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A computer program that learns and can categorize leaves into large evolutionary categories such as plant families will lead to greatly improved fossil identification and a better understanding of flowering plant evolution, according to an international team of researchers. Paleontology … Continue reading
Natural radioactivity from uranium-bearing rock, N Saskatchewan. ( Researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) have found that radioactive matter migrates more quickly in carbonate bedrock formations once it has leaked from a tank from near surface waste sites … Continue reading
The Cascadia subduction zone (CSZ) has captured major attention from paleoseismologists due to evidence from several large (magnitude 8-9) earthquakes preserved in coastal salt marshes. Stratigraphic records are proving to be useful for learning about the CSZ’s past, and microfossils … Continue reading
The Cascadia subduction zone (CSZ) has captured major attention from paleoseismologists due to evidence from several large (magnitude 8-9) earthquakes preserved in coastal salt marshes. Stratigraphic records are proving to be useful for learning about the CSZ’s past, and microfossils … Continue reading
A quite typical Uffeln specimen. However, one has to understand that Uffeln produced excellent rock crystals and smoky quartzes in alpine quality up to 25 cm… FMF – Friends of Minerals Forum, discussion and message board
Quite typical doesn’t mean that it can’t be very nice ๐ And a double-terminated, clear quartz on matrix, even if only 4 cm small, can be considered very nice! If only the largest and the best specimens would count, we … Continue reading
Hello all, hope i am welcome to post some of my minerals again. FMF – Friends of Minerals Forum, discussion and message board
P(ANSA) – La Spezia, April 24 – Member States in the European Union, including Germany, should better share in the distribution of migrants across the continent, Martin Schulz, the president of the European Parliament, said Thursday.BRHe added that his homeland … Continue reading
(ANSA) – Rome, October 17 – Economic reforms implemented in Italy by Premier Enrico Letta “are of great help to bring the country out of recession,” United States President Barack Obama said Thursday. He said he was confident the Italian … Continue reading