Natural Science Forum / Earth Science / Geology / November 2006

<
Here I am in central Montana minding my own damn
business and have just learned I am being sued for
slander and defamation of character in a class-action

I previously found a rock that looked like black sandstone.  Closer
look showed definite grains, and I decided it was probably hornblende.
I was back in the same area today, So. Cal, San Gabriel Mountains, and
noticed that there were definite veins of the stuff, some several feet

If anyone wants these, they are yours.
Otherwise they go in the trash soon.
I will NOT mail, ship, or drive out of my way more than
a few miles to get rid of these unless you send cash in advance.

We transformed a former webring into a genuine portal of e-journals dealing
with earth sciences in general (palaeontology, geography, ...) and with a
particular common feature : "they are all offering published material in
open access*" (*: actually most of them offer all their ...

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/08/060821133930.htm
Source: National Aeronautics And Space Administration
Date: August 21, 2006
NASA Finds Direct Proof Of Dark Matter

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2006-11/nsfc-hve112106.php
Volcanic eruptions in high latitudes can greatly alter climate and distant
river flows, including the Nile, according to a recent study funded in part
by NASA.

Here's a copy of a letter I sent to the editors of Scientific American,
after reading an article in their October issue about the causes of
major extinction events, "Impact from the Deep". Does it sound
plausible?

My daughter found the pebble shown at:
http://www.JustPhotos.ca/misc/images/pebble.jpg
It was lying on the ground near Dryden, Ontario, Canada (N49.807º,
W92.856º).  Can anyone tell us about the nature of this pebble that

what is the relationship between early diagenesis and interstitial
water. it has puzzled me for a long time

Have you heard of this person?
http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=%22A.J.+Karley%22&btnG=Google+Se
arch&meta=
Seems to be a plant scientist (geneticist?) of some sort, possibly

since several days i am desperately trying to reach the SEISAN help
address under
                                seisan-help@ifjf.iub.no      .
all my mails are bounced back with a notification telling me:

When you hit a rock with a pick-axe, will that hurt the rock and
will the rock cry for its mother?
I don't dare to harm a rock as long as I don't have an answer to
that question.

http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-mammoth-cave-contamination,0
,1809152.story?coll=sns-ap-nationworld-headlines
By Associated Press
November 3, 2006, 6:34 PM EST
MAMMOTH CAVE NATIONAL PARK, Ky. -- A section of Mammoth Cave National Park

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/11/061106165213.htm
Symmetry And Stability Of Earth's Geomagnetic Field
The average rate of Earth's geomagnetic reversals has varied
enormously, from five reversals per million years during the last 10

http://newsbusters.org/node/9080
Leading Research Company Debunks Peak Oil Theory, Will Media Notice?
Posted by Noel Sheppard on November 14, 2006 - 12:07.
At about 11:00 AM Eastern Time Tuesday, CNBC reported that a