June 14, 1900, Hawaii islands become U.S. territory 🇺🇸
Vintage geological maps of Maui, O'ahu & Hawai'i 🌋

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Day 8: Rupture

Birthed in the earth's core, this ancient creature was discovered after a geological survey in the Philippines. Local legend tells of a fiery hell-beast that will rise from the ground and rebirth the world in flames.

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🦴 Indian Tertiary and post Tertiary Vertebrata.
Calcutta: Geological Survey Office [etc., etc.], 1874-1902.
https://t.co/OmH6GQQBRl

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Researchers in are part of an ambitious project that aims to produce 4D maps of the Earth’s mantle to help understand some of the most dramatic geological events in our history https://t.co/hIgsnWZATr

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May 16, 1861, botanist, teacher, naturalist, geologist John Stevens Henslow died He introduced a young Charles into natural sciences, including botany & geology 🌼
Henslow's geological map of Anglesey (1821), off the coast of Wales ⚒️ https://t.co/wyOjm37pwC

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R. Ufficio Geologico - Carta geologica delle Alpi occidentali - Dedotta Dai Rilevamenti Eseguiti Gagli Ingegneri del R. Corpo Delle Miniere, dal 188 al 1906 - Roma, 1908

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Pre-Plate Tectonics, what did geologist think the crust looked like?
Model of a cross section of the Earth's crust
1861 Geological Strata by Alexander von Humboldt

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Something a little different for

When we say fossils are X, Y and Z million years old, it can be hard to place them into a geological timeline.⁣

Reconstructions like this by the excellent Ray Troll really help bring evolution and deep time to life.

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April 20, 1798, birthday of geologist William Edmond Logan, pioneer of Canadian geological research. He produced a monumental report, the results of 20 years of work, in 1863
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https://t.co/ePyvdGVjXV

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Many times our 🌍 show us extraordinary natural phenomena!

A good example is the Richat Structure aka the Eye of a circular geological feature in Mauritania 🇲🇷.

It has a diameter of approximately 40 kilometers & can be easily spotted from 🛰️🇪🇺!

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Day 2 of 'Favourite item'

In 1841 Thomas Sopwith produced these models to teach geology- the study of the Earth. The various types of wood represent different geological formations. models were personally gifted to Oxford geologist William Buckland.

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In 2014 Durham Cathedral was listed by the Geological Society as one of the best Geosites in Britain for its sandstone & Frosterley marble. Frosterley marble is a black limestone containing 325 million year old fossil corals & crinoids of the Carboniferous Period.

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This we're loving 😍 the beautiful illustrations of Liassic fossils from Stanford's Geological Atlas of Great Britain, 1904.

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February 16, 1832, the crew of the HMS Beagle disembarked to explore a tiny set of islands off the coast of Brazil in the Atlantic Ocean. Charles recognized they were made from serpentinite thanks to a geological field trip done in 1831 ⚒️ https://t.co/xqCG886S8t

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February 6, 1796, birthday of John S. Henslow, botanist & professor of mineralogy who introduced Charles into 🌼🌿 https://t.co/gX0SPyEZb8 💎⚒
Geological map of Anglesey made in 1821 by Henslow

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February 5, 1770, birthday of French naturalist & mineralogist Alexandre Brongniart. Together with Cuvier he published one of the 1st stratigraphic sections & geological maps in 1808, showing the stratigraphy of the basin of Paris
https://t.co/4SHUDIfYdF

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"Geological Formation" - Neural style transfer from photo to vector illustration.

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Our first talk of 2020 Monday 13th January 'Is UK geothermal about to become of age?' by Dr Jonathan Busby of British Geological Survey.

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-Cradle-

An Astronaut have for mission to map sections of the moons Geological surface. That was until an accident leaves him helpless in the most isolated place known to man.


https://t.co/Ca5j3TkdEQ

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