Environment & Geology

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Geotimes July 2004	Joining the Academy The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) elected six geoscientists to join its membership this year, one of the highest honors in the scientific community. From surface to core, the new members are a diverse group.
Geotimes July 2004 Sara Pratt	Underwater Asphalt Living Three thousand meters below the Gulf of Mexico's surface, where no sunlight penetrates and bottom waters are a chilly 4 degrees Celsius, abundant tubeworms, large bivalves and crabs colonize an asphalt flow.
Geotimes July 2004	Digital Geologic Map of Virginia The Geologic Map of Virginia (1:500,000 scale) and its expanded explanation is now available in digital format from the Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy, Division of Mineral Resources.
Wired July 2004 Brendan I. Koerner	The Seismic Underground It's the sweet spot of the San Andreas fault, the perfect place to build the ultimate earthquake science lab. It's also 2 miles straight down.
Geotimes June 2004 Megan Sever	Midwest Shaking An earthquake rattled northwestern Illinois and points across the Midwest this morning Monday, June 28 at about 1:10 a.m. local time, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
Geotimes June 2004 Fred Schwab	Geologic Assessment: Alan Greenspan or Pete Rose? In preparing for geological hazards and natural disasters, is it better to take the cautious approach or throw caution to the wind?
Geotimes June 2004 Jay Chapman	Evidence for Impact Winter at K/T Boundary Scientist and co-workers hope their research will revitalize interest in the impact-winter hypothesis and help resolve some of the questions swirling around the Cretaceous-Tertiary (K/T) mass extinction theory.
Geotimes June 2004 Callan Bentley	Geology and history intersect in Charleston That the Civil War began here is a venerable fact of the American saga, but it may come as a surprise to learn that some of the richest fossil deposits in the country are located near Charleston, and that a 7.6-magnitude earthquake occurred here in 1886, far from any tectonic boundary.
Science News June 19, 2004	Backyard Nature The Web site features information on plants, animals, and fungi that might thrive in a backyard. It also provides basic information on ecology, geology, naming and classifying living things, and other topics.
Geotimes June 2004 Megan Sever	The Infrasound Renaissance We are just at the christening stage of infrasound, where we were with seismic technology 30 years ago. This technology has endless possibilities for teaching us about the world.
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