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History of Geology @historyofgeology.bsky.social · 2d

Scientists have been drilling into the ocean floor for 50 years – here’s what they’ve found so far

The ocean floor holds unique information about Earth’s history. Scientific ocean drilling, which started 50 years ago, has yielded insights into climate change, geohazards and the key conditions for...

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History of Geology @historyofgeology.bsky.social · 2d

October 6, 1970, the Glomar Challenger returns back to her homeport in Lisbon after drilling in the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea, discovering evidence for plate tectonics and the Messinian Salinity Crisis 🧂🌋

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History of Geology @historyofgeology.bsky.social · 2d

October 6 was declared International #GeodiversityDay by the UNESCO in 2021. On this day we celebrate the abiotic beauty and diversity of Earth - including rocks, soils, landscapes, rivers, lakes, minerals & fossils ⛰️🪨🐚💎

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History of Geology @historyofgeology.bsky.social · 6d

While the engineers were learning relevant aspects of geosciences, the geoscientists were also learning how to provide geological data to find solutions of engineering problems.

History of Geology @historyofgeology.bsky.social · 6d

Terzaghi, a structural engineer specialized in the design of dams, recognized the necessity to consider also the geological surrounding of where a dam was to be constructed. After a project for a dam failed, he invited geoscientists into his team.
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History of Geology @historyofgeology.bsky.social · 6d

October 2, 1883, birthday of Karl von Terzaghi, Czech-Austrian engineer considered the father of modern soil and rock mechanics.
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History of Geology @historyofgeology.bsky.social · 6d

One of her watercolor paintings shows an "Eurypterid or Fossil of Giant Water Scorpion"

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History of Geology @historyofgeology.bsky.social · 6d

October 2, 1902, Beatrix Potter's "The Tale of Peter Rabbit" is published by Frederick Warne & Co. in London.

Potter illustrated the adventures of a rabbit child herself, but she was also a self-taught naturalist (especially an expert on mushrooms) and interested in minerals & fossils
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History of Geology @historyofgeology.bsky.social · 7d

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Alexander von Humboldt in the Dolomites – Bressan-Geoconsult

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History of Geology @historyofgeology.bsky.social · 7d

As did a rim of contact-metamorphic minerals, formed by the chemical reactions between the iron-rich magma and the carbonate rock - like Vesuvianite 🌋

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History of Geology @historyofgeology.bsky.social · 7d

British geologists argued that basalt was a magmatic rock, injected still molten in the older limestone rocks. Basaltic dikes in the limestone visible higher on the Canzoccoli seemed to prove this theory.
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History of Geology @historyofgeology.bsky.social · 7d

In the "Canzoccoli, a former quarry, dark basaltic rocks sit atop white limestone rocks - at the time considered a geological oddity.
According to German geologists, all rocks were deposited from a primordial sea in a specific order, with fine-grained basalt being the 1st rock to form
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History of Geology @historyofgeology.bsky.social · 7d

October 1, 1829, Sir Roderick Impey Murchison, Scottish geologist and President of the Geological Society at the time, visits the village of Predazzo in the Dolomites to study a strange outcrop
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History of Geology @historyofgeology.bsky.social · 7d

October 1, 1852, naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace returns to the UK after a 4-year journey, collecting & searching for rare species in South America. Darwin returned from his 5-year trip geologizing around the world on this day in 1836 ⛵
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History of Geology @historyofgeology.bsky.social · 8d

#ScienceNews for #September 2025: A new study reveals how diamond-rich melts from deep within Earth’s mantle make it to the surface 🌋💎
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New Study Explains How Diamonds Reach Earth’s Surface

A new study reveals how diamond-rich melts from deep within Earth’s mantle make it to the surface.

www.forbes.com

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History of Geology @historyofgeology.bsky.social · 8d

#ScienceNews for #September 2025: Research led by #NASA suggests a habitable past on #Mars based on the discovery of minerals in Martian rocks associated with life on Earth 💎👽
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Minerals Hint At Possible Life On Mars

Research led by NASA suggests a habitable past on Mars based on the discovery of minerals in Martian rocks associated with life on Earth.

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History of Geology @historyofgeology.bsky.social · 8d

#ScienceNews for #September 2025: After 20 years of controversy, a study presents new evidence that a circular basin buried beneath the seafloor of the North Sea has an extraterrestrial impact origin ☄️🌊
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Study Concludes There Is An Impact Crater Buried In The North Sea

After 20 years of controversy, a study presents new evidence that a circular basin buried beneath the seafloor of the North Sea has an extraterrestrial impact origin.

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History of Geology @historyofgeology.bsky.social · 8d

#ScienceNews for #September 2025: The U.S. Geological Survey has released the most detailed national-scale geologic map of the contiguous #UnitedStates to date online 🇺🇸
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New Map Shows U.S. Geology In Unprecedented Detail

The U.S. Geological Survey has released the most detailed national-scale geologic map of the country to date online.

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History of Geology @historyofgeology.bsky.social · 8d

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Hermann von Meyer and his Archaeopteryx by Pelycosaur24 on DeviantArt

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History of Geology @historyofgeology.bsky.social · 8d

But at the time it was quite a sensation, showing that birds existed on Earth at least since the Jurassic.

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Jurassic Solnhofen – Eichstätt Archaeopteryx serial site - IUGS

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History of Geology @historyofgeology.bsky.social · 8d

His report on the discovery of a single imprint of a feather in the limestone of Solnhofen, Bavaria, is just one page long - including spelling error of the new species' name.

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History of Geology @historyofgeology.bsky.social · 8d

September 30, 1861, German naturalist Hermann von Meyer publishes the first description of Archaeopteryx - the iconic old feathered one 🪶

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History of Geology @historyofgeology.bsky.social · 8d

September 30, día del Geologo in Colombia 🇨🇴 ⚒️
Among many other geological wonders, Colombia is famous for the Muzo emerald deposits and the Nevado del Ruiz.

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History of Geology @historyofgeology.bsky.social · 9d

"Ruri Rocks" also known as" Introduction to Mineralogy" is a Japanese manga and now anime series featuring a surprisingly realistic depiction of rockhounding 💎🪨⛏️
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History of Geology @historyofgeology.bsky.social · 9d

A new study reveals how diamond-rich melts from deep within Earth’s mantle make it to the surface 🌋💎#MineralMonday

www.forbes.com/sites/davidb...

New Study Explains How Diamonds Reach Earth’s Surface

A new study reveals how diamond-rich melts from deep within Earth’s mantle make it to the surface.

www.forbes.com

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