Latest Blog Posts for Geology

• Whales' ultrasonic hearing has surprisingly ancient history, fossilized ear shows
  on Aug 5, 2016 in Fossils
  Sound is produced by Echovenator, which bounces off prey to create echoes. This illustration shows how these echoes are detected via conduction of vibrations through the mandible and received by the inner ear.Credit: A. Gennari 2016.All living toothe...
• Researchers have uncovered previously hidden sources of ocean pollution
  on Aug 5, 2016 in Groundwater
  Researchers at The Ohio State University and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory have created the first-ever map of key regions of "submarine groundwater discharge," where freshwater and seawater mix unseen below ground. The previously hidden sites mark...
• Veins on Mars were formed by evaporating ancient lakes
  on Aug 5, 2016 in Mars
  Drill hole into the John Klein target within Sheepbed Member of Yellowknife Bay, with a light-toned sulfate veinlet visible on the back wall. The light-toned veins have been identified as sulfates by ChemCam (Nachon et al.; Schroeder et al.) and CheM...
• Geological data provide support for legendary Chinese flood
  on Aug 5, 2016 in Paleontology Researches
  Fourteen skeletons of victims killed by earthquake in Cave dwelling F4 at Lajia site excavated in 2000. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the 5 August 2016 issue of Science, published by AAAS. The paper, by A. Qinglong Wu at instituti...
• Lasers melt rocks to reveal development of super-Earths and how giant impacts make magma
  on Aug 4, 2016 in Earth Magma
  High-powered lasers melt mineral for planet formation experiments. Researchers observed the melting of forsterite, the most common constituent of Earth's mantle, to understand how the cores of planets form and develop. The laser is able to create pre...
• Super Pit relic revealed as new mineral
  on Aug 4, 2016 in Mineral Researches Mining
  Kalgoorlieite, originally found in the Super Pit, was added to the International Mineralogical Association's list of known minerals at the end of March. Credit: iStock Kalgoorlie-Boulder's famous Golden Mile and Super Pit has not only produced more t...
• New old world vulture found from the Late Miocene of China
  on Aug 4, 2016 in Fossils Paleontology
  Fig.1 Reconstruction of Mioneophron longirostris. Credit: XU Yong Neogene fossils of Old World vultures (Aegypiinae and Gypaetinae) are known from Africa, Eurasia, and North America. The evolution of Old World Vultures is closely tied to the expansio...
• After the Quake – Data Can Help Predict Consequences of the Next Event
  on Aug 4, 2016 in earthquake
  A network of broadband seismometers (indicated by triangles) is tracking seismic activity (indicated by circles) in the area of Illapel, ChileLater this year, seismology geophysicist Steve Roecker will travel to Illapel, Chile, to remove instruments...
• Digitally diagnosing dinosaur osteophathy
  on Aug 3, 2016 in Dinosaur
  Credit: University of Manchester Researchers from the University of Manchester have teamed up with the New Jersey State Museum and the University of Massachusetts to diagnose a dinosaur from the USA with a horrific medical condition.The prehistoric p...
• New light shed on how vertebrates see
  on Aug 3, 2016 in Paleontology
  The fossil of a 300 million year old primitive jawless fish - a lamprey - about 6 cm in length. The eyes are the two dark circles on the right-hand side and are so well-preserved the retina and lens can be seen in high magnification. Its head termina...

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