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AIPG 2021 National Conference
AIPG
Call for Abstracts - June 7th deadline
AIPG is currently accepting abstracts for oral presentations and poster presentations for the 58th American Institute of Professional Geologists' National Conference that will be held in Sacramento, California, from October 23-26, 2021.
The national conference provides opportunities to present and learn from experts in various geology and geoscience fields, with networking opportunities throughout the conference. Earn CEUs too!
Submit abstracts online - https://aipg.org/page/2021CACallforAbstracts
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Scientists mine 16th century ship logs for geophysical research
Eos
As ships explored the world from the Age of Sail through the 20th century, mariners kept detailed navigation records using the Sun and stars. Scientists scoured these ship logs, many of which are preserved in European libraries, for clues about Earth's magnetic field. The work, published in 2000, created the first-ever magnetic field map for the past 4 centuries.
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Kilauea volcano (Hawai'i): Lava lake crusting continues
Volcano Discovery
The effusive eruption of the volcano continues characterized by the transformation of Kīlauea's lava lake into continuous crusting.
The lava lake within Halema'uma'u crater remains active, although surface incandescence has become less frequent over the last few days.
As can be seen in the attached image, two elongated lobes oriented west (left) to east (right) with a relatively smooth shiny grey surface are visible in the center of the photo.
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Scientists have figured out what triggers large-scale volcanic eruptions
SciTechDaily
Hawaii's Kilauea is one of the most active volcanoes in the world. Because of this and its relative ease of accessibility, it is also among the most heavily outfitted with monitoring equipment — instruments that measure and record everything from earthquakes and ground movement to lava volume and advancement.
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Earth's oldest crystals reveal age of plate tectonics
Space.com
Earth's constantly moving tectonic plates have created the unique habitable planet we recognize today.
A new study, led by geologist Michael Ackerson from the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History in Washington has predicted that our planet's tectonic plates — large slabs of Earth's crust lying over a liquid mantle — began moving roughly 3.6 billion years ago, when Earth was just under one billion years old.
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Wyoming rocks: Ancient mammal trackway discovered
KPVI-TV
The oldest mammal footprints ever found along a beach — dated to about 58 million years ago — have been identified in south-central Wyoming rock.
Because the tracks are from two different species and move across 1,000 yards, they are also the most diverse and largest accumulation of Paleocene mammal tracks in the world.
The discovery is documented in the journal "Scientific Reports" by authors Anton Wroblewski, an adjunct associate professor in the Department of Geology and Geophysics at the University of Utah, and Bonnie Gulas-Wroblewski, of the Texas A&M Natural Resources Institute.
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