Natural Science Forum / Earth Science / Geology / April 2004

I am hoping someone can recommend a book that will identify rocks. I
am living overseas therefore a trip to B.N. is not possible. I hike in
the mountains frequently and see some unusual rock formations. I would
like for the book to be fairly small in size that will fit in a pocket

This is posted with the hope that only EE advocates will be encouraged
to discuss the ideas suggested in this article.  Antagonistic responses
from others should be ignored.  Perhaps there is a strictly EE forum
somewhere but in default of that let us EE people engage in substantive

I wonder what process would have put this small rock into the bigger
without being presently fused together in the process.I found this
this at a sandbar in a creek bed yesterday.
http://www.golfballs2000.com/insertcoin.html

J. Taylor recently stated his belief that Earth Expansion is
punctuated.  Many EE people have supposed that the process of expansion
is continuous and then their antagonists jump on the fact that there is
no unambiguous data (that they'll accept) which shows continuous

Not that there's anything wrong with this geology newsgroup, but since
that's what it is, can anyone please give links to what are any other
very active geology discussion forums / messageboards on the net.

How is encapsulation used in an environmental site assessment?
Why is encapsulation considered remdial technology?
Do you know of any good websites about encapsulation and environmental site
assessment (ESA)?

I'm thinking of using black/green slate in a fish tank.  I know the black
color comes from graphite which is perfectly safe, since it's just carbon.
The green color comes from chlorite, correct?  Is chlorite safe?  Could
chlorite prove dangerous to freshwater fish or shrimp?

I was examining (=pissing in) a cavern when suddenly a large boulder
appeared out of nowhere and rolled over my willy.
This was painful.Now my willy is smashed.Bummer !
So never examine caves or piss or w.nk in caves when boulders are

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=570&ncid=753&e=6&u=/nm/20040405/
sc_nm/life_italy_fires_dc
Theories please.
This reminds me of a film I saw recently, but its surely impossible ?
-A

Hello, I have a few questions about during an environmental site assessment.
Could anyone help me?
Following a completion of a comprehensive field investigation, how can you
determine whether remediation is required?

I have a project that requires that I draw a map of the world.
I would like to draw the coast lines as well as the rivers, ( and any other
useful data).
Ideally I would get a bunch of lat/lon coordinates to render the map, (the

From the BBC: "'Potato' Earth's deep secrets"
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3093927.stm

Do you know any good geoscience jokes or can you make
one up?    
OK, let me try making one up now...
A geologist had twenty large samples in a pickup truck

NASA announced Thursday the Spirit Rover mission would not be continued
beyond its nominal 90-Sol mission due to a tight budget.
Officials were estatic with the results of the mission so far in
discovering traces of standing water on Mars long ago.

If you carefully examine the top left crner (near the go-cart) you
will see a distinct outline of a crinoid - clear evidence of sp.
Crinoidus georgiwankialus in the saline environment of this
once-vibrant salt-lake environment -