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Geoscience events - Archive
Landslide in Indonesia kills 14, including children
The mud swept down a mountain and through two villages in the Purworejo district in Central Java, following torrential rains...
Two moderate earthquakes jolt Taiwan
seismologists said, but there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties...
Strong Quake Rocks Eastern Indonesian Islands
An earthquake measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale jolted Indonesia's eastern Moluccas island chain
Fossil millipede found to be oldest land creature
Scientists revealed that a fossilized millipede found in Britain is the remains of the oldest creature to have lived on land
Quake jolts Izeh, Masjed Soleiman in Khuzestan province
An earthquake measuring 3.8 degrees on the open-ended Richter scale jolted the cities of Izeh and Masjed Soleiman in the southwestern Khuzestan province Saturday...
'Walkathon' to mark 3 yrs of quake
To pay tribute to that fighting spirit, The Times Foundation, along with Ganesh Housing Corporation, is organising a 'Walkathon' on Sunday, January 25, three years after the earthquake...
Intensity 3 quake jolts Iloilo City
An Intensity 3 tectonic earthquake jolted Iloilo City at 3:20 p.m. on Thursday, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said yesterday...
geophysical techniques for predicting and monitoring leach solution flow during in situ mining
The Bureau of Mines is conducting research to develop improved methods for predicting and monitoring the flow of leach solution during in situ mining. Potential benefits include higher metal recovery...
Core-Sampling Helps Pin Down Quake Dates
SEATTLE - Scientists using sophisticated sonar and seismic instruments to probe a lake bottom near Seattle have confirmed what Northwest Indian oral histories have long described: a major earthquake that struck the area about 300 ...
50,000-year-old mammoth found in gravel pit
Two scientists have unearthed a complete skull of a mammoth that wandered the English countryside 50,000 years ago -- only the second intact example found in
Modeling uncertainty in stability analysis for design of embankment dams on difficult foundations
A probabilistic 3-D slope stability analysis model (PTDSSAM) is developed to evaluate the stability of embankment dams and their foundations under conditions of staged construction taking into consideration uncertainty, spatial variabilities and correlati
Mineral stimulation of subsurface microorganisms: release of limiting nutrients from silicates
Microorganisms play an important role in the weathering of silicate minerals in many subsurface environments, but an unanswered question is whether the mineral plays an important role in the microbial ecology
Fossil embryos delight scientists
Palaeontologists sifted 6,000 kilograms (13,200 lbs) of rock excavated from southern China, yielding 100 fossil embryos dated to 500 million years ago.
Scientists: Dinosaurs roamed Brazil's Amazon
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (Reuters)Scientists say they have found dinosaur fossils in Brazil's Amazon, calling it the "first proof" that the ancient creatures once roamed the region.