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Geology = Science that deals with the earth’s physical structure and substance // Ciencia que se ocupa de la estructura física y la sustancia de la tierra
Celebrations
October 17 National Fossil Day (USA) promotes public awareness and stewardship of fossils and a greater appreciation of their scientific and educational values.
November 6 Geodiversity Day
Headlines
How the next ‘supercontinent’ will form
Meet the man who can explain the first 3 billion years of life on our planet
Recommended listening
Lost In Time – This feature takes us back to 17th Century Europe, a time when religion and science were at loggerheads, this time battling to explain the age of the earth. One man, Nicolaus Steno, scurrilously suggested that the earth’s past might be chronicled in layers of rock.
Smart Talk: Migration – Tens of millions of years ago the New Zealand landmass separated from Gondwanaland with its cargo of plants and animals. Professor George Gibbs, and geologist Hamish Campbell disagree on how it happened. Finlay Macdonald referees the debate at the Auckland Museum.
Scientists say we have entered a new geological epoch, the Anthropocene – Some scientists argue that the world is entering a new geological age. They call it the Anthropocene, an age where the planet is shaped by people.
Great Unconformity
Earth is missing a huge part of its crust. Now we may know why. – National Geographic
The Great Unconformity
Great Unconformity, a Las Vegas geological wonder, celebrated after 30 years
Wikipedia
Video
Arthur C Clarke
Elsewhere
usgs.gov – newsroom
Roadside Geology
Recreational Geology – Minnesota DNR
Map that changed the world
Rediscovered ‘Map That Changed the World’ Unveiled to Public
Wikipedia
Elsewhere on the Web
bressan-geoconsult.eu
Siluriab Hypothesis
The Silurian hypothesis: would it be possible to detect an industrial civilization in the geological record? – International Journal of Astrobiology
If another advanced civilization lived on Earth before us, would we know?
Wikipedia
Geology
Basalt
Charles Lyell
Gemology
Geologic time scale
Carboniferous
Deep Time
Escarpment
Granite
Holocene
Lithosphere
Monolith
Orogeny
Pliocene
Tephrochronology
Planeta.com