Natural Science Forum / Earth Science / Geology / July 2009

Could you please explain to me what a "discrete sampling" mean
("discrete sampling" in groundwater monitoring). I was googling for a
while but couldn't find any definition (if you know any I would
appreciate a link). Thanks in advance,

The Earth's Equatorial circumference is 40,075 km which yields 111.32
km per geographical degree and 1669.8 km per 15 degrees -
http://www.ncgia.ucsb.edu/education/curricula/giscc/units/u014/tables/table02.html
At the Equator there is a rapid transition from daylight to darkness

Trying to help a daughter find a basic mining text to prep for
upcoming state geology exam - the ASBOG.  Not many used  text books
showing up via the online sites.
Anyone  with a "Mining 101" or similar text that you  no longer need

http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/hvo/activity/kilaueastatus.php from July 1
on upwards.
So...what happens next? Eric Klemetti at the "Eruptions" blog
speculates that pressure sufficient for an explosion isn't likely to

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No one knows if one person invented the dartboard,
but it probably originated from circles on a tree, then
having people trying to throw sticky things in a competition

It's Astronomy Picture of the Day at http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/
(hat tip to Dr. Eric Klemetti at the "Eruptions" blog yesterday:
http://preview.tinyurl.com/klkald ).
He was referencing a particularly beautiful image of Anak Krakatau

http://thrustacline.blogspot.com/2009/05/lithospheric-drip.html .
About all this amateur can say on the subject is that this is the
first time that a post in Dave Barry's blog http://preview.tinyurl.com/lkdgfv
has led more or less directly to my checking out something at

Found: Martian liver closely resembled Carboniferous Man’s liver
Fig. 1 below shows six liver lobules in a row, found by Mars Rover
Spirit.
http://www.wretch.cc/album/show.php?i=lin440315&b=20&f=1555563518&p=139

Fighting evil devils to the hell
After finding a Carboniferous Man’s skull cap and femur, I found a
small mammal of the Carbonfierous Period (Ref. 1, 2,3). Now, I have
conclusive evidence for a large Carboniferous mammal, whose liver

Mars rover trapped by liver remains
For about three months, NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Spirit has been
trapped by soil of Troy in homeplate’s West Valley in Gusev crater.
That soil of Troy actually contains the remains of liver as marked in

Evolutionists, it’s time to surrender
When so many evidences prove evolution is wrong, it’s time for
evolutionists to admit mistakes.
These evidences prove evolution is wrong:

I have made a calculation today about the adiabatic heat gradient in
the earth crust. I found it to be comparable to the measured value
thus leading me to conclude that there is no heat flow through the
crust.