Geoscience Bulletin Board – 10 March 2025

Australian mining company seeking Rare Earth minerals in old Mojave Mine – operating Colosseum Mine under 40 year-old plan without authorization from National Park Service

·?????? https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/park-rangers-battle-australians-seeking-rare-earth-minerals-in-old-mojave-gold-mine/ar-AA1zYzcW

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Los Chocoyos super-eruption dated to 79,500 years ago – did not trigger millennial-scale cold period

·?????? https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/new-study-dates-los-chocoyos-supereruption-to-79-500-years-ago-earth-recovered-faster-than-expected/ar-AA1A5YwL

·?????? Paper:? https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-025-02095-6

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Wind River Range & Laramide Orogeny mountains of Greater Yellowstone

·?????? https://www.usgs.gov/observatories/yvo/news/mountains-greater-yellowstone-ecosystem-wind-river-range-and-laramide

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Paper:? Data “reconstruction” for groundwater wells proximal to lakes – applying dummy variables

·?????? https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/17/5/718

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Freeze-thaw action identified as cause of concrete failure in Prudential Tunnel of Massachusetts Turnpike

·?????? https://www.wcvb.com/article/pru-tunnel-debris-inspections-february-24/63900208

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Kansas Geological Society publishes Bulletin on stratigraphic correlations in eastern Kansas

·?????? https://news.ku.edu/news/article/new-kansas-geological-survey-publication-explores-geology-of-eastern-kansas

·?????? Bulletin 265:? https://journals.ku.edu/kgsbulletin/article/view/23364/20992

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Mineralization & deposit geology confirmed at Pine Grove Gold Project in Nevada

·?????? https://www.juniorminingnetwork.com/junior-miner-news/press-releases/467-tsx-venture/lmg/176325-lincoln-gold-expands-and-confirms-gold-mineralization-and-deposit-geology-at-pine-grove-in-nevada.html

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Evolutionary history of continent-sized regions in the deep Mantle

·?????? https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1075347

·?????? Paper:? https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-88931-3

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New Found Gold – almost unbelievably impressive drill intercepts in Queensway Project

·?????? https://www.geologyforinvestors.com/new-found-gold-bonanza-or-buyer-beware/

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Abstract:? Response of groundwater levels to ENSO under influence of coal mining

·?????? https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/earth-science/articles/10.3389/feart.2025.1542367/abstract

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Continuing to play god while attempting de-extinction of woolly mammoth

·?????? https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/giant-step-towards-mammoth-resurrection-first-mice-born-with-mammoth-hair/ar-AA1Ae6tz

Shifts in magnetic poles of Earth – of course the media has to make it a crisis

·?????? https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/the-magnetic-pole-shift-that-could-plunge-us-into-chaos/ar-AA1yLnUZ

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Iceberg A23a appears to have run aground on continental shelf off island of South Georgia

·?????? https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/world-s-biggest-iceberg-runs-aground-off-south-georgia/ar-AA1Aes57

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Artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) industry expanding in Ghana

·?????? https://www.environmentenergyleader.com/stories/ghanas-gold-industry-expands-as-key-mining-projects-take-shape,67266

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Key environmental approval given to advance major Bankan Gold project in guinea

·?????? https://www.environmentenergyleader.com/stories/guinea-gold-project-advances-despite-conservation-concerns,66497

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US DOD short-lists companies in move toward integrating geothermal energy across military installations

·?????? https://www.environmentenergyleader.com/stories/geothermal-energy-gains-momentum-in-national-security,66883

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Defining the southern boundary of the Arctic – definitions vary – not just the Arctic Circle

·?????? https://geology.com/maps/where-is-the-arctic/

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Portions of California continue subsiding due to groundwater withdrawal but also landslides & sediment compaction

·?????? https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/parts-of-california-are-sinking-and-it-could-worsen-the-effects-of-sea-level-rise-nasa-study-finds-180986071/

·?????? Paper:? https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.ads8163

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Diamond imports defined by “country of mining” – rule change put on hold

·?????? https://www.jckonline.com/editorial-article/country-of-mining-requirement/

·?????? Map:? https://geology.com/articles/gem-diamond-map/

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Rare Earth Elements – history, definition & uses

·?????? https://geology.com/articles/rare-earth-elements/

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Six tropical cyclones across Indian & Pacific Ocean in Southern Hemisphere

·?????? https://scitechdaily.com/six-cyclones-two-oceans-one-rare-storm-surge-shaking-the-southern-hemisphere/

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Fatal landslides in February 2025

·?????? https://eos.org/thelandslideblog/fatal-landslides-february-2025

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Co-seismic landslide-triggered tsunami in Piopiotahi/Milford Sound in Aorearoa/New Zealand

·?????? https://eos.org/thelandslideblog/piopiotahi-1

·?????? Paper:? https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212420925001499

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February 2025 tailings storage facility failure – Beposa TSF at Iduapriem Mine in Ghana

·?????? https://eos.org/thelandslideblog/beposa-tsf-1

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Icequakes in Northeast Greenland Ice Stream

·?????? https://eos.org/articles/tiny-icequakes-ripple-through-greenlands-largest-ice-stream

·?????? Paper:? https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adp8094

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Lead pollution in the Aegean Sea area dates to Roman expansion during the Bronze Age – smelting of galena

·?????? https://eos.org/articles/ancient-greeks-and-romans-laced-the-aegean-with-lead

·?????? Paper:? https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-024-01921-7

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Luminescence dating to measure rates of incision of rivers in the central Colorado Plateau

·?????? https://eos.org/research-spotlights/how-rivers-carved-the-canyons-of-the-central-colorado-plateau

·?????? Paper:? https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2024AV001359

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3.47 byo meteorite impact crater in the Australian outback

·?????? https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/geology/this-is-by-far-the-oldest-scientists-discover-3-47-billion-year-old-meteorite-impact-crater-in-australian-outback

·?????? Paper:? https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-57558-3

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Slow moving “star dunes” in the Erg Chebbi region of Morocco

·?????? https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/geology/earth-from-space-giant-pyramid-like-star-dunes-slowly-wander-across-moroccan-desert

Mount Roraima is a tepui

·?????? https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/geology/mount-roraima-the-lost-world-isolated-for-millions-of-years-that-indigenous-people-call-the-house-of-the-gods

·?????? Background:? https://geologyscience.com/gallery/geological-wonders/mount-roraima-venezuela/

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“gigiantic jet” of upward-shooting lightning towering 50 miles above New Orleans – photographed from ISS

·?????? https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/weather/spectacular-photo-taken-from-iss-shows-gigantic-jet-of-upward-shooting-lightning-towering-50-miles-over-new-orleans

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Systematic re-evaluation of Ordovician tectonic architecture of China – new model of 4 mega-regions & 16 subregions

·?????? https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1076130

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Seismic imaging of mantle dynamics beneath the Tonga Subduction Zone – map mantle flow patterns, slab-plume interactions & back-arc basin dynamics

·?????? https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1075996

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Oldest larval eyes with high-resolution vision discovered in 100 myo fossils of Cretaceous lacewings found in amber

·?????? https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1075644

·?????? Paper:? https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1744-7917.13509

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Cosmic ray showers may play pivotal role in triggering lightning flashes

·?????? https://phys.org/news/2025-03-high-energy-space-particles-play.html

·?????? Paper:? https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2024JD042549

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Turbid waters of Kachemak Bay contain glacial flour

·?????? https://phys.org/news/2025-03-image-kachemak-bay-stony.html

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Geologically active region of the Great Rift Valley – major earthquakes and volcanic eruptions in Ethiopia

·?????? https://theconversation.com/why-does-ethiopia-have-earthquakes-and-volcanoes-a-geologist-explains-250688

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A day in Mammoth Cave National Park – longest known cave system extends more than 426 miles

·?????? https://www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2025/03/day-park-mammoth-cave-national-park

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Stromatolites reveal characteristics of Earth before the Great Oxidation Event

·?????? https://scitechdaily.com/2-75-billion-year-old-rocks-rewrite-the-story-of-earths-early-life/

·?????? Paper:? https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-57091-3

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Naturally occurring VOCs & microbial samples collected in deep (7,500-feet) borehole in Outokumpu region of Finland

·?????? https://scitechdaily.com/mysterious-organic-compounds-discovered-over-7500-feet-underground-in-finland/

·?????? Paper:? https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-025-02053-2

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Jeholia longchengi - New genus & species of extinct scorpion form Eary Cretaceous Yixian Formation in China

·?????? https://www.sci.news/paleontology/jeholia-longchengi-13730.html

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Temnospondyls – primitive amphibians that survived end-Permian mass extinction

·?????? https://www.sci.news/paleontology/end-permian-temnospondyls-13720.html

·?????? Paper:? https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.241200

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Oil-to-gold price ratio variation from 1960 to the present

·?????? https://www.voronoiapp.com/energy/-Oil-to-Gold-Price-Ratio-Reaches-Historic-Low-079-Grams-per-Barrel-in-February-2025-3343

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No green cheese inside the Moon – new structural model that matches most closely with observational data

·?????? https://www.sciencealert.com/its-official-scientists-have-confirmed-whats-inside-our-moon

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Phanerozoic fluctuations between icehouses and greenhouses related to plate tectonic movements – model generally agrees with geologic record – currently living in an icehouse period – “man-made global warming” not important

·?????? https://eos.org/articles/how-do-you-make-earth-into-an-icehouse

·?????? Paper:? https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adm9798

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