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Daniel Pastor-Galán @hotspottrack.bsky.social · 1d

My domain .com will die in a month. I am not renewing it. My webpage will be stored uniquely in its current .eu domain from December.
I give you some field photos to make the day better
#geosciences ⚒️

Photo from Los Barrios de Luna Dam. A minor fault can be seen thanks to the low water level.

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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 4d

Continents

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Comic. [two connected spacecraft hovering in space above the Earth] Houston, the view is superb. We can see the continents spread out below us, right where they’ve been since the Earth formed. [caption] I still can’t believe we developed spaceflight before we figured out that the continents moved.

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Stuart Swales @taynappe.bsky.social · 14d

It must be #FridayFold ⚒️ time!
Carboniferous Crackington Formation at Hartland Quay, Devon, UK (similar to Millook Haven further south along the coast, but upright here)

Steeply-dipping strata on both limbs of a tight upright antiform on the LHS of the piccie. Dunno about RHS, is there a synform there or is it faulted? Waves crash below onto stony beach.

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Design and Production Incorporated @dandplorton.bsky.social · 14d

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Uniqueness means more than rarity.
Cera blends scientific value, emotional resonance, and visual impact.
It’s the kind of object that sparks curiosity. Want to learn more? Cera isn’t in a museum (yet), but her brethren are. #FossilFriday #VisitAMusuem

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Geology Johnson @geologyjohnson.bsky.social · 13d

The structure and detail in these Archean microbial mats from South Africa are fantastic. I could look at these all day. Deets in the alt text. #Geology #Paleontology

Photo of a grey green rock with undulose and wrinkled layers of black organic matter that looks like tangled noodles. The grey green material is quartz and clay. There are also yellow titanite crystals within the organic matter. Scale bars show the image is 0.8 mm across.

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Cam Muskelly (Explorer of Deep Time ⏰ ⚒️) @cambriancam.bsky.social · 17d

Happy National Fossil Day! And happy Birthday to my mom. The one who encouraged me to stay curious and to never give up on my dreams. ❤️ ⚒️ 🪨 🎉

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Daniel Pastor-Galán @hotspottrack.bsky.social · 25d

Indeed. And the worst part is that besides the difference in opinions the correspondence has been elegant and scientifically engaging. But I arrived at least 3 reviews late. My review is useless because everything I disagreed was already discussed.

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Info Shymkent @infoshymkent.bsky.social · 25d

🏞️ Today, we start the morning with a fabulous view over the Tortkara Lake - one of the Sibe Lakes - in eastern #Kazakhstan.

We wish you a wonderful Tuesday. 🤗

#EastCoastKin #Cairns #Rocks #MountainMonday #BlueSkyMonday #LandscapePhotography #Hiking #CentralAsia #RockinTuesday #ColorADay #BlueTue

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Daniel Pastor-Galán @hotspottrack.bsky.social · 25d

It should be the editorial team who takes the decision to accept the paper or not. It is an open discussion dudes! If you pass it everyone will see that a fair number of reviewers disagreed and maybe someone writes a comment. Or otherwise, take the decision of a reject. But do not ask EIGHT people.

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Daniel Pastor-Galán @hotspottrack.bsky.social · 25d

This is frustrating, I think the points raised by all reviewers where valid and proposed in a polite and constructive tone. The rebuttal letter, although I disagree with many of their points is polite and constructive. There is no point on keeping the argument until a couple of reviewers agree.

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Daniel Pastor-Galán @hotspottrack.bsky.social · 25d

The authors, systematically have answered they are not doing that to 4 reviewers. I may be wrong, but my feeling is that they will do it again with the next 4 reviews. So in the end Open Research Europe editorial team is doing nothing. Sending it again to review over and over. #AcademicChatter.

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Daniel Pastor-Galán @hotspottrack.bsky.social · 25d

I am one of the 8 (EIGHT), different reviewers that are raising the very same points. The authors have answered to some of them positively and to others they have rebutted. The paper contains some provocative ideas and it could be accepted if the authors present them as hypothesis to be tested.

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Daniel Pastor-Galán @hotspottrack.bsky.social · 25d

I have reviewed a paper for Open Research Europe. It really looked like a great idea: Open review, discussion etc. I reviewed without reading any of the reviews first and then check the reviews. To my despair: completely inefficient. #academicChatter #Geoscience #Science 👇

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Daniel Pastor-Galán @hotspottrack.bsky.social · 29d

Fieldwork is over. No worries we still have pics of great outcrops.

@formovfluid.bsky.social #Geoscience ⚒️

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Daniel Pastor-Galán @hotspottrack.bsky.social · Sep 28

First day of field sampling with the @formovfluid.bsky.social team
⚒️ #Geoscience

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Daniel Pastor-Galán @hotspottrack.bsky.social · Sep 26

Instituto de Geociencias (CSIC-UCM) @igeociencias.bsky.social · Sep 15

El @igeociencias.bsky.social participa en #LaNocheEuropeadelosInvestigadores!

Este año organizamos actividades en el Campus Moncloa del
@csic.es y el Moe Club, junto al @cenim-csic.bsky.social
@ictancsic.bsky.social y @cib-csic.bsky.social

+ info
igeo.ucm-csic.es/noche-europe...

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Earth Science Week @earthsciweek.bsky.social · Sep 19

Did you know New Mexico had beach-front property 75 million years ago? 🏝️⛱️🌊

That’s right! This #rock from Chaco Culture National Historical Park contains ripples & a clam #fossil — it must have formed on a #beach!

Explore the #3Dmodel — bit.ly/clams-ripples-chaco

#FossilFriday #NPS #Paleontology

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Daniel H. Barreña @danielhernbar.bsky.social · Sep 19

4 años de un hito histórico que vino acompañado con 4 palabras que son casi igualmente históricas: «hay tiempo pa comer». 4 años del inicio de la erupción del #Tajogaite —1ª erupción subaérea en #Canarias desde 1971—, perfecto para contaros algunas anécdotas de aquellos locos días de 2021. Va hilo.

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Daniel Pastor-Galán @hotspottrack.bsky.social · Sep 18

#Geoscience ⚒️

ForMovFluid @formovfluid.bsky.social · Sep 18

🚀 We have lift-off!
Last week we had our very first Summer School. Our 18 Doctoral Candidates got together for the first time for a week full of training, discussion and—we're not gonna lie—some beers at the local pub.

Read all about it on our blog: formovfluid.eu/we-got-toget...

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ForMovFluid @formovfluid.bsky.social · Sep 8

🇮🇪 We're kick-starting our first ever Summer School in Allihies, Ireland! And we're blessed with an amazing weather for our fieldwork day

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ForMovFluid @formovfluid.bsky.social · Sep 18

🚀 We have lift-off!
Last week we had our very first Summer School. Our 18 Doctoral Candidates got together for the first time for a week full of training, discussion and—we're not gonna lie—some beers at the local pub.

Read all about it on our blog: formovfluid.eu/we-got-toget...

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Geology Johnson @geologyjohnson.bsky.social · Sep 17

Totes jelly. I'd give my shiniest acritarch to be back in the field doing some research.

Emily Mitchell @egmitchell.bsky.social · Sep 17

Fantastic being back in @discoverygeoparknl.bsky.social mapping out their wonderful #Ediacaran fossils 👌

Jenny stands on a fossil surface, about to image the surface to make 3d model of the surface. A Fractofusus and Hiemaloria from Discovery Geopark

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Instituto de Geociencias (CSIC-UCM) @igeociencias.bsky.social · Sep 17

No os perdáis la charla de Daniel Pastor @hotspottrack.bsky.social sobre Madrid hace millones de años.
Donde descubriremos cómo los geólogos logran datar el pasado.
Más información
igeo.ucm-csic.es/noche-europe...
@cib-csic.bsky.social
@cenim-csic.bsky.social
@ictancsic.bsky.social

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Daniel Pastor-Galán @hotspottrack.bsky.social · Sep 10

If you can't download the paper but really want to read it, you can find a post-print here: digital.csic.es/handle/10261...

From Rheic to Paleotethys: Subduction history of the Shanderman Eclogites (NW Iran) | DIGITAL.CSIC

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Daniel Pastor-Galán @hotspottrack.bsky.social · Sep 10

So the paper is out!
This month in GSA-Bulletin all for you the tectonic evolution of the Rheic Ocean in Iran.
#Geoscience ⚒️

From Rheic to Paleotethys: Subduction history of the Shanderman Eclogites (NW Iran) | GSA Bulletin | GeoScienceWorld

Abstract. Pre-Jurassic plate reconstructions rely mainly on ophiolites and metabasites found along suture zones and plate boundaries. Tethyan oceanic

pubs.geoscienceworld.org

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