Geoscience Bulletin Board – 4 December 2023

How to build mountains from dolomite – dissolution is the key

·???????? https://news.umich.edu/200-year-old-geology-mystery-resolved/

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How not to build a tunnel – no safety exit and dig through a shear zone – NHAI to audit 29 tunnels in India

·???????? https://www.reuters.com/world/india/collapsed-indian-tunnel-had-no-safety-exit-was-built-through-geological-fault-2023-11-24/

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New Plate Tectonic model of the Earth

·???????? https://www.zmescience.com/science/researchers-create-a-new-tectonic-model-of-the-earth-and-its-beautiful/

·???????? Paper:? https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0012825222001532?fr=RR-2&ref=pdf_download&rr=82bcc21c4e082560

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Geology of the North Oregon Coast

·???????? https://www.cannonbeachgazette.com/news/the-geology-of-the-north-oregon-coast/article_e5b36b74-f011-54ab-9384-11da8a808e98.html

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Geology more important than trees when considering natural flood management

·???????? https://www.bgs.ac.uk/news/natural-flood-management-is-geology-more-important-than-trees/

·???????? Eddleston Water Project:? https://tweedforum.org/our-work/projects/the-eddleston-water-project/

·???????? Report:? https://tweedforum.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Eddleston-Water-2021-Report.pdf

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Lithic sources of Native American stone artifacts

·???????? https://greybullstandard.com/content/new-exhibit-explores-lithic-sources-native-american-stone-artifacts

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QGIS open-source platform for management, analysis & Visualization of spatial data – including drill holes

·???????? https://www.geographyrealm.com/3d-drill-holes-qgis/

·???????? QGIS version 3.34 download link:? https://qgis.org/en/site/

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Rare strong earthquakes caused multiple prehistoric rockslides in the Eastern Alps

·???????? https://www.miragenews.com/eastern-alps-rockslides-triggered-by-past-1130056/

·???????? Paper:? https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-021-21327-9

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Lithospheric component of the magnetic field of Earth

·???????? https://pa.as.uky.edu/geophysicist-helps-develop-high-res-map-earths-magnetic-field

·???????? https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/see-earth-s-lithospheric-magnetic-field/vi-AA1kupSw#details

Landslide basics – video & images

·???????? https://www.foxweather.com/learn/landslide-earth-ground-definition-what-is

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Capitol Reef National Park – Navajo Sandstone & the 87-mile Waterpocket Fold monocline

·???????? https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/tripideas/why-is-capitol-reef-called-a-reef-what-travelers-should-know-about-the-national-park/ar-AA1cFGkN

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New lava fountain theory

·???????? https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/iceland-volcano-leads-geologists-to-new-lava-fountain-theory/ar-AA1kAAia

·???????? Paper:? https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-42569-9

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High-resolution lidar topographic data details potential new geological hazards at Yellowstone – Emigrant fault

·???????? https://www.usgs.gov/observatories/yvo/news/lidar-data-shed-new-light-hidden-geological-hazards-near-northern-entrance

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41 workers still inside collapsed Silkyara-Garkot mountain tunnel in India – now will attempt vertical drilling

·???????? https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/nov/27/india-silkyara-barkot-tunnel-collapse-rescuers-vertical-drilling

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They looked for an Equatorial Water mass in the Atlantic and there it was

·???????? https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/missing-blob-of-water-predicted-to-be-in-the-atlantic-finally-found

·???????? Paper:? https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2023GL104866

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“Icon of the Seas” – largest cruise ship delivered to Royal Caribbean – 10,000 passengers – bigger than ever – been trying to book passengers since October 2022 – claims revolutionary waste management

·???????? https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/royal-caribbean-just-took-delivery-of-a-cruise-ship-so-big-it-can-hold-nearly-10-000-people-really/ar-AA1kDUgn

·???????? https://thepointsguy.com/news/royal-caribbean-icon-of-the-seas-booking-available/

·???????? https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/royal-caribbean-group-transforms-waste-management-in-the-cruise-industry-helping-protect-the-oceans-301874199.html

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First Quantum Minerals suspends production at Panama copper mine – 1.5% of global copper production - supplies blockaded

·???????? https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/first-quantum-suspends-operations-at-panama-copper-mine/ar-AA1kCg4g

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Developing geothermal resources near Winnemucca, Nevada

·???????? https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/new-google-geothermal-electricity-project-could-be-a-milestone-for-clean-energy/ar-AA1kFix4

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Far-field seismically-induced liquefaction

·???????? https://www.asce.org/publications-and-news/civil-engineering-source/civil-engineering-magazine/article/2023/11/uncovering-the-causes-of-far-field-seismic-induced-liquefaction

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Foreign-owned agricultural operations mining vast amounts of groundwater here in Western US

·???????? https://apnews.com/article/climate-uae-alfalfa-water-arizona-drought-d911d5219c8f41dc44d65fb2af6b04df

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Yaguarasaurus regiomontanus -Mosasar that ruled the seas 90 myo

·???????? https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/formidable-predator-that-ruled-the-sea-90-million-years-ago-discovered/ar-AA1kJ5Kk

·???????? Paper:? https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0895981123005060

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Some volcanoes along the Cascade Volcanic Arc have not yet been well studies

·???????? https://eos.org/research-spotlights/some-high-threat-volcanoes-are-severely-understudied

·???????? Paper:? https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2023GC011025

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Quality and reliable water science in New England

·???????? https://pubs.usgs.gov/publication/gip227

·???????? USGS GIP 227:? https://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/227/gip227.pdf

Visualizing the new era of gold mining

·???????? https://www.visualcapitalist.com/sp/visualizing-the-new-era-of-gold-mining/

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Would dinosaurs have gone extinct if the Chicxulub Meteor had not struck Earth?

·???????? https://www.sciencealert.com/even-without-a-meteorite-the-stage-was-set-for-dinosaurs-to-go-extinct

·???????? https://www.sci.news/paleontology/deccan-traps-volcanism-end-cretaceous-extinction-12487.html

·???????? Paper:? https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adg8284

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Is a new magnetic field reversal about to happen?

·???????? https://www.sciencealert.com/is-earths-magnetic-field-on-the-verge-of-flipping-over-an-expert-explains

·???????? https://theconversation.com/earths-magnetic-field-protects-life-on-earth-from-radiation-but-it-can-move-and-the-magnetic-poles-can-even-flip-216231

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Scale-specific sinuosity metric for quantifying stream meanders

·???????? https://www.usgs.gov/publications/what-scales-does-a-river-meander-scale-specific-sinuosity-s3-metric-quantifying-stream

·???????? Paper:? https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169555X2300154X

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How much hype and error and omission can be put into one news article?

·???????? https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/global-warming-is-from-human-activity-not-sea-volcanos-or-el-ni%C3%B1o-fact-check/ar-AA1kKhhm

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Earth rotation – continuing to move toward 25-hour day, speed varies

·???????? https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/earth-s-rotation-is-shifting-towards-a-25-hour-day/ar-AA1kKo8N

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Great White Sharks hang out in the Twilight & Midnight Zones

·???????? https://www.livescience.com/animals/sharks/great-white-sharks-are-hanging-out-in-the-twilight-zone-and-scientists-dont-know-why

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Role of smectite in Global Carbon Cycle – smectite could increase organic carbon preservation by less than one-tenth of one percent – but Ice Ages developed quickly and repeatedly rather than over 100s of millions of years

·???????? https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/new-research-reveals-ice-age-trigger-to-combat-climate-change/ar-AA1kOzSo

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Longest (13.7 miles) highway tunnel being bored through the Tianshan Mountains in China

·???????? https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3243403/chinas-xinjiang-building-worlds-longest-highway-tunnel-play-regional-connectivity

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ASCE updates requirements for seismic evaluation & retrofit of existing buildings – ASCE 41-23

·???????? https://www.asce.org/publications-and-news/civil-engineering-source/article/2023/12/01/asce-41-23-provides-significant-updates-to-requirements-for-seismic-evaluation-and-retrofit-of-existing-buildings

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Former rock hound has spent a career overseeing the Hope Diamond

·???????? https://madison.com/news/state-regional/wisconsin-jeff-post-smithsonian-hope-diamond-natural-history-geology-gems-mount-horeb/article_a7c6e410-88ce-11ee-9e20-73ef39b83607.html

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New method for fingerprinting methane

·???????? https://today.umd.edu/umd-scientists-fingerprint-methane-to-track-a-climate-change-culprit \

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Impacts of recent drought on the aquifers in Wisconsin

·???????? https://www.wpr.org/morning-show-wisconsins-aquifers-drought-state-geologist

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Yukon Prospectors Association names Ryan Burke as Prospector of the Year

·???????? https://www.yukon-news.com/news/prospector-of-the-year-award-recipient-named-7115307

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Mineral resources in Ohio valued at $1.7B

·???????? https://www.delgazette.com/2023/11/28/ohios-mineral-resources-valued-at-1-7b/

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1883 cataclysmic eruption of Anak Krakatau

·???????? https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/volcano-behind-cataclysmic-1883-eruption-sparks-modern-tsunami-fears/ar-AA1kQLMs