{"id":6862,"date":"2011-10-30T10:34:54","date_gmt":"2011-10-30T15:34:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/?p=6862"},"modified":"2011-10-30T10:35:46","modified_gmt":"2011-10-30T15:35:46","slug":"stuff-we-linked-to-on-twitter-last-week-35","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/2011\/10\/stuff-we-linked-to-on-twitter-last-week-35\/","title":{"rendered":"Stuff we linked to on Twitter last week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"float: left; padding: 5px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/chrisicon2.jpg\" alt=\"A post by Chris Rowan\" width=\"49\" height=\"50\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/anneicon.jpg\" alt=\"A post by Anne Jefferson\" width=\"49\" height=\"50\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<h4>Earthquakes<\/h4>\n<p>The big news this week was the <a href=\"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/2011\/10\/m-7-2-earthquake-near-van-eastern-turkey\/\">magnitude 7.2 earthquake in eastern Turkey<\/a>, which I blogged about here and expanded on in <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.scientificamerican.com\/guest-blog\/2011\/10\/27\/a-geologist-eye-view-of-the-van-earthquake\/\">a post on the Scientific American Guest Blog<\/a>. Some other useful links and resources:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Nice post on the seismic history of the Van region, Turkey, by <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/David_Bressan\">David Bressan<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/historyofgeology.fieldofscience.com\/2011\/10\/paleoseismology-of-anatolian-and.html\">http:\/\/historyofgeology.fieldofscience.com\/2011\/10\/paleoseismology-of-anatolian-and.html<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/Fitzgabbro\">@Fitzgabbro<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>In Focus shows aftermath of  Ercis quake. Lots of concrete &amp; block construction, not much rebar.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/infocus\/2011\/10\/deadly-earthquake-in-turkey\/100177\/\">http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/infocus\/2011\/10\/deadly-earthquake-in-turkey\/100177\/<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/lockwooddewitt\">@lockwooddewitt<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>Amid Debris in Turkey, Survivors &amp; Signs of Poor Construction  (questions raised about quality of construction material)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2011\/10\/26\/world\/europe\/death-toll-in-turkey-quake-rises-as-rescuers-race-to-find-trapped-survivors.html\">http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2011\/10\/26\/world\/europe\/death-toll-in-turkey-quake-rises-as-rescuers-race-to-find-trapped-survivors.html<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/CPPGeophysics\">@CPPGeophysics<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>Dot Earth Blog: Ideas for Spreading Quake-Resistent Building Methods<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com\/2011\/10\/29\/ideas-for-spreading-quake-resistent-building-methods\/\">http:\/\/dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com\/2011\/10\/29\/ideas-for-spreading-quake-resistent-building-methods\/<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/nytimesscience\">@nytimesscience<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Volcanoes<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Some cool pictures of the ongoing El Hierro undersea eruption&#8217;s effect on the sea at National Geographic.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/news.nationalgeographic.com\/news\/2011\/10\/pictures\/111019-underwater-volcano-spain-canary-islands-science-travel\/\">http:\/\/news.nationalgeographic.com\/news\/2011\/10\/pictures\/111019-underwater-volcano-spain-canary-islands-science-travel\/<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/NatGeo\">@NatGeo<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/rivrchik\">@rivrchik<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>So<br \/>\nbasically, we should be drilling geothermal wells instead of fracking? : geothermal map of U.S.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.smu.edu\/News\/2011\/geothermal-24oct2011.aspx\">http:\/\/www.smu.edu\/News\/2011\/geothermal-24oct2011.aspx<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/clasticdetritus\">@clasticdetritus<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Fossils<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Paleontologists think the T-rex is &#8216;frikking weird&#8217;. I think it&#8217;s a compliment&#8230;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/archosaurmusings.wordpress.com\/2011\/10\/19\/guest-post-love-the-tyrant-not-the-hype\/\">http:\/\/archosaurmusings.wordpress.com\/2011\/10\/19\/guest-post-love-the-tyrant-not-the-hype\/<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Jurassic Park is almost 20 years old, but we still love it. <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/Laelaps\">Brian Switek<\/a> have a few thoughts as to why:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.smithsonianmag.com\/dinosaur\/2011\/10\/why-do-we-keep-going-back-to-jurassic-park\/\">http:\/\/blogs.smithsonianmag.com\/dinosaur\/2011\/10\/why-do-we-keep-going-back-to-jurassic-park\/<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Planets<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Science from Vesta from Geological Society of America meeting:  Vesta has 2 basins &amp; sets of troughs<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.planetary.org\/blog\/article\/00003233\/\">http:\/\/www.planetary.org\/blog\/article\/00003233\/<\/a><br \/>\n(by <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/elakdawalla\">@elakdawalla<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>(Paleo)climate<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Informative commentary on the Muller\/BEST affair at RealClimate admirably reins in the possible snark, especially when you compare it to <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/Allochthonous\/status\/127377498097983489\">my own reaction<\/a>.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.realclimate.org\/index.php\/archives\/2011\/10\/berkeley-earthquake-called-off\/\">http:\/\/www.realclimate.org\/index.php\/archives\/2011\/10\/berkeley-earthquake-called-off\/<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/MichaelEMann\">@MichaelEMann<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>The Daily Show&#8217;s spin on this is also awesome: Is science a scam?<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailyshow.com\/watch\/wed-october-26-2011\/weathering-fights---science---what-s-it-up-to-\">http:\/\/www.thedailyshow.com\/watch\/wed-october-26-2011\/weathering-fights&#8212;science&#8212;what-s-it-up-to-<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/Colo_kea\">@Colo_kea<\/a>)<\/p>\n<table style='font:11px arial; color:#333; background-color:#f5f5f5' cellpadding='0' cellspacing='0' width='512' height='340'>\n<tbody>\n<tr style='background-color:#e5e5e5' valign='middle'>\n<td style='padding:2px 1px 0px 5px;'><a target='_blank' style='color:#333; text-decoration:none; font-weight:bold;' href='http:\/\/www.thedailyshow.com'>The Daily Show With Jon Stewart<\/a><\/td>\n<td style='padding:2px 5px 0px 5px; text-align:right; font-weight:bold;'>Mon &#8211; Thurs 11p \/ 10c<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style='height:14px;' valign='middle'>\n<td style='padding:2px 1px 0px 5px;' colspan='2'><a target='_blank' style='color:#333; text-decoration:none; font-weight:bold;' href='http:\/\/www.thedailyshow.com\/watch\/wed-october-26-2011\/weathering-fights---science---what-s-it-up-to-'>Weathering Fights &#8211; Science: What&#8217;s It Up To?<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style='height:14px; background-color:#353535' valign='middle'>\n<td colspan='2' style='padding:2px 5px 0px 5px; width:512px; overflow:hidden; text-align:right'><a target='_blank' style='color:#96deff; text-decoration:none; font-weight:bold;' href='http:\/\/www.thedailyshow.com\/'>www.thedailyshow.com<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign='middle'>\n<td style='padding:0px;' colspan='2'><embed style='display:block' src='http:\/\/media.mtvnservices.com\/mgid:cms:item:comedycentral.com:400760' width='512' height='288' type='application\/x-shockwave-flash' wmode='window' allowFullscreen='true' flashvars='autoPlay=false' allowscriptaccess='always' allownetworking='all' bgcolor='#000000'><\/embed><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style='height:18px;' valign='middle'>\n<td style='padding:0px;' colspan='2'>\n<table style='margin:0px; text-align:center' cellpadding='0' cellspacing='0' width='100%' height='100%'>\n<tr valign='middle'>\n<td style='padding:3px; width:33%;'><a target='_blank' style='font:10px arial; color:#333; text-decoration:none;' href='http:\/\/www.thedailyshow.com\/full-episodes\/'>Daily Show Full Episodes<\/a><\/td>\n<td style='padding:3px; width:33%;'><a target='_blank' style='font:10px arial; color:#333; text-decoration:none;' href='http:\/\/www.indecisionforever.com\/'>Political Humor &#038; Satire Blog<\/a><\/td>\n<td style='padding:3px; width:33%;'><a target='_blank' style='font:10px arial; color:#333; text-decoration:none;' href='http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/thedailyshow'>The Daily Show on Facebook<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/li>\n<li>Survey claims 72 % approval of research into geoengineering; much smaller % seem to know what geoengineering  means&#8230;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.eurekalert.org\/pub_releases\/2011-10\/iop-sfp102111.php\">http:\/\/www.eurekalert.org\/pub_releases\/2011-10\/iop-sfp102111.php<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Water (floods)<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>A rather scary satellite image of the floods around Bangkok. It&#8217;s practically an island.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/simonmontlake\/2011\/10\/25\/bangkoks-precarious-plumbing-a-visual-guide\/\">http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/simonmontlake\/2011\/10\/25\/bangkoks-precarious-plumbing-a-visual-guide\/<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Thousands Leave Bangkok as Flooding Spreads:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2011\/10\/28\/world\/asia\/thousands-leave-bangkok-as-flooding-spreads.html\">http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2011\/10\/28\/world\/asia\/thousands-leave-bangkok-as-flooding-spreads.html<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/revkin\">@revkin<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>A Few Good Reads: Bangkok Flood Update Edition(10\/24\/11)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ayresriverblog.com\/2011\/10\/24\/a-few-good-reads-102411\/\">http:\/\/ayresriverblog.com\/2011\/10\/24\/a-few-good-reads-102411\/<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/DustyWRobinson\">@DustyWRobinson<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>Date Petley provides an update on the Burma flood and riverbank collapse disaster<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/2011\/10\/24\/update-on-the-burma-flood-and-riverbank-collapse-disaster\/\">http:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/2011\/10\/24\/update-on-the-burma-flood-and-riverbank-collapse-disaster\/<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/Geoblogfeed\">@Geoblogfeed<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>Floods in Cambodia from @NASA_EO<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/earthobservatory.nasa.gov\/IOTD\/view.php?id=76212\">http:\/\/earthobservatory.nasa.gov\/IOTD\/view.php?id=76212<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Flooding in southeastern Mexico from @NASA_EO  #NASA<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/earthobservatory.nasa.gov\/IOTD\/view.php?id=76216\">http:\/\/earthobservatory.nasa.gov\/IOTD\/view.php?id=76216<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Flood complacency evaporates in Bangkok &#8211;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-asia-pacific-15435286\">http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-asia-pacific-15435286<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Environmental<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;Population is the issue you blame if you can&#8217;t admit to your own impacts&#8221;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/environment\/georgemonbiot\/2011\/oct\/27\/population-consumption-threat-to-planet\">http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/environment\/georgemonbiot\/2011\/oct\/27\/population-consumption-threat-to-planet<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/jfleck\">@jfleck<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/alicebell\">@alicebell<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>Goods vs Commodities: or why oil companies can be faulted for much, but not the price of oil.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/earth-likeplanet.blogspot.com\/2011\/10\/goods-vs-commodities-why-shell-exxon.html\">http:\/\/earth-likeplanet.blogspot.com\/2011\/10\/goods-vs-commodities-why-shell-exxon.html<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>So sad. The Nautilus: immensely beautiful, last living close relatives of ammonites, and severely endangered.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2011\/10\/25\/science\/25nautilus.html\">http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2011\/10\/25\/science\/25nautilus.html<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/mmvk\">@mmvk<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>Campaigners occupy Belo Monte dam &#8211;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-latin-america-15487852\">http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-latin-america-15487852<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>General Geology<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Fantastic post from <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/kuchtam\">@kuchtam<\/a> on teaching and playing with the EmRiver stream table<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/pascals-puppy.blogspot.com\/2011\/10\/transformative-works-at-intersection-of.html\">http:\/\/pascals-puppy.blogspot.com\/2011\/10\/transformative-works-at-intersection-of.html<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/clasticdetritus\">@clasticdetritus<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>Excellent post from @glacial_till on Deep Time, complete with Dr Who and radioactively decaying Daleks&#8230;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/glacialtill.wordpress.com\/2011\/10\/24\/geology-101-deep-time-or-geologists-as-time-lords\/\">http:\/\/glacialtill.wordpress.com\/2011\/10\/24\/geology-101-deep-time-or-geologists-as-time-lords\/<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/callanbentley\">Callan Bentley<\/a> pointed out this epically awesome structural geology teaching tool. Drool.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/visible-geology.appspot.com\/\">http:\/\/visible-geology.appspot.com\/<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Geology outcrops in the most unlikely places: including, @metageologist has found, the toilets of posh office buildings<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/all-geo.org\/metageologist\/2011\/10\/sediments-and-shiny-shoes\/\">http:\/\/all-geo.org\/metageologist\/2011\/10\/sediments-and-shiny-shoes\/<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Spectacular video of rockfall onto Franz Josef glacier in New Zealand:  Lucky escape for tourists.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/2011\/10\/27\/spectacular-rockfall-video-on-the-franz-josef-glacier-a-lucky-escape-for-a-tour-party\/\">http:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/2011\/10\/27\/spectacular-rockfall-video-on-the-franz-josef-glacier-a-lucky-escape-for-a-tour-party\/<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/davepetley\">@davepetley<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>Strained metaconglomerate photos by <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/callanbentley\">Callan Bentley<\/a> a fabulous example of how rocks flow like putty when deep\/hot enough.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/mountainbeltway\/2011\/10\/26\/strained-timiskaming\/\">http:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/mountainbeltway\/2011\/10\/26\/strained-timiskaming\/<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Interesting Miscellaney<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Great points from Brian Romans on why he won&#8217;t blog unpublished results, building on <a href=\"http:\/\/geotweeps-discuss.tumblr.com\/post\/12097136454\/to-blog-your-research-or-not-to-blog-your-research\">a Twitter discussion<\/a> in response to an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/science\/blog\/2011\/oct\/27\/brian-cox-blogging-research\">article in the Guardian<\/a>.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wired.com\/wiredscience\/2011\/10\/why-i-wont-blog-unpublished-results\/\">http:\/\/www.wired.com\/wiredscience\/2011\/10\/why-i-wont-blog-unpublished-results\/<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Great BBC interview with Jocelyn Bell on discovering pulsars, challenges of being a women in science<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/b016812j#synopsis\">http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/b016812j#synopsis<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/lockwooddewitt\">@lockwooddewitt<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>Remember Ben Goldacre&#8217;s latest column every time the phrase &#8216;postcode lottery&#8217; comes up in the headlines.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/commentisfree\/2011\/oct\/28\/bad-science-diy-data-analysis\">http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/commentisfree\/2011\/oct\/28\/bad-science-diy-data-analysis<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Not ruin. Make 1000x more AWESOME!! Another Thing Sonic Screwdrivers Can Do: Ruin Action Movies<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.themarysue.com\/sonic-screwdrivers-action-movies\/\">http:\/\/www.themarysue.com\/sonic-screwdrivers-action-movies\/<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/JenLucPiquant\">@JenLucPiquant<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>Guy who helped design iPod leaves Apple to build&#8230; an iThermostat. Easy to use, learns your routine, helps save energy.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nest.com\/living-with-nest\/index.html\">http:\/\/www.nest.com\/living-with-nest\/index.html<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earthquakes The big news this week was the magnitude 7.2 earthquake in eastern Turkey, which I blogged about here and expanded on in a post on the Scientific American Guest Blog. Some other useful links and resources: Nice post on &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/2011\/10\/stuff-we-linked-to-on-twitter-last-week-35\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/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-6862","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-links"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6862","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=6862"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6862\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6872,"href":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6862\/revisions\/6872"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6862"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6862"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}