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NPR Rocks!
Posted on Sunday, January 29, 2006 @ 9:38 am by Ron Schott
Just in time for the 2006 Tuscon Gem and Mineral show, National Public Radio’s Weekend Edition Sunday goes mineralogical on us! Have a listen.
Rapid Mountain Uplift
Posted on Friday, January 27, 2006 @ 7:41 am by Ron Schott
An article by Ghosh et al. in this month’s Science magazine describes a new stable isotope technique to derive paleoaltimetry data that indicate extremely rapid uplift of a region of the Bolivian Andes. They hypothesize that the data might be explained by detachment of the dense lithospheric root of the mountain belt, as previously demonstrated in the Sierra Nevada range in California.
Lava + Glacier = Jokulhlaup
Posted on Monday, January 16, 2006 @ 6:43 pm by Ron Schott
The New York Times’ Tuesday Science section features an interesting article about Iceland’s efforts to monitor and prepare for subglacial volcanic eruptions and subsequent jokulhlaups.
Augustine Erupts
Posted on Wednesday, January 11, 2006 @ 1:28 pm by Ron Schott
The US Geologic Survey reports that Mount Augustine Volcano in the Cook Strait of Alaska erupted this morning at 4:44 a.m. Alaska Standard Time (9:44 a.m. EST). Keep up to date with the Alaska Volcano Observatory’s (AVO) Augustine activity page. Highlights include the seismic record from the Augustine webicorder, and two webcams (both socked in at this writing).
Currently Away…
Posted on Saturday, January 7, 2006 @ 1:08 am by Dave Schumaker
My apologies for the lack of updates during the last month! I’m currently attending field camp in New Zealand and haven’t had much access to the internet. I’ll return to the United States in mid February!