http://geology.about.com/ Get the latest headlines from the About.com Geology GuideSite. http://z.about.com/f/lg/s10.gif http://www.about.com/ 118 20 en-us 2008-05-14T17:48:03Z hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://geology.about.com/b/2008/05/16/and-now-for-something-completely-different.htm This has been a tumultuous week, and today my city has been struck with a debilitating heat wave. Enough of disaster, enough of politics, enough of everything. Today I rummaged... http://geology.about.com/b/2008/05/16/and-now-for-something-completely-different.htm 2008-05-16T00:47:46Z http://geology.about.com/b/2008/05/14/aftershocks-and-rumors-of-aftershocks.htm In the wake of the Chengdu earthquake earlier this week, the Chinese Seismological Bureau had to issue a statement yesterday telling people to ignore rumors of a supposed aftershock prediction.... http://geology.about.com/b/2008/05/14/aftershocks-and-rumors-of-aftershocks.htm 2008-05-14T17:48:03Z http://geology.about.com/b/2008/05/13/inevitable-quake-rumors-arise-in-china.htm The Times of London reports that China's bloggers are sharing rumors and conspiracy theories in the wake of the Sichuan earthquake. Because earthquakes are such unsettling and mysterious events, widespread... http://geology.about.com/b/2008/05/13/inevitable-quake-rumors-arise-in-china.htm 2008-05-13T17:11:09Z http://geology.about.com/b/2008/05/12/m-78-earthquake-in-sichuan-china.htm A large earthquake struck the heart of western China Monday afternoon local time near the city of Chengdu, killing thousands of people. The US Geological Survey's master page for this... http://geology.about.com/b/2008/05/12/m-78-earthquake-in-sichuan-china.htm 2008-05-12T17:31:49Z http://geology.about.com/b/2008/05/09/tidal-wave-or-not.htm The flood disaster in Myanmar was caused by a severe storm, but it might as well have been a tsunami — indeed, the Indian media used the traditional name "tidal... http://geology.about.com/b/2008/05/09/tidal-wave-or-not.htm 2008-05-09T20:04:02Z http://geology.about.com/b/2008/05/08/more-on-cores.htm A research paper on the planet Mercury is an example of a new discipline: comparative geomagnetic core studies. You see, Mercury is the most Earthlike planet in one respect—it has... http://geology.about.com/b/2008/05/08/more-on-cores.htm 2008-05-08T16:25:38Z http://geology.about.com/b/2008/05/07/earth-science-in-space.htm I don't let geology keep me Earthbound, not when so much of interest to geologists happens above the ground and out in the rest of the universe. I've written (and... http://geology.about.com/b/2008/05/07/earth-science-in-space.htm 2008-05-07T13:48:16Z http://geology.about.com/b/2008/05/06/big-blowup-at-chaitn.htm Chaitén Volcano, in Chile, has culminated three days of unexpected activity with a major eruption today that sent ash 30 kilometers high—that is, into the stratosphere. Before this week, its... http://geology.about.com/b/2008/05/06/big-blowup-at-chaitn.htm 2008-05-06T17:05:39Z http://geology.about.com/b/2008/05/05/the-ultimate-webcam.htm Maybe you've enjoyed some of the geological Webcams that I've compiled on my site. Now there's an adjunct that delivers live raw audio/video feeds from news broadcasters across the country,... http://geology.about.com/b/2008/05/05/the-ultimate-webcam.htm 2008-05-05T17:56:23Z http://geology.about.com/b/2008/05/02/dendrites.htm They look like fossils, but dendrites are purely mineral growths whose fractal, arborescent habit gives them an organic appearance. Instead, they're generally made of psilomelane or pyrite. Museum specimens and... http://geology.about.com/b/2008/05/02/dendrites.htm 2008-05-02T19:38:25Z