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Buried Mountains
Read more: Buried MountainsFrom BBC: Scientists who mapped one of the most enigmatic mountain ranges on Earth have given a first glimpse of their data. An international team spent two months in 2008/9 surveying the Gamburtsevs in Antarctica – a series of peaks totally buried under the ice cap.
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Paleontology Meeting: Sat. Jan. 16th – Shrimp
Read more: Paleontology Meeting: Sat. Jan. 16th – ShrimpPaleontology Study Group Meeting, Saturday, Jan 16th, 7:30 p.m. College of Dupage, Building K, Rm 131. Bring your Mazon Creek shrimp specimens to be photographed for possible inclusion in new reference book!
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USGS on Haiti Earthquake
Read more: USGS on Haiti EarthquakeUSGS podcast on Haiti earthquake via KnightScience.
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Some Strong Faults Act Weak
Read more: Some Strong Faults Act WeakFrom PhysOrg: Some geologic faults that appear strong and stable, slip and slide like weak faults. Now an international team of researchers has laboratory evidence showing why some faults that “should not” slip are weaker than previously thought.
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Top 10 Paleontology Articles Most Viewed
Read more: Top 10 Paleontology Articles Most ViewedFrom National Geographic (hat tip KnightScience who has a bunch of top 10 lists): Large, “lost,” or simply unusual, a bevy of prehistoric beasts were brought to life in National Geographic News’s most popular paleontology stories of the year…
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Top 10 Archaeology Finds of 2009
Read more: Top 10 Archaeology Finds of 2009From National Geographic (hat tip KnightScience): Vampires, pirates, ghost ships, skeletons—if it isn’t Halloween, it can only be one thing: National Geographic News’s annual lineup of our most popular archaeology coverage….
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Why Are the Alps Growing?
Read more: Why Are the Alps Growing?Via Knight Science Journalism Tracker… But why do the mountains grow if not because of plate tectonics?
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Undocumented Volcano
Read more: Undocumented VolcanoScienceDaily (Dec. 7, 2009) — South Dakota State University researchers and their colleagues elsewhere in America and in France have found compelling evidence of a previously undocumented large volcanic eruption that occurred exactly 200 years ago, in 1809. The discovery helps explain the record cold decade from 1810-1819.
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Toxic Burning Coal In China
Read more: Toxic Burning Coal In ChinaInteresting story in many ways… right and wrong information.
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Micromount Message Board
Read more: Micromount Message BoardMindat has an active and interesting Micromount message board.
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Oil Sand Pollution
Read more: Oil Sand PollutionVia University of Alberta: After an exhaustive study of air and water pollution along the Athabasca River from Fort McMurray to Lake Athabasca, researchers say pollution levels have increased as a direct result of nearby oilsands operations. University of Alberta biological sciences professor David Schindler was part of the team that conducted a long-term air and water study and found high levels of polycyclic aromatic compounds,…
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Flying Dinosaur Controversy
Read more: Flying Dinosaur ControversyFrom PhysOrg: New research appears to have ended a scientific debate that has vexed palaeontologists for almost 100 years.
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ESCONI Meetings This Friday and Saturday – Learn about Field Museum Meteorites & Split Geodes
Read more: ESCONI Meetings This Friday and Saturday – Learn about Field Museum Meteorites & Split GeodesFriday, January 8 – General Meeting. 8:00 p.m. Jim Holstein, of the Department of Geology at the Field Museum will be speaking on “The Field Museum’s Meteorite Collection.” Learn about meteorites, what they are, the different types, how they’re identified, and what we can learn from them. College of Dupage Building K, Room #131. Saturday, January 9 – Mineralogy and Micromount Meeting. 7:30 p.m. Watch a video on Upper Michigan and bring geodes to split. College of Dupage, Building K, Rm 131.
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Indiana Mineral Group
Read more: Indiana Mineral GroupFriends of Mineralogy includes interesting links on their website.
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Do You Know Your Mineral Rights?
Read more: Do You Know Your Mineral Rights?Via Geology.com “MineralWeb.com has developed a rich resource library for citizen mineral owners who are looking for plain spoken intelligence about their mineral rights.” Quoted from a MineralWeb press release.
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Student Finds 4-7000 Yr Spear While Gardening On Campus
Read more: Student Finds 4-7000 Yr Spear While Gardening On CampusVia Seattle Times: University of Washington freshman Ellen Van Wyk was digging up rocks from a campus garden when she made her discovery a stone spear tip that archaeologists believe was fashioned some 4,000 to 7,000 years ago.
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Students Discredit Theory
Read more: Students Discredit TheoryAlberta, Dec. 16 (UPI) — Three University of Alberta paleontology graduate students have confirmed an 85-year-old dinosaur find, discrediting a 1970s revision of the discovery.
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What Good Is Scottish Macaulayite?
Read more: What Good Is Scottish Macaulayite?If it is on Mars… better chance of life…
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Video of Active Underwater Volcano
Read more: Video of Active Underwater VolcanoFrom the NSF via Geology.com:
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The April 2026 Paleontology Study Group Meeting will feature Keith Robitschek and his presentation “Digging the Marl of the Lance Formation”. You can attend in-person at the College of DuPage, TEC, Room 1038B (Map). The meeting will also be available via Zoom.
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| Friday, April 10th | General Meeting – 8:00 PM via Zoom. Jessica Hull will present “Life in the Devonian Period, The Age of Fishes.” |
| Saturday, April 11th | Junior Study Group Meeting – 2:00 PM, in person at the College of DuPage Technical Education Center (TEC) Building – Room 1038A (Map). Katherine Howard will present on Sand and Sediment Collecting. Specifics of this meeting are available from Scott Galloway, 630-670-2591, gallowayscottf@gmail.com. |
| Saturday, April 18th | Paleontology Study Group – 7:30 PM via Zoom and in person at the College of DuPage, TEC, Room 1038B (Map). Keith Robitschek will present “Digging the Marl of the Lance Formation.” |
| Friday, April 24th | MAPS Expo XLVII – Springfield, IL. |
| Saturday, April 25th | MAPS Expo XLVII – Springfield, IL. |
| Sunday, April 26th | MAPS Expo XLVII – Springfield, IL. |
| No meeting this month | Mineralogy Study Group |