Scanned and Searchable Historic Texas Newspapers Now Online 24DEC2019

 Scanned and Searchable Historic Texas Newspapers Now Online

Hi,

For people, interested in searching for reports of

aerolites, meteorites, and so forth in Texas, a

considerable collection of historic local and regional

newspapers is online as scanned and searchable

digital files in "The Portal to Texas History" at

https://texashistory.unt.edu/search/?explore=true&fq=dc_type:text_newspaper

For example, there are 595 hits for "aerolite" and

1,760 hits for "meteorite."

Yours,

Paul H.

Online Guidebooks to Canadian Fossils and Geology

Online Guidebooks to Canadian Fossils and Geology

Hi,

Recently, I came across a couple of field trip guidebooks
about fossils and geology of areas within Quebec and
Ontario,Canada. The first guidebook is:

Hofmann, H. J., and and M. D. Chartier, 2006, Canadian
Paleontology Conference Field Trip Guidebook No. 11
Canadian Paleontology Conference, Redpath Museum,
McGill University, Montreal (QC) October 13–16, 2006

It contains Field Trip A - "Stratigraphy of the Montreal area"
by H.J. Hofmann and Field Trip B - "Fossils of the Champlain
Sea." the Redpath Museum, and the Saint-Nicolas site by
M. D. Chartier and M.E. Cournoyer

It is at
http://www.academia.edu/2780812/Canadian_Paleontology_Conference_Field_Trip_Guidebook_No._11
and citation at http://www.gac.ca/publications/view_pub.php?id=188

The second guidebook is:

Frank R. Brunton, Elizabeth Turner and Derek Armstrong,
2009, A Guide to the Paleozoic Geology and Fossils of
Manitoulin Island and northern Bruce Peninsula, Ontario,
Canada. Canadian Paleontology Conference Field Trip
Guidebook No. 14, 76 pp., SBN 978-1-897095-45-4

It is
at:https://www.academia.edu/7132983/A_Guide_to_the_Paleozoic_Geology_and_Fossils_of_Manitoulin_Island_and_northern_Bruce_Peninsula_Ontario_Canada

I found them in Google Advanced Search using
"guidebook geology site:https://www.academia.edu/”

Also, using in Google Search: "Friends of Pleistocene guidebook
site:https://www.academia.edu/" yields some interesting results.

Finally there is “Hunting for Whales in Eastern Ontario,” Fossils
and Geology of Lanark County, Ontario, Friday, 24 April 2015,
http://fossilslanark.blogspot.com/2015/04/hunting-for-whales-in-eastern-ontario_24.html

and Fossils and Geology of Lanark County, Ontario
http://fossilslanark.blogspot.com

Yours,

Paul H.

"Geology of Northern Arizona" Guidebooks Now Online

"Geology of Northern Arizona" Guidebooks Now Online

"Geology of Northern Arizona" Guidebooks Now
Online, Arizona Geological Survey, Oct. 14, 2015
http://arizonageology.blogspot.com/2015/10/geology-of-northern-arizona-guidebooks.html

“Arizona Geological Survey has posted online for free
viewing and downloading "The Geology of Northern
Arizona - With Notes on Archaeology and Paleoclimate"
at http://repository.azgs.az.gov/uri_gin/azgs/dlio/1647 .”

“This is a two volumes set comprising 800 pages of
illustrated field trip guides for sites in Northern
Arizona that was published in 1974 as part of the
Rocky Mountain section meeting of the Geological
Society of America.”

Another set of guidebooks is:

Geologic Diversity of Arizona and its Margins:
Excursions to Choice Areas (For The 100th annual
meeting of The Geological Society of America (1984)
http://repository.azgs.az.gov/uri_gin/azgs/dlio/1646

Another publication is:

Gems and Precious Stones of Arizona
http://repository.azgs.az.gov/uri_gin/azgs/dlio/71

More publications and maps at:

Arizona Geological Survey Document Repository
document archiving, management and discovery
http://repository.azgs.az.gov
http://repository.azgs.az.gov/about

Yours,

Paul H.

Online and Downloadable Missouri K-Pg Megatsunami Deposits Papers

Online and Downloadable Missouri K-Pg Megatsunami Deposits Papers

Oboh-Ikuenobe, F. E., C. E. Campbell, and T. L. Eifert, 2008,
Megatsunami deposit in Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary
interval of southeast Missouri. In K R. Evans, J. W. Horton Jr.,
D. T. King Jr., and J. R. Morrow, eds., pp. 189-198 The
Sedimentary Record of Meteorite Impacts. Special Papers
no. 437, Geological Society of America, Boulder, Colorado.
PDF file at http://seismo.device.mst.edu/GG/pubs/06.pdf and
http://gs.mst.edu/media/academic/gs/documents/refcont/006.pdf

Oboh-Ikuenobe, F. E., M. K. Spencer, C. E. Campbell, and
R. D. Haselwander, 2012, A portrait of Late Maastrichtian and
Paleocene palynoflora. Palynology. vol. 36, Supplement 1,
pp. 63-79 PDF file at
http://gs.mst.edu/media/academic/gs/documents/refcont/042.pdf

Dastas, N. R., J. A. Chamberlain Jr., and M. P. Garb, 2014,
Cretaceous-Paleogene Dinoflagellate Biostratigraphy and the
Age of the Clayton Formation, Southeastern Missouri, USA.
Geosciences. vol. 4 no. 1, pp 1-29. PDF file at
http://www.mdpi.com/2076-3263/4/1/1/pdf and
http://www.mdpi.com/2076-3263/4/1/1

Yours,

Paul H.

Online Guidebooks About Florida Geology and Fossils

Online Guidebooks About Florida Geology and Fossils

Online PDF versions of guidebooks about Florida geology
and fossils can be found at http://segs.org/publications/ .

They include;

Hurst, M. V., ed., 2012, Central Florida Phosphate District
Southeastern Geological Society Field Trip Guidebook No. 57
http://segs.org/publications/
http://segs.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/SEGS_Guidebook_57.pdf

Portell, R.W., G. H. Means, and R. C. Hulbert, 2012,
SMR Aggregates, Inc., Sarasota, Florida. Southeastern
Geological Society Field Trip Guidebook No. 53
http://segs.org/publications/
http://segs.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/SEGS-Guidebook-53.pdf

Yours,

Paul H.

Online Thesis About The Bloody Creek Crater, southwestern Nova Scotia.

Online Thesis About The Bloody Creek Crater, southwestern Nova Scotia

While searching the Internet, I came across tan accessibel
PDF version of a thesis about the the Bloody Creek structure
Nova Scotia, Canada. It is:

Nalepa, M. E. 2012, Investigation of the form and age of
the Bloody Creek Crater, southwestern Nova Scotia.
unpublished Acadia Honour’s thesis, Vaughan Memorial
Library, Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada
http://openarchive.acadiau.ca/cdm/ref/collection/HTheses/id/753

Other online versions of publications about the Bloody
Creek structure are:

Anonymous (1995) Meteor Crater, Nova Scotia. The
Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada.
vol. 89, pp. 111–113.
http://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu//full/1995JRASC..89..110./0000111.000.html
http://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu//full/1995JRASC..89..110./0000110.000.html

Brisco, T. H. (2009) The North Group – A newly
discovered multiple impact crater site in southwestern
Nova Scotia? Atlantic Geology. vol. 45, p. 146
http://ees.acadiau.ca/tl_files/sites/ees/pdfs/AUGC_Abstract_example.pdf

Brisco, T. H., I. P. Spooner, P. Pufahl, E. King, and
G. Stevens (2010) The North Group; a possible multiple
impact crater site in southwestern Nova Scotia. Atlantic
Geology. vl. 46, pp. 44-45
http://www.cspg.org/documents/Conventions/Archives/Annual/2010/0784_GC2010_The_North_Group_Possible_Multiple_Impact_Crater_Site.pdf

Stevens, G., I. Spooner, J. Morrow, P. Pufah, R. Raeside,
R. A. F. Grieve, C. R. Stanley, S. M. Barr, and D.
McMullin (2008) Physical evidence of a late-glacial
(Younger Dryas?) impact event in southwestern Nova
Scotia. Atlantic Geology. vol. 44, p. 42.
http://www.cspg.org/documents/Conventions/Archives/Annual/2010/0784_GC2010_The_North_Group_Possible_Multiple_Impact_Crater_Site.pdf

Spooner I., G. Stevens, J. Morrow, P. Pufahl, R. A. F.
Grieve, R. Raeside, J. Pilon, C. Stanley, S. Barr, and D.
McMullin (2009) Identification of the Bloody Creek
structure, a possible impact crater in southwestern
Nova Scotia, Canada. Meteoritics and Planetary Science.
vol. 44, pp. 1193–1202.
https://journals.uair.arizona.edu/index.php/maps/article/viewFile/15765/15753

Spooner, I., P. Pufahl, T. Brisco, J. Morrow, M. Nalepa,
J. Spray, P. Williams, and G. Stevens (2013). Creek:
A low-angled multiple impact crater site in southwestern
Nova Scotia, Canada. Geological Society of America
Abstracts with Programs. vol. 45, no. 1, p. 73.
https://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2013NE/webprogram/Paper215551.html

Yours,

Paul H.

American Geophysical Union Makes Many Older Journal Papers Open Access

American Geophysical Union Makes Many Older Journal Papers Open Access

A ton of 2+ year-old AGU journal articles are now open access!
by Chris Rowan, Highly AllochthonousMay 7, 2014
http://all-geo.org/highlyallochthonous/2014/05/a-ton-of-2-year-old-agu-journal-articles-are-now-open-access/

American Geophysical Union to make many older
journal articles freely available online, press release.
http://news.agu.org/press-release/valuable-earth-and-space-science-research-now-more-accessible-to-the-public/

"The American Geophysical Union (AGU) and Wiley today
announced that, starting 1 May, all AGU journal content from
1997 to content published 24 months ago will be made freely
available."

Yours,

Paul H.

Historic Online Tektite Publications

Historic Online Tektite Publications

Some free PDF files of historic publications about
tektites are:

Baker, G., 1944, Flanges of Australites. Memoirs
of the National Museum of Victoria. no. 14, pt. I
https://archive.org/details/MemoirsNational14Nati

Baker, G., 1946, tektites. Memoirs of the National
Museum of Victoria. vol. 23
https://archive.org/details/MemoirsNational23Nati

There are some publications of historical interest in
the NASA archive. They include:

O'Keefe, J. A. 1974, Tektite and Their Origins.
https://archive.org/details/nasa_techdoc_19750015372

Chapman, D. R., and H. K . Larson, 1963, NASA
The Lunar Origin of Tektites. Technical Note 0-1556
Ames Research Center, Moffett Field , Calif.
http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19630003053_1963003053.pdf

O'Keefe, J. A., 1960, The Origin of Tektites
Note D-490, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA
http://www.ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19980227350_1998390357.pdf

Yours,

Paul H.

Oregon Geological Hazard Maps Now Online

Oregon Geological Hazard Maps Now Online


The Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries
now has its maps of various geologic hazards now online.

The press release is:

Geologic hazards in Oregon now easy to find
with online tool, pdf file of new release at
http://www.oregongeology.org/pubs/nr/press-release-2012-10-16.pdf

A brief article is:

New online tool shows geologic hazards at
your address, KPTV.com, Oct. 17, 2012
http://www.kptv.com/story/19848858/new-online-tool-shows-geologic-hazards-at-your-address

The Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral
Industries web pages are:

Oregon HazVu: Statewide Geohazards Viewer
http://www.oregongeology.org/sub/hazvu/index.htm

More Resources about Oregon geologic hazards
http://www.oregongeology.org/sub/hazvu/resources.htm

Earthquakes and other natural hazards in the
Pacific Northwest, http://www.oregongeology.org/sub/earthquakes/earthquakehome.htm

Best wishes,

Paul H.

Valley Fever (coccidioidomycosis) (Includes Online Map)

Valley Fever (coccidioidomycosis) (Includes Online Map)

(click on image to enlarge)
Source: University of Arizona

Andrew C. Comrie Recent & Ongoing Research

Projects” at http://www.u.arizona.edu/~comrie/projects.ht

In “Valley Fever (coccidioidomycosis) Mohave desert
risk for meteorite hunters and rockhounders et al” at
http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/meteorite-list/2012-September/087421.html
Dirk wrote:

“Ran across this tidbit about an unknown (to me)
RISK FACTOR while Mohave meteorite hunting (in a
article about fossil bugs):
http://inyo.coffeecup.com/site/barstowfossils/barstowfossils.html “

You are quite right, Valley / San Jaoquin Fever is a risk
factor for a lot of people who hunt for meteorites, rocks,
fossils, minerals, gold, and other stuff within the southwestern
United States. Areas in which it is a serious concern can
be seen in a map showing the distribution of valley fever can
be found at http://www.u.arizona.edu/~comrie/map_color.gif .
It is part of “Andrew C. Comrie Recent & Ongoing Research
Projects” at http://www.u.arizona.edu/~comrie/projects.htm .

As people have noted in other posts, the inhabitants of
Tucson and Phoenix live and work in the middle of the
high risk area. However, valley fever in endemic to a good
chunk of Texas and parts of other states. Even outside of
the maps areas, i.e. Utah, it can be a concern.

A nice, general discussion and overview of valley fever
for a person, who is not a trained in medicine, to read is:

Fink, M. T., and K. K. Komatsu, 2001, The Fungus Among
Us: Coccidioidomycosis (“Valley Fever”) and Archaeologists.
in D. A. Poirier and K. L. Feder, eds., pp. 21 -30, Dangerous
places : health, safety, and archaeology. Bergin & Garvey,
Westport, Connecticut.
https://catalyst.library.jhu.edu/catalog/bib_2173414

Although it is a risk to meteorite hunters and rockhounds,
archaeologists and paleontologists really have to be
careful about where they work within the southwestern
United States. For example, this paper notes that between
1954 and 1978 there were 12 known outbreaks that
involved multiple people at archaeological and
paleontological excavations. Also, valley fever is a problem
at Sharktooth Hill, a popular place to dig for Middle
Miocene vertebrate fossils near Bakersfield, California.

Some web pages about Coccidioidomycosis are:

Coccidioidomycosis (Valley / San Jaoquin Fever), California
http://www.cdph.ca.gov/healthinfo/discond/Pages/Coccidioidomycosis.aspx
http://ehis.fullerton.edu/OHS/InjuryAndIllnessPrevention/ValleyFeverInformation.aspx

Coccidioidomycosis (Valley Fever), Arizona
http://www.azdhs.gov/phs/oids/epi/disease/cocci/

Coccidioidomycosis (Valley fever), Utah
http://health.utah.gov/epi/fact_sheets/cocci.html
http://health.utah.gov/epi/diseases/cocci/plan/Coccidioidomycosis%20Plan_03242011.pdf

Coccidioidomycosis (Valley Fever)
http://www.cdc.gov/fungal/coccidioidomycosis/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coccidioidomycosis

Best wishes,

Paul H.

Online Volcanology Book

Online Volcanology Book

There is a book about volcanology is available from Massey University for free. It is:

Practical volcanology - Lecture notes for understanding
volcanic rocks from field based studies by Ulrike Martin
and Karoly Nemeth at:

http://muir.massey.ac.nz/handle/10179/532
http://muir.massey.ac.nz/bitstream/handle/10179/532/Nemeth_Martin_PracticalVolcanologyWhole.pdf?sequence=1
http://muir.massey.ac.nz/handle/10179/530

Best wishes,

Paul H.
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