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Geoblogosphere weekly review (8th week of 2012, 734 weeks ago)


Most active blogs:
  1. News (25 posts)
  2. State of the Planet (16 posts)
  3. Tierra de Dinosaurios (14 posts)
  4. I think mining (10 posts)
  5. Geology News (9 posts)
  6. Volcano Science And News Blog (8 posts)
  7. James’ Empty Blog (7 posts)
  8. Ontario-geofish (7 posts)
  9. Geopark Araripe (7 posts)
  10. Mountain Beltway (7 posts)
Most visited blogs:
  1. Volcano Science And News Blog (940 visits)
  2. State of the Planet (929 visits)
  3. News (872 visits)
  4. Through the Sandglass (819 visits)
  5. (478 visits)
  6. Tierra de Dinosaurios (359 visits)
  7. Volcano World (336 visits)
  8. ARCHEA (310 visits)
  9. GeoSelim (308 visits)
  10. Mente et Malleo (304 visits)


Top keywords:
  1. Earthquake (9)
  2. Geology News (8)
  3. volcano science and news blog (7)
  4. Earthquakes (7)
  5. Environment (7)
  6. japan (7)
  7. United States (6)
  8. summary (6)
  9. geology-related photos (6)
  10. flickr (6)
Top places:
  1. Brazil (15)
  2. United States (13)
  3. California (10)
  4. Arizona (9)
  5. Japan (9)
  6. Belgium (8)
  7. Fonte (7)
  8. Turkey (5)
  9. Canada (5)
  10. East Coast (5)
Top stratigraphy:
  1. Jurassic (6)
  2. Neogene (5)
  3. Quaternary (5)
  4. Ordovician (4)
  5. Carboniferous (4)
  6. Devonian (3)
  7. Cretaceous (3)
  8. Paleogene (3)
  9. Cambrian (2)
  10. Triassic (2)


The 10 most frequently clicked posts:

ASTM Updates for January, 2012 [2012-02-14 07:50:17]   recommend this post  (462 visits)
New and revised ASTM standards in the geotechnical engineering, construction materials testing and related industries for January, 2012. Click through for the

Sunday silliness: the pyramids of Java

Through the Sandglass [2012-02-18 21:16:00]   recommend this post  (441 visits)
Geometrically, geomechanically, and geomorphologically, the pyramid is a natural shape that reflects a stable response in the constant conflict between landscape construction and erosion. The stability of this shape has been exploited by humans for [...]

A Guide to Upcoming Scientific Fieldwork

State of the Planet [2012-02-14 16:42:38]   recommend this post  (383 visits)

Critters versus Sand, Round 2: awesome Androctonus

Through the Sandglass [2012-02-14 12:27:04]   recommend this post  (378 visits)
This time, imagine that you're a scorpion, a fattail scorpion to be precise (sorry, but I never said anything about this role-playing being about cuddly and loveable, handsome or cute, but it’s often critters from the less celebrated realms

New Earthquake Swarm in Katla Volcano

Volcano Science And News Blog [2012-02-15 23:21:00]   1 recommendations  (336 visits)
Katla volcano in Iceland had a swarm of quakes within the caldera region today, with the largest magnitude hovering around 2.5. Quake swarms have been a common occurrence in the volcano since its small, but damaging eruption in 2011 where a glacial [...]

Japan's Mt Fuji May Be Preparing To Erupt

Volcano Science And News Blog [2012-02-18 20:11:00]   recommend this post  (327 visits) is reporting that Japan's Mount Fuji (Fujiyama) volcano is showing signs that it is getting ready to erupt. While translating Japanese to English using Google translate leaves much to be desired in terms of readability, [...]


ARCHEA [2012-02-12 00:20:00]   recommend this post  (297 visits)

How many volcanoes are there in the United States??

Volcano World [2012-02-13 02:31:44]   recommend this post  (289 visits)
Good question!  (I’m looking at you Mr. Jindal…) Here’s a list compiled a few years back from Volcanoes of North America: United States and Canada, by Wood and Kienle.  They list all volcanoes that are younger that 5 million years [...]

Asse - Nur so am Rande...

Mente et Malleo [2012-02-13 22:11:47]   recommend this post  (288 visits)
Wie die rund 126 000 Fässer mit radioaktivem Müll aus der Asse wieder herausgeholt werden sollen, wissen wohl selbst die Stollentrolle noch nicht so genau. Man könnte sicher aus geologischer Sicht ellenlange Debatten über den [...]

Loner Scientist

GeoSelim [2012-02-12 09:06:20]   recommend this post  (273 visits)
A loner is a person who avoids or does not actively seek human interaction or prefers to be alone, (wikipedia). What if the loner become a scientist? I think understanding loner scientists reaction with live and their communications to people [...] | Impressum