Posted on March 27, 2008 by erlaurie
Geologists think they have discovered the biggest impact event, recorded in rocks ~1.2billion years old in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland near Ullapool:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7314329.stm
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Posted on March 24, 2008 by erlaurie
The Lochaber region of Scotland has been awarded Geopark status, but will it bring geology enthusiasts to the area?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/highlands_and_islands/6222984.stm
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Posted on March 24, 2008 by erlaurie
Whilst marine reptiles are well known from the era of the dinosaurs, there is growing evidence that they also enjoyed a dip:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6687129.stm
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Posted on March 24, 2008 by erlaurie
The remains of a 300 million year-old rainforest have given geologists an insight into past climates and ecosystems:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6577009.stm
Further forest discoveries are helping us learn what the ancient Earth was like:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7604721.stm
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Posted on March 24, 2008 by erlaurie
Giant crystals from Mexico must have enjoyed near perfect conditions for growing:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6518161.stmÂ
How the cave was discovered:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/787776.stm
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Posted on March 24, 2008 by erlaurie
Some of the world’s oldest rocks are found on Greenland and geologists have spent decades unraavelling their story to try and discover more about our early planet:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6479289.stm
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Posted on March 24, 2008 by erlaurie
The much lauded anouncement of the discovery of an impact crater in the North Sea has been contested by other geologists who argue a different origin:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6503543.stm
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Posted on March 24, 2008 by erlaurie
Geologists have been pondering the question of whether the current period of Earth history, dominated by the signature of human impacts, warrants it’s own stratigraphic division and have been discussing what it should be called:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7223663.stm
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Posted on March 24, 2008 by erlaurie
The Earth’s magnetism is not uniform and measurements of its strength and direction provide insights into the composition and history of the planet:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6982485.stm
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Posted on March 24, 2008 by erlaurie
The 1908 Tunguska event is the largets extra-terrestrial “impact” event of modern times. Some geologists think they have found a crater which can be attrubuted to the event:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6239334.stm
More details about the event:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7470283.stm
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