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Canadian Earth Science for @PMHarper 11 – Dino Hunt!

Posted on February 12, 2015 by earth science society

The preamble to this review series is here Posted today, February 12, the 206th anniversary of Charles Darwin’s birth and just in time for tomorrow, another #FossilFriday and another day to watch Dino Hunt! —– Bramble, K., M.E. Burns and … Continue reading →

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Nova Scotia’s own Great Unconformity

Posted on January 3, 2015 by earth science society

The Angular Unconformity (U) at Nova Scotia’s Rainy Cove, separating intensely folded and faulted early Carboniferous shales and sandstones of the Horton Group (labeled 1 below the unconformity) and gently inclined, undeformed sandstones and conglomerates of the Wolfville Formation (2) at … Continue reading →

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Four Billion Years and Counting: Canada is as old as the Earth and this book tells all

Posted on December 10, 2014 by earth science society

    Just published! 400-pages on Canada’s geologic heritage in both official languages for only $39.95! Order your English language copy here and your French copy here.  The book’s website has tons of freely downloadable illustrations and other materials for … Continue reading →

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Canadian Earth Science for @PMHarper 4 – Ice ages and Klondike gold

Posted on April 22, 2014 by earth science society

The pre-amble to this series of reviews is here Froese, E.G., Zazula, G.D., Westgate, J.A., Preece, S.J., Sanborn, P.T., Reyes, A.V., Pearce, N.J.G., 2009, The Klondike goldfields and Pleistocene environments of Beringia. GSA Today, v. 19, no. 8, p. 4-10. … Continue reading →

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Blue Beach is not for sale

Posted on March 17, 2014 by earth science society

(Originally posted in March 2014. Updated a few times, last in May 2017)   Left: Google Earth image showing location of Blue Beach – Avonport Station coastline. Right: aerial photo of the cliff (in the shade) and beach at low … Continue reading →

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