{"id":3634,"date":"2010-06-27T09:35:00","date_gmt":"2010-06-27T09:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/2010\/06\/stuff-i-linked-to-on-twitter-last-week-13\/"},"modified":"2010-06-27T09:35:00","modified_gmt":"2010-06-27T09:35:00","slug":"stuff-i-linked-to-on-twitter-last-week-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/2010\/06\/stuff-i-linked-to-on-twitter-last-week-13\/","title":{"rendered":"Stuff I linked to on Twitter last week"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"A<\/span>A selection of the interesting things that I’ve found and shared on Twitter<\/a> since I got back from my holidays<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Earthquakes<\/h3>\n

Analysis of samples from San Andreas Fault borehole suggest creeping sections lubricated by clays.
\nhttp:\/\/www.eurekalert.org\/pub_releases\/2010-06\/uom-tcc062410.php<\/a>
\n(via @RonsGeoPicks<\/a>)
\nRather impressive for a 5.0: 50 ft-wide chasm opened by quake-triggered landslide in Quebec
\nhttp:\/\/ottawa.ctv.ca\/servlet\/an\/local\/CTVNews\/20100625\/OTT_farmer_earthquake_100625\/20100625\/?hub=OttawaHome<\/a>
\nItaly puts seismology in the dock. [Wow. Who knew it was a crime to fail to predict the unpredictable?]
\nhttp:\/\/www.nature.com\/news\/2010\/100622\/full\/465992a.html<\/a>
\n(from @NatureNews<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Environmental<\/h3>\n

Finally, a discussion of [Gulf of Mexico] oil spill in relation to inevitable risks associated with deep sea drilling
\nhttp:\/\/culturingscience.wordpress.com\/2010\/06\/22\/inevitability-and-oil-pt-1\/<\/a>
\nDepressing statistic from David Archer: our CO2 ems = 5k #oilspills\/day, every day
\nhttp:\/\/www.realclimate.org\/index.php\/archives\/2010\/06\/five-thousand-gulf-oil-spills\/<\/a>
\n(via @morphosaurus<\/a>, @KHayhoe<\/a>)
\nBBC interview with rig worker claiming faulty BOP control pod was shut off, not fixed in weeks before explosion
\nhttp:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/1\/hi\/world\/us_and_canada\/10362139.stm<\/a>
\nRichard Heinberg on #oilspill’s Worst Case Scenario. [subsurface damage could stymy relief well? Scary.]
\nhttp:\/\/www.postcarbon.org\/blog-post\/109323-deepwater-horizon-the-worst-case-scenario<\/a>
\n(from @postcarbon<\/a>)
\nNot convinced solution to iron fertilisation not working is to order a bigger experiment.
\nhttp:\/\/www.theaustralian.com.au\/news\/world\/sea-green-project-may-not-be-iron-clad\/story-e6frg6so-1225882433921<\/a>
\n(via geoengpolicy<\/a>)
\nBacteria could boost CO2 sequestration? [Ironically, end quote about need for massive scaling up relevant to all CCS]
\nhttp:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/dn19063-green-machine-bacteria-will-keep-co2-safely-buried.html<\/a><\/p>\n

(Paleo)Climate<\/h3>\n

Nice review in Science of mechanisms driving last deglaciation. Large, unstable N Hemisphere ice sheets key threshold
\nhttp:\/\/www.sciencemag.org\/cgi\/content\/abstract\/328\/5986\/1652<\/a>
\nOuch. Spherules cited as evidence for Younger Dryas impact ‘fossilized balls of fungus, charcoal, fecal pellets’
\nhttp:\/\/www.physorg.com\/news195979458.html<\/a>
\n[I have previously blogged about this debate here<\/a> and here<\/a>]
\nNew weather and climate podcast – the Barometer
\nhttp:\/\/thebarometer.podbean.com\/<\/a>
\n(via @dr_andy_russell<\/a>, @TheBarometerPod<\/a>)
\nConveyor model for ocean circulation a bit too simplistic to be useful?
\nhttp:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2010\/06\/100618102646.htm<\/a>
\n[Although I would skip the appallingly opaque press release and read a far superior discussion by @olelog]
\nhttp:\/\/my.opera.com\/nielsol\/blog\/deconstructing-the-ocean-conveyor-belt<\/a>
\nNice post on history of Hockey Stick by @dr_andy_russell<\/a> proves crank-magnetism of anything w\/ Hockey Stick in title.
\nhttp:\/\/andyrussell.wordpress.com\/2010\/06\/15\/the-hockey-stick-evolution\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Planets<\/h3>\n

Was Venus once habitable? [Seems there was once lots of water, but lost to space q early]
\nhttp:\/\/www.esa.int\/esaCP\/SEMQ9OLZLAG_index_0.html<\/a>
\n(via @earthmagazine<\/a>)
\nNew Clues Suggest Wet Era on Early Mars Was Global [Hydrated clay minerals now seen in N & S hemispheres]
\nhttp:\/\/www.physorg.com\/news196619386.html<\/a>
\n(via @physorg_com<\/a>)<\/p>\n

General Geology<\/h3>\n

New way to detect mantle plumes: diffraction effects instead of travel times. Doubt it will convince ‘no plumes’ gang.
\nhttp:\/\/www.sciencemag.org\/cgi\/content\/short\/328\/5986\/1622-a<\/a>
\nGreat blog post by @clasticdetritus<\/a>)t: Rapid canyon formation and uniformitarianism.
\nhttp:\/\/clasticdetritus.com\/2010\/06\/23\/rapid-canyon-formation-and-uniformitarianism\/<\/a>
\nAt the edge of the intrusion [Awesome field photo of intrusive contact]
\nhttp:\/\/mountainbeltway.wordpress.com\/2010\/06\/22\/edge-of-intrusion\/<\/a>
\nInfrastructure and Mineral Wealth [Good point: finding & extracting are two entirely different things]
\nhttp:\/\/outsidetheinterzone.blogspot.com\/2010\/06\/infrastructure-and-mineral-wealth.html<\/a>
\n(via @Geoblogfeed<\/a>)
\nA way to think about channel patterns.
\nhttp:\/\/geofroth.posterous.com\/a-way-to-think-about-channel-patterns<\/a>
\n(via @drjerque<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Interesting Miscellaney<\/h3>\n

Facebook & twitter mobile updates have contributed to decline of traffic to Blogger & WordPress blogs
\nhttp:\/\/www.economist.com\/research\/articlesBySubject\/displayStory.cfm?story_id=16432794&subjectID=348963&fsrc=nwl<\/a>
\n(via @suehutton<\/a>)
\n[Seems more like a maturation to me; makes sense that people who just want to post links, photos, status updates are moving to tools better suited to these tasks.]
\nThe psychological trauma caused by the devastation in Haiti:
\nhttp:\/\/m.pbpost.com\/pbpost\/db_\/contentdetail.htm;jsessionid=981D94243653ACAC7FD23043AADC8BFB?contentguid=zzv0LNRI&full=true#display<\/a>
\n(via @geographile<\/a>)
\nEconomist has v. interesting special report marking 10 years since the human genome sequenced.
\nhttp:\/\/www.economist.com\/node\/16349358?story_id=16349358<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A selection of the interesting things that I’ve found and shared on Twitter since I got back from my holidays. Earthquakes Analysis of samples from San Andreas Fault borehole suggest creeping sections lubricated by clays. http:\/\/www.eurekalert.org\/pub_releases\/2010-06\/uom-tcc062410.php (via @RonsGeoPicks) Rather impressive … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3634","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-links"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3634","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3634"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3634\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3634"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3634"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3634"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}