Science Library Blog
September 26, 2008
Hurricane Ike
The USGS has created a web page depicting pre- and post Hurricane Ike photos, as well as data relevant to coastal impacts to severe storms.
http://coastal.er.usgs.gov/hurricanes/ike/
Posted by ajbrown at 11:02 AM
August 26, 2008
New Geology & Environmental Studies Publications by BU Researchers
Title: Physical sedimentology experiments with sulfuric acid solutions: Implications for Mars?
Authors: Benison, KC; LaClair, D; Walker, J
Source: EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS 270 (3-4): 330-337 JUN 30 2008
Title: Mid-IR bands of synthetic calcic amphiboles of tremolite-pargasite series and of natural calcie amphiboles
Authors: Ishida, K; Jenkins, DM; Hawthorne, FC
Source: AMERICAN MINERALOGIST 93 (7): 1112-1118 JUL 2008
Posted by ajbrown at 02:51 PM
July 25, 2008
New Geology & Environmental Studies Publications by BU Researchers
Title: Compressibility of synthetic glaucophane
Authors: Jenkins, DM; Corona, JC; Bassett, WA; Mibe, K; Wang, Z
Source: GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA 72 (12): A426-A426 Suppl. 1 JUL 2008
Posted by ajbrown at 04:21 PM
July 18, 2008
China Earthquake Geospatial Research Portal
Harvard University's Center for Geographic Analysis and Center for Chinese Studies has partnered with the University of Michigan's China Data Center and Chinese University at Hong Kong's Institute of Space and Earth Information Science to create the China Earthquake Geospatial Research Portal. The CEGRP's mission is to speed-up assistance, support long term assessment and rehabilitation, and to provide a permenant archive for future research. Interested researchers and citizens can view and download data, as well as contribute to the archive.
China Earthquake Geospatial Research Portal
http://gist.fas.harvard.edu/CEGRP/
Posted by ajbrown at 09:17 AM
New Geology & Environmental Studies Publications by BU Researchers
Title: Secular variations in seawater chemistry as a control on the chemistry of basinal brines: test of the hypothesis
Authors: Lowenstein, TK; Timofeeff, MN
Source: GEOFLUIDS 8 (2): 77-92 MAY 2008
Posted by ajbrown at 08:38 AM
May 14, 2008
New Geology & Environmental Studies Publications by BU Researchers
Title: Oceanic loading of wildfire-derived organic compounds from a small mountainous river
Authors: Hunsinger, GB; Mitra, S; Warrick, JA; Alexander, CR
Source: JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-BIOGEOSCIENCES 113 (G2): Art. No. G02007 APR 11 2008
Posted by ajbrown at 01:12 PM
April 09, 2008
National Geographic Videos on YouTube
National Geographic has almost 500 short video clips on Youtube that could be used for instructional material.
http://www.youtube.com/user/NationalGeographic
Posted by ajbrown at 09:44 AM
February 14, 2008
New Geology & Environmental Studies Publications by BU Researchers
Title: Fault geometries illuminated from seismicity in central Taiwan: Implications for crustal scale structural boundaries in the northern Central Range
Authors: Gourley, JR; Byrne, T; Chan, YC; Wu, F; Rau, RJ
Source: TECTONOPHYSICS 445 (3-4): 168-185 DEC 20 2007
Title: Influence of superimposed bedforms and flow unsteadiness on formation of cross strata in dunes and unit bars
Authors: Reesink, A; Bridge, JS
Source: SEDIMENTARY GEOLOGY 202 (1-2): 281-296 Sp. Iss. SI NOV 15 2007
Posted by ajbrown at 02:09 PM
January 22, 2008
New Geology & Environmental Studies Publications by BU Researchers
Title: Large-scale mechanical redistribution of orthopyroxene and plagioclase in the basement sill, ferrar dolerites, McMurdo dry valleys, antarctica: Petrological, mineral-chemical and field evidence for channelized movement of crystals and melt
Authors: Bedard, JHJ; Marsh, BD; Hersum, TG; Naslund, HR; Mukasa, SB
Source: JOURNAL OF PETROLOGY 48 (12): 2289-2326 DEC 2007
Posted by ajbrown at 11:22 AM
January 02, 2008
Online New York State Gazetteer & GeoData Collection developed by University at Buffalo
NYS Gazetteer and GeoData Collection
The University at Buffalo Libraries provide a database which facilitates searching and locating 38,000 places, features, and other geographic information within New York State. You can find latitude and longitude coordinates, as well as downloadable digital raster graphics and digital maps files.
Posted by ajbrown at 04:38 PM
December 17, 2007
New Geology & Environmental Studies Publications by BU Researchers
Title: "A preliminary assessment of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon distributions in the lower Mississippi River and Gulf of Mexico" (vol 82, pg 273, 2003)
Authors: Mitra, S; Bianchi, TS
Source: MARINE CHEMISTRY 107 (2): 275-275 OCT 30 2007
Posted by ajbrown at 03:20 PM
November 27, 2007
Open Environmental Data Wiki
The Open Knowledge Foundation has launched an Environmental Data Wiki.
Open Environmental Data is data relevant to the study of the environment that anyone is free to access, re-use and redistribute. This includes data that is in the public domain, and data that has been made available under an open license.
There are opportunities to contribute to the wiki and to download data. You can find lists of Environmental Datasets, Data Distributors, Research Groups, and Software.
Posted by ajbrown at 04:51 PM
November 20, 2007
New Geology & Environmental Studies Publications by BU Researchers
Title: Interaction between two subducting plates under Tokyo and its possible effects on seismic hazards
Authors: Wu, F; Okaya, D; Sato, H; Hirata, N
Source: GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS 34 (18): Art. No. L18301 SEP 18 2007
Posted by ajbrown at 01:48 PM
October 19, 2007
New Geology & Environmental Studies Publications by BU Researchers
Title: Predicting bioavailability of sediment-associated organic contaminants for Diporeia spp. and Oligochaetes
Authors: Landrum, PF; Robinson, SD; Gossiaux, DC; You, J; Lydy, MJ; Mitra, S; Ten Hulscher, TEM
Source: ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 41 (18): 6442-6447 SEP 15 2007
Title: Aftershocks of the 1999 Chi-Chi, Taiwan, earthquake: The first hour
Authors: Chang, CH; Wu, YM; Zhao, L; Wu, FT
Source: BULLETIN OF THE SEISMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 97 (4): 1245-1258 AUG 2007
Title: Comparison of quantification methods to measure fire-derived (black/elemental) carbon in soils and sediments using reference materials from soil, water, sediment and the atmosphere
Authors: Hammes, K; Schmidt, MWI; Smernik, RJ; Currie, LA; Ball, WP; Nguyen, TH; Louchouarn, P; Houel, S; Gustafsson, O; Elmquist, M; Cornelissen, G; Skjemstad, JO; Masiello, CA; Song, J; Peng, P; Mitra, S; Dunn, JC; Hatcher, PG; Hockaday, WC; Smith, DM; Hartkopf-Froeder, C; Boehmer, A; Luer, B; Huebert, BJ; Amelung, W; Brodowski, S; Huang, L; Zhang, W; Gschwend, PM; Flores-Cervantes, DX; Largeau, C; Rouzaud, JN; Rumpel, C; Guggenberger, G; Kaiser, K; Rodionov, A; Gonzalez-Vila, FJ; Gonzalez-Perez, JA; de la Rosa, JM; Manning, DAC; Lopez-Capel, E; Ding, L
Source: GLOBAL BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES 21 (3): Art. No. GB3016 AUG 31 2007
Posted by ajbrown at 02:15 PM
October 09, 2007
New Geology & Environmental Studies Publications by BU Researchers
Title: Isolation of live Cretaceous (121-112 million years old) halophilic Archaea from primary salt crystals
Authors: Vreeland, RH; Jones, J; Monson, A; Rosenzweig, WD; Lowenstein, TK; Timofeeff, M; Satterfield, C; Cho, BC; Park, JS; Wallace, A; Grant, WD
Source: GEOMICROBIOLOGY JOURNAL 24 (3-4): 275-282 2007
Posted by ajbrown at 09:35 AM
July 30, 2007
New Geology & Environmental Studies Publications by BU Researchers
Title: Biopyribole evolution during tremolite synthesis from dolomite and quartz in CO2-H2O fluid
Authors: Bozhilov, KN; Brownstein, D; Jenkins, DM
Source: AMERICAN MINERALOGIST 92 (5-6): 898-908 MAY-JUN 2007
Posted by ajbrown at 03:46 PM
June 29, 2007
New Geology & Environmental Studies Publications by BU Researchers
Title: The alluvial architecture of the Coevorden Field (Upper Carboniferous), the Netherlands
Authors: Kombrink, H; Bridge, JS; Stouthamer, E
Source: NETHERLANDS JOURNAL OF GEOSCIENCES-GEOLOGIE EN MIJNBOUW 86 (1): 3-14 APR 2007
Title: An experimental investigation of the reaction: glaucophane+2 quartz=2 albite plus talc
Authors: Corona, JC; Jenkins, DM
Source: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF MINERALOGY 19 (2): 147-158 MAR-APR 2007
Title: Sphagnum atlanticum, a new species from eastern North America
Authors: Andrus, RE
Source: BRYOLOGIST 110 (2): 274-278 SUM 2007
Title: Microwave-assisted solvent extraction of solid matrices and subsequent detection of pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry
Authors: Rice, SL; Mitra, S
Source: ANALYTICA CHIMICA ACTA 589 (1): 125-132 APR 18 2007
Posted by ajbrown at 12:49 PM
June 21, 2007
Geology & Environmental Studies Database Trials
The Lyell Collection was created to mark the 200th anniversary of the Geological Society of London. It brings together the Journal of the Geological Society, Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology, their Special Publications and the Memoir book series, with full-text archives going back to 1845. The trial ends July 22, 2007. Please send any comments to Angelique Jenks-Brown.
This database provides coverage in applicable areas of agriculture, ecosystem ecology, energy, renewable energy resources, natural resources, marine & freshwater science, geography, pollution & waste management, environmental technology, environmental law, public policy, social impacts, urban planning, and more. It indexes domestic and international titles going back to the 1950s, and contains full-text for more than 400 journals and some monographs. Please send any comments to Angelique Jenks-Brown. The trial has been extended to 7/15/2007.
Posted by ajbrown at 03:08 PM
June 20, 2007
Environmental Research Web
Environmental Research Web (Access: http://environmentalresearchweb.org)
Part of the Institute of Physics Publishing's open-access community. Registration is free, but you will need to register to access the full-text of most of the articles. The content focuses on current research and controversial topics written by specialists, and contain links to related web sources and open access articles.
Environmental Research Web has been added to the Libraries' Subject Resources web page. From the Libraries Homepage, go to Subject Resources, Environmental Studies, then Environmental Studies Links, and click on News.
Posted by ajbrown at 02:26 PM
New Geology & Environmental Studies Publications by BU Researchers
Title: P-wave velocity structure under the Changbaishan volcanic region, NE China, from wide-angle reflection and refraction data
Authors: Song, JL; Hetland, EA; Wu, FT; Zhang, XK; Liu, GD; Yang, ZX
Source: TECTONOPHYSICS 433 (1-4): 127-139 APR 2 2007
Title: Evidence from the Lake Champlain Valley for a later onset of the Champlain Sea and implications for late glacial meltwater routing to the North Atlantic
Authors: Rayburn, JA; Franzi, DA; Knuepfer, PLK
Source: PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY 246 (1): 62-74 MAR 23 2007
Posted by ajbrown at 02:21 PM
May 24, 2007
Ocean Drilling Program Publications Online
The Ocean Driliing Program Publications in print are being made available online by the Ocean Drilling Program and Texas A&M with a grant from the NSF. To view the publications go to http://www.odplegacy.org and click on Samples, data & publications. Reports of the Deep Sea Drilling Project will be made available in the fall of 2007 at http://www.deepseadrilling.org.
To read the official press release, please read the extended entry below.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 25, 2007
CONTACT: Jon Corsiglia, IODP U.S. Implementing Organization
(202) 232-3900, jcorsiglia -at- joiscience.org
Pushing Scientific Ocean Drilling Results to the Desktop
COLLEGE STATION, TX Published volumes detailing nearly 40 years of scientific discoveries from ocean drilling research a vast reservoir of valuable and citable data for geoscientists will soon be freely accessible online. These publications represent the scholarly results of an important global science endeavor that forever changed mankind¹s understanding of the Earth.
All findings and data published in volumes from the Ocean Drilling Program
(ODP) are now available at http://www.odplegacy.org (click on Samples, data & publications.) The second phase of the digitization project, to be completed by this fall, will bring the Initial Reports of the Deep Sea Drilling Project series (Volumes 196) and other printed ODP and Deep Sea Drilling Project (DSDP) reports online. The DSDP publications will be available at http://www.deepseadrilling.org.
The Texas A&M Digital Library, which until recently operated under the university¹s vice president of research, produced more than 185,000 pages of digital files from original print publications in a joint venture with ODP.
The U.S. National Science Foundation is funding the project.
³This makes one of the great bodies of marine geologic literature easily accessible worldwide,² said Dr. Mitchell Lyle, a professor in the Department of Oceanography at Texas A&M University.
ODP was a 20-year international partnership of scientists and research institutions organized to explore the evolution and structure of the Earth through scientific ocean drilling. ODP conducted drilling operations in the world¹s oceans from January 1985 through September 2003. The program succeeded DSDP, which began drilling operations in 1968 and concluded its explorations in 1983. The Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP) has been building upon the legacy of success of both its predecessor programs since 2004.
James Allan, IODP program director at the U.S. National Science Foundation said, ³NSF is delighted that these written results covering 35 years of scientific ocean drilling will be made easily available to the science community and society at large. We are very grateful for the efforts of the Texas A&M University Digital Library and Texas A&M University for serving as a partner in supporting this accomplishment, which provides many enhancements over the original printed versions.²
The Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program includes an Initial Reports volume of shipboard reports for each ODP research cruise and a companion Scientific Results volume of peer-reviewed postcruise research results. ODP first began publishing its Proceedings online in 1997. Through the digitization effort, scanned versions of ODP Proceedings volumes originally published between 1986 and 1996 have been made Web-accessible.
The PDF chapter files generated through the digitization project started as scanned images of each original page. Through the use of an optical character recognition process, a searchable text layer was added to the PDF files, making it possible to copy and paste text from the final PDF file of each chapter. HTML volume tables of contents provide online navigation to individual chapter files. The digitized volumes include links to individual core photographs scanned from original film as part of a separate ODP legacy project.
Every chapter in both the Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program and the Initial Reports of the Deep Sea Drilling Project will have a digital object identifier (DOI) associated with it. Scholarly and professional publishers create links between reference lists and the online content of cited papers using DOIs. With information about DSDP and ODP publications deposited with the DOI registration agency CrossRef, publishers will be able to link directly online to cited papers across the entire DSDP and ODP series.
IODP welcomes scientific ocean drilling expedition and engineering proposals from many disciplines, and from any country. With the newly digitized ODP data resource available to them, scientists and engineers writing new proposals will ultimately make new discoveries, develop new technologies and contribute to greater scientific knowledge.
Information about the IODP proposal submission process is available at http://www.iodp.org
Posted by ajbrown at 10:55 AM
May 07, 2007
Recent Geology and Environmental Studies Publications by BU Researchers
Title: Sphagnum oregonense sp nov from western North America
Authors: Andrus, RE
Source: BRYOLOGIST 110 (1): 123-125 SPR 2007
Posted by ajbrown at 01:53 PM
May 01, 2007
International Polar Year
2007-2008 is the fourth International Polar Year, the first being in 1882. If you would like to read more about it, visit this page:
http://www.us-ipy.gov/Default.aspx?tabid=70
If you would like to download and/or print-out posters:
http://www.us-ipy.gov/DesktopModules/Articles/ArticleDetails.aspx?ItemID=257
The posters document the scientific research efforts of federal agencies.
Posted by ajbrown at 01:52 PM
March 12, 2007
New Geology & Environmental Studies Publications by BU Researchers
Title: Magnetostratigraphy susceptibility of the Upper Ordovician Kope Formation, northern Kentucky
Authors: Ellwood, BB; Brett, CE; MacDonald, WD
Source: PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY 243 (1-2): 42-54 JAN 10 2007
Posted by ajbrown at 02:25 PM
February 09, 2007
New Geology & Environmental Publications by BU Researchers
Title: Formation and preservation of open-framework gravel strata in unidirectional flows
Authors: Lunt, IA; Bridge, JS
Source: SEDIMENTOLOGY 54 (1): 71-87 FEB 2007
Posted by ajbrown at 12:16 PM
February 07, 2007
Trial of "Aluka"
"Aluka is an international, collaborative, not-for-profit effort that is building a networked digital library of scholarly resources from and about Africa. The name, 'Aluka,' is derived from a Zulu word meaning 'to weave', reflecting Aluka’s mission to connect resources and scholars from around the world." Trial access provided by JSTOR.
Highlighted collections include African Plants, African Cultural Heritage Sites and Landscapes, and Struggles for Freedom in Southern Africa.
Trial dates: February through the end of June, 2007.
To try the database, please visit http://library.lib.binghamton.edu/webdocs/testdb.html
Posted by ajbrown at 02:29 PM
January 12, 2007
New Geology & Environmental Publications by BU Researchers
Title: Seismogenic structure in a tectonic suture zone: With new constraints from 2006 Mw6.1 Taitung earthquake
Authors: Wu, YM; Chen, YG; Chang, CH; Chung, LH; Teng, TL; Wu, FT; Wu, CF
Source: GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS 33 (22): Art. No. L22305 NOV 21 2006
Title: Tectonic implications of post-folding Permian magnetizations in the Carapacha Basin, La Pampa province, Argentina
Authors: Tomezzoli, RN; Melchor, RN; MacDonald, WD
Source: EARTH PLANETS AND SPACE 58 (10): 1235-1246 2006
Title: Atmospheric dry deposition of trace elements measured around the urban and industrially impacted NY-NJ harbor
Authors: Yi, SM; Totten, LA; Thota, S; Yan, S; Offenberg, JH; Eisenreich, SJ; Graney, J; Holsen, TM
Source: ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT 40 (34): 6626-6637 NOV 2006
Posted by ajbrown at 01:17 PM
November 21, 2006
Online Maps Available
Select maps have been made available for purchase in print and available free online for the states of Alaska, Nevada and Washington. Some of the files are quite large and require some time to download, but that means they are high quality maps.
ALASKA
Sinnott, Rick, et al. Coastal zone boundaries of Alaska. 1 atlas (117 folded leaves of plates), scale ca. 1:253,440. Anchorage: Alaska Dept. of Natural Resources, Office of Project Management and Permitting, Alaska Coastal Management Program, pub. 2006.
Digital copies of atlas maps may be downloaded from:
http://www.alaskacoast.state.ak.us/GIS/boundary.htm
NEVADA
Potential resources associated with proposed roadless areas in Nevada (Second edition) by Ronald H. Hess and Jonathan G. Price, set of 17 plates, scale 1:1,000,000, and 2-page text, available free on the web or for purchase at:
http://www.nbmg.unr.edu/sales/pbsdtls.php?sku=OF06-12
Preliminary geologic map of the north half of the Fernley
West Quadrangle, Lyon, Storey, and Washoe Counties, Nevada, by James E.
Faulds and Alan R. Ramelli, available free on the web or for purchase at:
http://www.nbmg.unr.edu/sales/pbsdtls.php?sku=OF06-13
Preliminary geologic map of the north half of the Searchlight Quadrangle, Clark County, Nevada, by James E. Faulds, Alan R. Ramelli, and Haroldo Lledo, available for purchase are the map and text, map only, or free on the web at:
http://www.nbmg.unr.edu/sales/pbsdtls.php?sku=OF06-15 and http://www.nbmg.unr.edu/sales/pbsdtls.php?sku=OF06-15m
Preliminary geologic map of the Flowery Peak Quadrangle, Lyon and Storey Counties, Nevada, by Stephen B. Castor, P. Kyle House, and Donald M. Hudson, available for purchase are the map and text, map only, or free on the web at:
http://www.nbmg.unr.edu/sales/pbsdtls.php?sku=OF06-16 and http://www.nbmg.unr.edu/sales/pbsdtls.php?sku=OF06-16m
Preliminary geologic map of the north half of the Jerritt
Canyon mining district, Elko County, Nevada, by John L. Muntean and Christopher D. Henry, available for purchase, or free on the web at:
http://www.nbmg.unr.edu/sales/pbsdtls.php?sku=OF06-17
WASHINGTON
National Audubon Society, Washington State Office. The great Washington State birding trail, southwest loop. 1 map. Seattle, Wash.: Audubon Washington, pub. 2005. View online version of the map at: http://wa.audubon.org/birds_GreatWABirdingTrail_SWLoop.html
Posted by ajbrown at 10:26 AM
November 20, 2006
New Geology & Environmental Publications by BU Researchers
Title: Seismicity and one-dimensional velocity structure of the Himalayan collision zone: Earthquakes in the crust and upper mantle
Authors: Monsalve, G; Sheehan, A; Schulte-Pelkum, V; Rajaure, S; Pandey, MR; Wu, F
Author Full Names: Monsalve, G.; Sheehan, A.; Schulte-Pelkum, V.; Rajaure, S.; Pandey, M. R.; Wu, F.
Source: JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SOLID EARTH 111 (B10): Art. No. B10301 OCT 3 2006
Posted by ajbrown at 08:52 AM
October 31, 2006
New Open Access Journal for the Enviromental Sciences
Launched at the end of October 2006 as a high-impact, open-access Letters journal, Environmental Research Letters (ERL) will provide a coherent and integrated approach including research articles, perspectives, news and editorials, as well as meeting notices for the environmental science community. Completely free to read online, ERL will be funded by an article publication charge.
Environmental Research Letters
Posted by ajbrown at 01:28 PM
October 24, 2006
New Geology and Environmental Studies Publications by BU Researchers
Title: Elevated eocene atmospheric CO2 and its subsequent decline
Authors: Lowenstein, TK; Demicco, RV
Source: SCIENCE 313 (5795): 1928-1928 SEP 29 2006
Title: Molar volume and thermal expansion of glaucophane
Authors: Jenkins, DM; Corona, JC
Source: PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY OF MINERALS 33 (5): 356-362 AUG 2006
Posted by ajbrown at 12:32 PM
October 10, 2006
Wiki-Based Encyclopedia of Earth
Check it out! Encyclopedia of Earth
"The Encyclopedia of Earth, a new electronic reference about the Earth, its natural environments, and their interaction with society. The Encyclopedia is a free, fully searchable collection of articles written by scholars, professionals, educators, and experts who collaborate and review each other's work. The articles are written in non-technical language and will be useful to students, educators, scholars, professionals, as well as to the general public." - http://www.eoearth.org/eoe/about
Posted by ajbrown at 10:28 AM
September 26, 2006
Trial to JGR - Earth Surface
Journal of Geophysical Research – Earth Surface focuses on the physical, chemical and biological processes that affect the form and function of the surface of the solid Earth over all temporal and spatial scales, including fluvial, eolian, and coastal sediment transport; hillslope mass movements; glacial and periglacial activity; weathering and pedogenesis; surface manifestations of volcanism and tectonism.
The library currently subscribes to the print version of this journal, but is considering an electronic subscription. Please send any comments to Angelique Jenks-Brown. Trial ends November 22, 2006.
Posted by ajbrown at 02:30 PM
August 25, 2006
New Geology & Environmental Studies Publications by BU Researchers
Title: Bridging river basin scales and processes to assess human-climate impacts and the terrestrial hydrologic system
Authors: Reed, PM; Brooks, RP; Davis, KJ; DeWalle, DR; Dressler, KA; Duffy, CJ; Lin, HS; Miller, DA; Najjar, RG; Salvage, KM; Wagener, T; Yarnal, B
Source: WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH 42 (7): Art. No. W07418 JUL 22 2006
Title: The role of water in the synthesis of glaucophane
Authors: Jenkins, DM; Corona, JC
Source: AMERICAN MINERALOGIST 91 (7): 1055-1068 JUL 2006
Posted by ajbrown at 02:21 PM
July 31, 2006
New Publications by BU Geology and Environmental Studies Researchers
Title: Spatial variability in river sediments and its link with river channel geometry
Authors: Rubin, Y; Lunt, IA; Bridge, JS
Source: WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH 42 (6): Art. No. W06D16 JUN 21 2006
Title: Causes of river avulsion: Insights from the late holocene avulsion history of the Mississippi River, USA - Discussion
Authors: Tornqvisti, TE; Bridge, JS
Source: JOURNAL OF SEDIMENTARY RESEARCH 76 (5-6): 959-959 MAY-JUN 2006
Posted by ajbrown at 03:45 PM
June 06, 2006
New Geology & Environmental Studies Publications by BU Researchers
Title: Oxide-bearing and FeO-rich clasts in aubrites
Authors: Rosenshein, EB; Ivanova, MA; Dickinson, TL; McCoy, TJ; Lauretta, DS; Guan, Y; Leshin, LA; Benedix, GK
Source: METEORITICS & PLANETARY SCIENCE 41 (4): 495-503 APR 2006
Title: Introduction to the special issue: Ice sheet geomorphology
Authors: Fleisher, PJ; Knuepfer, PLK; Butler, DR
Source: GEOMORPHOLOGY 75 (1-2): 1-3 Sp. Iss. SI APR 2006
Title: Secular variation in the major-ion chemistry of seawater: Evidence from fluid inclusions in Cretaceous halites
Authors: Timofeeff, MN; Lowenstein, TK; da Silva, MA; Harris, NB
Source: GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA 70 (8): 1977-1994 APR 15 2006
Posted by ajbrown at 03:57 PM
May 05, 2006
New Geology & Environmental Studies Publications by BU Researchers
Title: Neotectonics of the Marikina Valley fault system (MVFS) and tectonic framework of structures in northern and central Luzon, Philippines
Authors: Rimando, RE; Knueffer, PLK
Source: TECTONOPHYSICS 415 (1-4): 17-38 MAR 27 2006
Posted by ajbrown at 03:28 PM
April 24, 2006
San Francisco Bay Region Geology and Geologic Hazards
The USGS and California Geological Survey teamed up to report on the San Francisco Bay region geology and geologic hazards online. http://sfgeo.wr.usgs.gov/
Posted by ajbrown at 09:24 AM
January 16, 2006
New Publications by BU Researchers
Title: Ice-cores, sediments and civilisation collapse: a cautionary tale from Lake Titicaca
Authors: Calaway, MJ
Source: ANTIQUITY, 79 (306): 778-790 DEC 2005
Posted by ajbrown at 11:41 AM
January 03, 2006
New Publications by BU Researchers
Title: Chemistry and mineralogy of outcrops at Meridiani Planum
Authors: Clark, BC; Morris, RV; McLennan, SM; Gellert, R; Jolliff, B; Knoll, AH; Squyres, SW; Lowenstein, TK; Ming, DW; Tosca, NJ; Yen, A; Christensen, PR; Gorevan, S; Bruckner, J; Calvin, W; Dreibus, G; Farrand, W; Klingelhoefer, G; Waenke, H; Zipfel, J; Bell, JF; Grotzinger, J; McSween, HY; Rieder, R
Source: EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS, 240 (1): 73-94 NOV 30 2005
Posted by ajbrown at 11:03 AM
December 13, 2005
Search pages available for science/engineering book series
We have created a search page for book series in science and engineering. This search page enables you to to input the volume number from a citation for a book series and retrieve the record for the individual volume in our library catalog, infoLINK.
These search pages are linked from the following subject resources pages: biology, chemistry, computer science, electrical & computer engineering, engineering, environmental studies, geology, mathematical sciences, physics & astronomy, and psychology.
To see an example, go to http://library.lib.binghamton.edu/subjects/biology/bioseries.html and input a volume number for Methods in Enzymology e.g. 191.
Posted by amcmanus at 09:56 AM
November 21, 2005
New Publications by BU Researchers
Title: Model of seawater composition for the Phanerozoic
Authors: Demicco, RV; Lowenstein, TK; Hardie, LA; Spencer, RJ
Source: GEOLOGY, 33 (11): 877-880 NOV 2005
Title: A series of large, Late Wisconsinan meltwater floods through the Champlain and Hudson Valleys, New York State, USA
Authors: Rayburn, JA; Knuepfer, PLK; Franzi, DA
Source: QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS, 24 (22): 2410-2419 NOV 2005
Title: Paleobrine temperatures, chemistries, and paleoenvironments of silurian salina formation F-1 salt, Michigan Basin, USA, from petrography and fluid inclusions in halite
Authors: Satterfield, CL; Lowenstein, TK; Vreeland, RH; Rosenzweig, WD
Source: JOURNAL OF SEDIMENTARY RESEARCH, 75 (5): 964-965 SEP 2005
Posted by ajbrown at 11:12 AM
August 31, 2005
New Publications by BU Researchers
Title: Immobilization of uranium in the presence of Fe-0(s): Model development and simulation of contrasting experimental conditions
Authors: Wang, Y; Salvage, K
Source: APPLIED GEOCHEMISTRY, 20 (7): 1268-1283 JUL 2005
Title: A neandertal mandible from the Cova del Gegant (Sitges, Barcelona, Spain)
Authors: Daura, J; Sanz, M; Subira, ME; Quam, R; Fullola, JM; Arsuaga, JL
Source: JOURNAL OF HUMAN EVOLUTION, 49 (1): 56-70 JUL 2005
Posted by ajbrown at 09:25 AM
March 29, 2005
Water Information Center
The National Academies has created a new Web site that provides free access to more than 100 Academies reports on water-related issues. The Water Information Center aims to assist the work of water scientists, engineers, managers, policy-makers and students in the developing world.
http://water.nationalacademies.org/
From What's New @ National-Academies.org
Posted by amcmanus at 03:37 PM
February 09, 2005
Earthquake Notifications in Real-Time
PubSub has a new feature for Earthquake notifications.
From the press release:
"A simple new notification system launched today giving consumers and technology developers easier and more immediate access to time-critical data on global earthquake and tsunami activity.Posted by amcmanus at 04:04 PM
February 07, 2005
TOXMAP
The National Library of Medicine has created a new tool
TOXMAPis a Geographic Information System (GIS) from the National Library of Medicine (NLM) that uses maps of the United States to help users visually explore data from the EPA's Toxics Release Inventory (TRI)
Posted by amcmanus at 04:00 PM
February 03, 2005
Open access Journal of Maps
From Open Access News
By Peter Suber
The Journal of Maps is a new peer-reviewed, open-access journal from the Earth Sciences and Geography faculty at Kingston University.
The first issue appeared on January 5. Although access to full-text articles and maps is free of charge, it does require registration, which will block crawlers and other research tools. Excerpt from Mike Smith's editorial in the inaugural issue: 'JoM emerged out of the desire for myself and colleagues at the Kingston Centre for GIS to publish bespoke maps. As an applied research group we collect (and map) spatial data for a variety of geographic disciplines, however the publication of such material is difficult; a cursory survey of geography-related journals showed that map publication was uncommon and usually incurred high page costs. Maps are central to the process of understanding within spatially aware disciplines, through the use of maps to analyse, store and present spatial information. The lack of map publication is an undesirable effect of the modern publication process and weakens the value of research findings. JoM was established to redress the imbalance in map publication; the high page costs of printed maps is unavodiable and therefore JoM was only viable as an e-journal. This constraint presented the opportunity for us to "self-publish", thereby by-passing the whole commerical publication process. It was at this stage that we decided JoM should be open-access, with a nominal author fee to cover running costs....JoM wishes to actively contribute to the debate on map data and copyright, with a view to lessening the restrictions on map publication.' (Thanks to UKSG Serials-eNews.)
Posted by amcmanus at 02:03 PM