GEOLOGYARTICLES ONLINE

This is a list of selected articles published within the last several years in periodicals that are aimed primarily at people with an introductory science background. I selected these papers for their general interest and relevance for modern geology. ENJOY!

-Keith Meldahl

NOTE: These articles come as either web pages (.htm files) or Portable Document Format (.pdf files). You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to download .pdf files. To get a free download of Acrobat Reader, click this link: http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html

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A New Look at Mining & the Environment: Finding Common Ground by Frank Manheim (Geotimes Magazine, April 2006 web archive.) http://www.miracosta.edu/home/kmeldahl/articles/Mining_Environment.htm

Bones from the Tar Pits by John M. Harris (Natural History Magazine, June 2007 web archive.) http://www.miracosta.edu/home/kmeldahl/articles/LaBrea.html

Cooking the Climate with Coal by Jeff Goodell (Natural History Magazine, May 2006 web archive.) http://www.miracosta.edu/home/kmeldahl/articles/Coal_Climate.htm

Drilling Back to the Future [article about using ice cores to learn about past climates] by Ross D. Powell, Robert M. DeConto and David Pollard (Geotimes Magazine, March 2006 web archive.) http://www.miracosta.edu/home/kmeldahl/articles/Ice_Drilling.htm

Extinction of the Dinosaurs in North America by David Fastovsky and Peter Sheehan (GSA Today, March 2005). The authors present evidence that the extinction of dinosaurs in North America was abrupt, not gradual. http://www.miracosta.edu/home/kmeldahl/articles/dinosNorthAm.pdf

The Increasing Costs of U.S. Natural Disasters by Princeton University Geoscience 499 Class (Geotimes Magazine, November 2005 web archive.) http://www.miracosta.edu/home/kmeldahl/articles/Natural_Disaster_Costs.htm

Mountain Roots and the Survival of Cratons by James Jackson (Astronomy & Geophysics, v. 46, p. April 2005) http://www.miracosta.edu/home/kmeldahl/articles/cratons.pdf

Origins of Water on Earth by James Kasting (Scientific American special issue: The Solar System, 2003) http://www.miracosta.edu/home/kmeldahl/articles/waterorigins.pdf

Rooting Out Radioactive Groundwater by Avner Vengosh (Geotimes Magazine, May 2006 web archive.) http://www.miracosta.edu/home/kmeldahl/articles/Radioactive_Groundwater.htm

Turning Trash into Energy by the Geotime Staff (Geotimes Magazine, February 2006 web archive.) http://www.miracosta.edu/home/kmeldahl/articles/Trash_Energy.htm

When Levees Fail by Megan Sevier (Geotimes Magazine, August 2006 web archive.) http://www.miracosta.edu/home/kmeldahl/articles/When_Levees_Fail.htm

When Seafloor meets Ocean, the Chemistry is Amazing by Jean K. Whelan (Oceanus magazine, v. 42, no. 2, p. 66-71, 2004) http://www.miracosta.edu/home/kmeldahl/articles/seabedgas.pdf

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