Natural Science Forum / Earth Science / Geology / October 2004

I was wondering how the earths oceans come to be.
And what thoughts you all may have regarding that?
Thanks.

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Hello dear geologists!
Please excuse me for being so ungeologistical... but I have been to the Alps
(near Walchensee, between Germany & Austria) and there I found stones which
look like they were made of some soft material like clay and after forming,

In the current Nexxus magazine there is a scientist who claims
that once the word gets out about all the radiation in Iraq from
depleted uranium munitions, no one will want to buy the oil
from Iraq.

Hello NG
I have been to the Island of Bohol.  One Tourist Attraction there are the
Chocolate Hills. They are almost perfectly cone shaped, rising out of a flat
area. To my knowledge this formation is unique worldwide. I wonder how it

live webcam link of volcano  http://www.1968californiaspecial.com/
just cut and paste

There are very few pictures of very large Pt nuggets (centimeter to
decimeter size) to be found on the web or in books. A 12x10x8 cm (6,2 kg)
is pictured at the following place:
www.nhm-wien.ac.at/NHM/Mineral/pic/22Platin01.htm).

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i'm a french student and i'm asking why did geologists cut the  mid
Jurassic in 2 : Dogger (callovian) THEN Malm at Oxfordian ...
I was thinking about the dating of the first atlantic mid-oceanic rocks
in the Callovian-Oxfordian limit

hi, i am a student...
i looking for sismic section on line...
i need sismic beacouse i try to interpretate... but ...
tnx

I'm new about geophysic (I'm physic) and I would translate data acquired
from instrumentation to a format that I think should be standard for
processing in refraction end reflection inspections.
Is there some site where I can find some help ?

I'm a junior in high school, and was wondering what the job field in
geology is like. I've always enjoyed geology and heard there was
reletively good money if your willing to travel for the oil companies,
and there seems to be plenty of other opportunities if this particular

I have long admired, & recently got to see, the spectacular limestone Karst
scenery near Guilin & Yangshuo in China.
Lots of descriptions of its formation detail dissolution of the limestone,
collapse of caves & sink holes etc, but one aspect puzzles me & no

Hi I would like to know the meaning of these two words: Hummochy structure
and HCS structure. Thanks
Claudio

Local geologists pay attention to Mount St. Helens
In 1980, the day Mount St. Helens blew its top, the cataclysmic
explosion removed the top 1,300 feet of the mountain, killed 57
people and leveled the surrounding forest.