title='A small step in the right direction'/><author><name>Affenhänger</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7020416.post-117110467299032052</id><published>2007-02-09T22:45:00.000-12:00</published><updated>2007-02-09T22:51:12.993-12:00</updated><title type='text'>Open Access Mars Journal</title><content type='html'>&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;The MARS Journal, a new online peer reviewed open access journal, is now open for submission of manuscripts. The MARS Journal will publish scholarly papers in three general categories:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Mars Science: Observations, data, theory, models, and reviews of scientific literature&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Mars Technology: Instruments, spacecraft, missions, tools and techniques, and software&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Mars Policy: Exploration strategy, economics, planetary protection, history, and commentary&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Be among the first to publish (for free) in &lt;a href="http://marsjournal.org"&gt;The MARS Journal&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7020416-117110467299032052?l=geotransblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/feeds/117110467299032052/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7020416&amp;postID=117110467299032052&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/117110467299032052'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/117110467299032052'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/2007/02/open-access-mars-journal.html' title='Open Access Mars Journal'/><author><name>Affenhänger</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7020416.post-117110431380012239</id><published>2007-02-09T22:41:00.000-12:00</published><updated>2007-02-09T22:45:13.820-12:00</updated><title type='text'>Scientists use seismic waves to locate missing rock under Tibet</title><content type='html'>&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;Geologists at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have located a huge chunk of Earth's lithosphere that went missing 15 million years ago. By finding the massive block of errant rock beneath Tibet, the researchers are helping solve a long-standing mystery, and clarifying how continents behave when they collide.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The Tibetan Plateau and adjacent Himalayan Mountains were created by the movements of vast tectonic plates that make up Earth's outermost layer of rocks, the lithosphere. About 55 million years ago, the Indian plate crashed into the Eurasian plate, forcing the land to slowly buckle and rise. Containing nearly one-tenth the area of the continental U.S., and averaging 16,000 feet in elevation, the Tibetan Plateau is the world's largest and highest plateau.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Tectonic models of Tibet vary greatly, including ideas such as subduction of the Eurasian plate, subduction of the Indian plate, and thickening of the Eurasian lithosphere. According to this last model, the thickened lithosphere became unstable, and a piece broke off and sank into the deep mantle.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;"While attached, this immense piece of mantle lithosphere under Tibet acted as an anchor, holding the land above in place," said Wang-Ping Chen, a professor of geophysics at the U. of I. "Then, about 15 million years ago, the chain broke and the land rose, further raising the high plateau."&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Until recently, this tantalizing theory lacked any clear observation to support it. Then doctoral student Tai-Lin (Ellen) Tseng and Chen found the missing anchor.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;"This remnant of detached lithosphere provides key evidence for a direct connection between continental collision near the surface and deep-seated dynamics in the mantle," Tseng said.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;"Moreover, mantle dynamics ultimately drives tectonism, so the fate of mantle lithosphere under Tibet is fundamental to understanding the full dynamics of collision."&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Through a project called Hi-CLIMB -- an integrated study of the Himalayan-Tibetan Continental Lithosphere during Mountain Building, Tseng analyzed seismic signals collected at a number of permanent stations and at many temporary stations to search for the missing mass.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Hi-CLIMB created a line of seismic monitoring stations that extended from the plains of India, through Nepal, across the Himalayas and into central Tibet. "With more than 200 station deployments, Hi-CLIMB is the largest broadband (high-resolution) seismic experiment conducted to date," said Chen, who is one of the project's two principal investigators.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Using high-resolution seismic profiles recorded at many stations, Tseng precisely measured the velocities of seismic waves traveling beneath the region at depths of 300 to 700 kilometers. Because seismic waves travel faster through colder rock, Tseng was able to discern the positions of detached, cold lithosphere from her data. "We not only found the missing piece of cold lithosphere, but also were able to reconstruct the positions of tectonic plates back to 15 million years ago," Tseng said. "It therefore seems much more likely that instability in the thickening lithosphere was partially responsible for forming the Tibetan Plateau, rather than the wholesale subduction of one of the tectonic plates."&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Other evidence, including the age and the distribution of volcanic rocks and extrapolation of current ground motion in Tibet, the researchers say, also indicates the remnant lithosphere detached about 15 million years ago.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Chen and Tseng present their findings in a paper to appear in the Journal of Geophysical Research.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Source: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;This article was originally published on physorg&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7020416-117110431380012239?l=geotransblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/feeds/117110431380012239/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7020416&amp;postID=117110431380012239&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/117110431380012239'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/117110431380012239'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/2007/02/scientists-use-seismic-waves-to-locate.html' title='Scientists use seismic waves to locate missing rock under Tibet'/><author><name>Affenhänger</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7020416.post-117041041070168600</id><published>2007-02-01T21:51:00.000-12:00</published><updated>2007-02-01T22:01:38.340-12:00</updated><title type='text'>Elementary</title><content type='html'>&lt;br&gt;&lt;pre&gt;Here are the eight most common elements in the Earth's crust,
by weight and volume percentages:

&lt;br&gt;&lt;u&gt;Weight%          Vol.%&lt;/u&gt;
&lt;br&gt;O     46.60      O   ~94
&lt;br&gt;Si    27.72
&lt;br&gt;Al     8.13
&lt;br&gt;Fe     5.00
&lt;br&gt;Ca     3.63      ~6 in total for all others
&lt;br&gt;Na     2.83
&lt;br&gt;K      2.59
&lt;br&gt;&lt;u&gt;Mg     2.09&lt;/u&gt;
&lt;br&gt;Total 98.59

These do vary slightly from source to source,
but generally only in the hundredths column.&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7020416-117041041070168600?l=geotransblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/feeds/117041041070168600/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7020416&amp;postID=117041041070168600&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/117041041070168600'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/117041041070168600'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/2007/02/elementary.html' title='Elementary'/><author><name>Affenhänger</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7020416.post-117040777099295888</id><published>2007-02-01T21:12:00.000-12:00</published><updated>2007-02-01T21:16:11.006-12:00</updated><title type='text'>Beasley Street</title><content type='html'>&lt;br&gt;&lt;pre&gt;Cars collide, colours clash,
&lt;br&gt;Disaster movie stuff,
&lt;br&gt;For a man with a Fu Manchu moustache,
&lt;br&gt;Revenge is not enough.&lt;/pre&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I once lived here.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7020416-117040777099295888?l=geotransblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/feeds/117040777099295888/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7020416&amp;postID=117040777099295888&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/117040777099295888'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/117040777099295888'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/2007/02/beasley-street.html' title='Beasley Street'/><author><name>Affenhänger</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7020416.post-117015207724042888</id><published>2007-01-29T22:09:00.000-12:00</published><updated>2007-01-29T22:14:37.256-12:00</updated><title type='text'>Big changes</title><content type='html'>&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;Isn't life &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;exciting?&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt; I've now added a pretty picture of myself, in my garden leaning against the big apple tree. And, thanks to &lt;a href="http://www.margaret-marks.com/Transblawg/"&gt;Margaret&lt;/a&gt;, I've also added a new Photoblogs link to &lt;a href="http://www.dirkpaessler.com/blog/"&gt;Dirk Paessler's Photo Blog&lt;/a&gt;. It appears to be regularly updated and contains some very nice photography.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7020416-117015207724042888?l=geotransblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/feeds/117015207724042888/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7020416&amp;postID=117015207724042888&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/117015207724042888'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/117015207724042888'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/2007/01/big-changes.html' title='Big changes'/><author><name>Affenhänger</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7020416.post-116982586674527109</id><published>2007-01-26T03:33:00.000-12:00</published><updated>2007-06-23T07:11:19.573-12:00</updated><title type='text'>Boring blogging</title><content type='html'>&lt;br&gt;Well, my blog has never been that exiting. In fact, I've recently been thinking of deleting it and having it done with. Which brings me to the original point I wanted to make. I deleted five links from my blog list today. They've had no posts for about a year or so, one just bored me, one had not even been used for two years. I think the fad is starting to wear off. I don't have a single photo blog now. Does anybody know a photo-related blog with regular posts and good pictures?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7020416-116982586674527109?l=geotransblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/feeds/116982586674527109/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7020416&amp;postID=116982586674527109&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/116982586674527109'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/116982586674527109'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/2007/01/boring-blogging.html' title='Boring blogging'/><author><name>Affenhänger</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7020416.post-116953752384302191</id><published>2007-01-22T19:26:00.000-12:00</published><updated>2007-01-22T19:32:03.860-12:00</updated><title type='text'>Arctic mining symposium</title><content type='html'>&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;The 9&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON MINING IN THE ARCTIC will be held from 9-12 September, 2007. It will be hosted by Kjeøy Research &amp; Education Center on the island of Kjeøy, Northern Norway, near the cities of Harstad and Narvik. The technical session will include the topics:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;pre&gt;Mineral Exploration and Exploitation in the Actic Environment

Environmental Impact and CO2 - NOx Issues, 

Economic and Regulatory Issues

Aboriginal People and Mining 

Geotechnical Issues

Mine Infrastructure

Mine Opening/Closure&lt;/pre&gt;  

&lt;p&gt;Go to the &lt;a href="http://www.kjeoy.no/9th_isma.htm"&gt;website&lt;/a&gt; for more details.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7020416-116953752384302191?l=geotransblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/feeds/116953752384302191/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7020416&amp;postID=116953752384302191&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/116953752384302191'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/116953752384302191'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/2007/01/arctic-mining-symposium.html' title='Arctic mining symposium'/><author><name>Affenhänger</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7020416.post-116858887926159162</id><published>2007-01-11T19:58:00.000-12:00</published><updated>2007-01-11T20:01:19.276-12:00</updated><title type='text'>Environmental glossaries</title><content type='html'>&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;For those who don't know them yet, here are a couple of monolingual glossaries from the European Environment Agency:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://biodiversity-chm.eea.europa.eu/nyglossary_terms/"&gt;Glossary of biodiversity related terms &lt;/a&gt;from the European Community Biodiversity Clearing House Mechanism&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://glossary.eea.europa.eu/EPER2"&gt;EPER Chemicals Glossary&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://glossary.eea.europa.eu/EPER"&gt;EPER Pollution register glossary&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7020416-116858887926159162?l=geotransblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/feeds/116858887926159162/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7020416&amp;postID=116858887926159162&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/116858887926159162'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/116858887926159162'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/2007/01/environmental-glossaries.html' title='Environmental glossaries'/><author><name>Affenhänger</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7020416.post-116643859051910868</id><published>2006-12-17T22:32:00.000-12:00</published><updated>2006-12-17T22:43:10.536-12:00</updated><title type='text'>New article at Notebooks on Geology</title><content type='html'>&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;
A new "Article" (CG2006 A05) was posted on 14/12/2006&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;br&gt;Article 5 [2006]: &lt;i&gt;New micropalaeontological studies on the stratotype of the Campanian-Maastrichtian boundary at Tercis (SW France): the gilianelles (microproblematica) extracted through acetolysis, by Gilles Serge ODIN &amp; Alexandre LETHIERS&lt;/i&gt;
&lt;br&gt;Format [&lt;a href="http://paleopolis.rediris.es/cg/CG2006_A05/index.html"&gt;HTML&lt;/a&gt;] or [&lt;a href="http://paleopolis.rediris.es/cg/CG2006_A05/CG2006_A05.pdf"&gt;PDF&lt;/a&gt; 4,189 KB] - Reference: [CG2006_A05]
&lt;p&gt;[&lt;a href="http://paleopolis.rediris.es/cg/uk-index.html#NEW"&gt;EXTENDED English ABSTRACT&lt;/a&gt;]
&lt;p&gt;Un nouvel "Article" (CG2006 A05) est en ligne depuis le 14.12.2006 : 
Article 5 [2006] : &lt;i&gt;Nouvelles études micropaléontologiques sur le stratotype de la limite Campanien-Maastrichtien à Tercis (SO France) : les gilianelles (microproblematica) extraites par acétolyse, par Gilles Serge ODIN &amp; Alexandre LETHIERS&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Format [HTML] ou [PDF 4.189 KB] - Référence : [CG2006_A05]
&lt;br&gt;[&lt;a href="http://paleopolis.rediris.es/cg/fr-index.html#NEW"&gt;Cet article est disponible en version française&lt;/a&gt;]
&lt;p&gt;Abstract: "The Campanian-Maastrichtian stratotype section at Tercis (SW France) consists mainly of hard calcareous levels. Their treatment using acetolysis left residues among which for the first time well-preserved free microfossils were obtained (These levels had been studied previously only through thin sections). Within these residues, a wealth of calcareous shells of unknown affinity (incertae sedis) occur. These previously undescribed fossils are documented herein with photographs and drawings. Optical observations are synthesised in computer assisted drawings which depict 36 discrete forms. Scanning electron microscopy documented the nannostructures of these tests which led to the recognition of 30 forms with a common organisation and nannostructure. These are the microproblematica group called "gilianelles". The remaining six forms of incertae sedis do not share the same characteristics. According to morphological observations, a planktonic existence is inferred for most of the incertae sedis. The simple organisation and small size of the gilianelles suggest that they may represent a new Order of Rhizopod Protozoans. Their stratigraphical distribution has been established in the stratotype section of the "Grande Carrière" at Tercis (SW France). This distribution shows an extraordinary rate of turn-over with some taxa having a range of less than 1 Ma.."&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Résumé: "La section du stratotype de la limite Campanien-Maastrichtien établi à Tercis (SO France) comprend des niveaux carbonatés indurés qui ont été dissociés par acétolyse. Les résidus obtenus ont permis d'observer pour la première fois des microfossiles dégagés dans ces niveaux. Parmi eux figurent en grande quantité des tests classés incertae sedis qui sont illustrés ici en détail pour la première fois. Des observations à la loupe et au microscope optique permettent d'illustrer 36 formes reconstituées sur ordinateur. Des examens complémentaires au microscope électronique précisent la caractérisation des formes permettant de distinguer les caractères propres au groupe homogène des gilianelles, microproblematica comprenant 30 des 36 formes illustrées vis à vis de formes qui ne présentent pas tous ces caractères. D'après la morphologie des tests, un mode de vie en suspension dans l'eau est suggéré pour certains des micro-organismes ayant produit ces tests à l'organisation simple. Quant aux microproblematica nommés gilianelles, une appartenance à un ordre non répertorié de Protozoaires Rhizopodes est proposée. La distribution stratigraphique établie dans la section met en évidence un extraordinaire taux de renouvellement de ces incertae sedis dont beaucoup n'ont laissé de témoignages que pendant moins d'un million d'années."&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7020416-116643859051910868?l=geotransblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/feeds/116643859051910868/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7020416&amp;postID=116643859051910868&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/116643859051910868'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/116643859051910868'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/2006/12/new-article-at-notebooks-on-geology.html' title='New article at Notebooks on Geology'/><author><name>Affenhänger</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7020416.post-116556427086152430</id><published>2006-12-07T19:48:00.000-12:00</published><updated>2006-12-07T19:51:10.876-12:00</updated><title type='text'>Solar cells break 40% efficiency barrier</title><content type='html'>&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;Photovoltaics (PV), also known as solar cells, have now reached the threshold of 40.7% efficiency. This was achieved by Spectrolab in Los Angeles, USA. The news was announced by Renewable Energy Access. It appears to be so fresh that is not even addressed on Spectrolab's own website. &lt;a href="http://www.renewableenergyaccess.com/rea/news/story?id=46765"&gt;Read here&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7020416-116556427086152430?l=geotransblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/feeds/116556427086152430/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7020416&amp;postID=116556427086152430&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/116556427086152430'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/116556427086152430'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/2006/12/solar-cells-break-40-efficiency.html' title='Solar cells break 40% efficiency barrier'/><author><name>Affenhänger</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7020416.post-116487400948662685</id><published>2006-11-29T20:01:00.000-12:00</published><updated>2006-11-29T20:06:49.500-12:00</updated><title type='text'>New Horizons</title><content type='html'>&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href="http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/index.php"&gt;New Horizons&lt;/a&gt; probe, on its way to Pluto and the Kuiper Belt, has directly observed Pluto for the first time. The arrival at Pluto is planned for 2015, hopefully with great pictures of the former planet! After this the journey moves on towards the Kuiper Belt, the first contact planned for 2016-2020. I'm waiting exitedly for this, I only hope I live that long :-) The web page of the mission is &lt;a href="http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/index.php"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7020416-116487400948662685?l=geotransblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/feeds/116487400948662685/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7020416&amp;postID=116487400948662685&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/116487400948662685'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/116487400948662685'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/2006/11/new-horizons.html' title='New Horizons'/><author><name>Affenhänger</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7020416.post-116454095207309756</id><published>2006-11-25T23:27:00.000-12:00</published><updated>2006-11-25T23:35:52.096-12:00</updated><title type='text'>Rocket science</title><content type='html'>&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;After years of living with a dribbling kettle, we finally got totally &lt;strike&gt;pissed&lt;/strike&gt; cheesed off with it and went out and bought a new one, all shiny and expensive. Lo and behold, &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;it drips when pouring!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt; Why is nobody capable, in this day and age, of designing a kettle that doesn't drip everywhere but in the cup?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7020416-116454095207309756?l=geotransblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/feeds/116454095207309756/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7020416&amp;postID=116454095207309756&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/116454095207309756'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/116454095207309756'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/2006/11/rocket-science.html' title='Rocket science'/><author><name>Affenhänger</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7020416.post-116308771374090108</id><published>2006-11-09T03:48:00.000-12:00</published><updated>2006-11-09T09:20:00.820-12:00</updated><title type='text'>Best case scenario</title><content type='html'>&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;Gestern Abend sagte ich zu meiner Frau, das wär' doch ein dolles Ding, wenn 96 mal Bayern schlagen könnte (sie haben ja gestern Abend gespielt). Der Tabellenletzter gegen der Rekordmeister und Titelanwärter! "Das glaubst Du wohl selbst nicht mehr", erwiderte Sie. Na dann, Prost, da ist doch noch was drin! Es lebe die Roten!&lt;/p&gt; 

&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;pre&gt;Bayern München 0 : 1 &lt;a href="http://www.hannover96.de/"&gt;Hannover 96&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7020416-116308771374090108?l=geotransblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/feeds/116308771374090108/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7020416&amp;postID=116308771374090108&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/116308771374090108'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/116308771374090108'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/2006/11/best-case-scenario.html' title='Best case scenario'/><author><name>Affenhänger</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7020416.post-116299727662987927</id><published>2006-11-08T02:29:00.000-12:00</published><updated>2006-11-08T02:47:56.716-12:00</updated><title type='text'>GOCE gravity mission</title><content type='html'>&lt;br&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The GOCE (&lt;a href="http://www.esa.int/esaLP/ESAYEK1VMOC_LPgoce_0.html"&gt;Gravity Field and Steady-State Ocean Circulation Explorer&lt;/a&gt;, pronounced "&lt;i&gt;ghos&lt;/i&gt;" as in ghost with no "t") mission is ESA's first satellite mission to measure Earth’s gravity. It is due for launch in 2007. ESA have now produced a vodcast for the mission; it can be viewed &lt;a href="http://esamultimedia.esa.int/multimedia/esc/popups/GOCE.htm"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. Or go to the &lt;a href="http://www.esa.int/esaEO/SEMT6A0CYTE_planet_0.html"&gt;ESApod page&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;It is hoped that the mission will provide new insights into Earth surface processes by measuring the Earth's gravity field and modelling the geoid, which represents a hypothetical surface of equal gravitational potential, with very high accuracy and resolution. It will also provide insights into such processes as volcanism and earthquakes.  
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7020416-116299727662987927?l=geotransblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/feeds/116299727662987927/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7020416&amp;postID=116299727662987927&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/116299727662987927'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/116299727662987927'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/2006/11/goce-gravity-mission.html' title='GOCE gravity mission'/><author><name>Affenhänger</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7020416.post-115954450650019178</id><published>2006-09-29T03:26:00.000-12:00</published><updated>2006-09-29T03:43:01.146-12:00</updated><title type='text'>Rocks that float on water</title><content type='html'>&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;As far as most of us know, &lt;a href="http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/Products/Pglossary/pumice.html"&gt;pumice&lt;/a&gt; is the only rock that can float on water. Pumice is a porous, volcanic rock. It is porous because it is highly vesicular, due to the gases enclosed and effervescing through during the explosive eruption.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;However, I recently came across a reference to another rock that floats in water. Here is a short excerpt from the article in Geology Today on the geology of Denmark's inland islands (in the Kattegat):&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;"As already noted, the Mo-clay consists of diatoms, although it may be up to one-third clay admixture. When dry, it can float on water; apart from pumice, probably the only stone that can. In the 1800s it was shown back [sic] that these diatoms are all marine forms, whereas many diatomite deposits (i.e. those of Kentmere in Cumbria) lived in fresh water".&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;This &lt;a href="http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&amp;safe=off&amp;q=%22diatomaceous+clay%22&amp;meta="&gt;diatomaceous clay&lt;/a&gt; is located in what is known as the Fur Formation, named for its type locality at Knudeklint on the north coast of the island of Fur (Kattegat). It only floats on water when dry because the pore spaces are interconnected. It becomes saturated with time and sinks.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7020416-115954450650019178?l=geotransblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/feeds/115954450650019178/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7020416&amp;postID=115954450650019178&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/115954450650019178'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/115954450650019178'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/2006/09/rocks-that-float-on-water.html' title='Rocks that float on water'/><author><name>Affenhänger</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7020416.post-115954340792899613</id><published>2006-09-29T03:11:00.000-12:00</published><updated>2006-09-29T03:23:27.986-12:00</updated><title type='text'>Revamped USGS energy and mineral websites</title><content type='html'>&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;Newly Renovated Energy and Mineral Web Sites Better Serve Users&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The websites of the USGS Energy Program and the Minerals Resources Program have been made faster, more intuitive and more user-friendly. On the energy website there is an easily-locatable list of scientific ventures organised according to commodity, research topic, project topic and study region. The Energy Program website address is &lt;a href="http://energy.usgs.gov"&gt;http://energy.usgs.gov&lt;/a&gt;. The updated minerals website supplies current information on news, activities and products, as well as background information about the Program. The Mineral Resources Program website is located at &lt;a href="http://minerals.usgs.gov"&gt;http://minerals.usgs.gov&lt;/a&gt;. Both sites have a new, clean &amp; tidy look.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7020416-115954340792899613?l=geotransblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/feeds/115954340792899613/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7020416&amp;postID=115954340792899613&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/115954340792899613'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/115954340792899613'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/2006/09/revamped-usgs-energy-and-mineral.html' title='Revamped USGS energy and mineral websites'/><author><name>Affenhänger</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7020416.post-115891441898734499</id><published>2006-09-21T20:27:00.000-12:00</published><updated>2006-09-21T20:42:44.263-12:00</updated><title type='text'>New article at Notebooks on Geology</title><content type='html'>&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;Notebooks on Geology posted a new article (CG2006 A04) on 21.09.2006&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Emig C.C. (2006).- Schmidtites celatus (Obolida, Brachiopoda) from the "Obolus sands" (Upper Cambrian - Lower Ordovician) of Estonia.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;- Carnets de Géologie - Notebooks on Geology, Brest, Article 2006/04 (CG2006_A04), 12 p., 8 fig., 1 table.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://paleopolis.rediris.es/cg/uk-index.html#NEW"&gt;http://paleopolis.rediris.es/cg/uk-index.html#NEW&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;br&gt;[English version only]&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Un nouvel "Article" (CG2006 A04) est en ligne depuis le 21.09.2006 :&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Emig C.C. (2006).- Schmidtites celatus (Obolida, Brachiopoda) des grès à "Obolus" (Cambrien supérieur- Ordovicien inférieur) en Estonie.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;- Carnets de Géologie - Notebooks on Geology, Brest, Article 2006/04 (CG2006_A04), 12 p., 8 fig., 1 tableau.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://paleopolis.rediris.es/cg/fr-index.html#NEW"&gt;http://paleopolis.rediris.es/cg/fr-index.html#NEW&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;br&gt;[Cet article n'est disponible que dans sa version anglaise]&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Abstract: "Large collections of the brachiopod obolid Schmidtites celatus have been gathered from Upper Cambrian-Lower Ordovician strata in four northern Estonian localities. The morphological features and the taxonomic characters of the genus and of the single species representing it are re-described and illustrated. New diagnoses are proposed based on characters of the shell and morphological traits that permit Schmidtites celatus to be compared with and distinguished from the other obolid genera occurring in the same samples or areas, i.e. Ungula ingrica, Oepikites, and Obolus apollinis which now includes specimens formerly described as Ungula convexa. Schmidtites celatus differs from them mainly in the arrangement of its musculature."&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Résumé: "De très nombreux exemplaires du brachiopode obolide Schmidtites celatus ont été récoltés dans quatre localités du Nord de l'Estonie, dans des couches appartenant au Cambrien supérieur et à l'Ordovicien inférieur. L'étude des caractères morphologiques et taxinomiques du genre et de l'unique espèce a permis de redécrire et d'illustrer Schmidtites celatus ; de nouvelles diagnoses sont proposées pour le genre et l'espèce. Les caractères ont été comparés avec ceux des autres genres d'obolides présents dans les mêmes strates ou dans la région, i.e. Ungula ingrica, Oepikites, et Obolus apollinis à laquelle est rattachée Ungula convexa. Schmidtites celatus s'en distingue notamment par l'arrangement musculaire."&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7020416-115891441898734499?l=geotransblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/feeds/115891441898734499/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7020416&amp;postID=115891441898734499&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/115891441898734499'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7020416/posts/default/115891441898734499'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/2006/09/new-article-at-notebooks-on-geology.html' title='New article at Notebooks on Geology'/><author><name>Affenhänger</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7020416.post-115891337454660912</id><published>2006-09-21T20:19:00.000-12:00</published><updated>2006-09-21T20:26:09.603-12:00</updated><title type='text'>Marina webcam back online</title><content type='html'>&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;After a number of weeks absence, the Hartlepool Marina Sea Lock webcam is back online:&lt;/p&gt;

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