It is an IN-PERSON meeting only. It will feature formal talks on the asteroid Bennu, the Juno magnetic field investigation, and What is Taphonomy, and why does it matter? We will begin with a talk by Jason Dworkin (GSFC-NASA) on ‘OSIRIS-REx delivered a sample of asteroid Bennu to Earth’. Next up will be Jack Connerney (ADNET at NASA) talking on ‘The Juno Magnetic Field Investigation: Dust from Mars, the Zodiacal Light, and a Comet Discovered in Flight’. The final talk of the evening will be presented by Anna K. Behrensmeyer (Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History) on ‘What is Taphonomy, and why does it matter?’ Abstracts of the talks, and biographies of the speakers, are here. Come at 7:30 PM to socialize and imbibe, the meeting begins at 8 PM, and ends by 10 PM.
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This little dinosaur is no bigger than a bird, so its widely spaced footprints were quite puzzling.
@umdgeology's Tom Holtz helped recreate this raptor's movements millions of years later, shedding new light on the origin of flight. http://go.umd.edu/d-rarusCalcite & Pyrite, Hunan, China #MineralMonday
This lava-dome complex of Guatemala's Santa María volcano has been actively erupting since 1922.
😎#unconformity in southern Portugal🇵🇹
Have you ever seen a fish inside an ammonite shell? Now you have. #FossilFriday
This Jurassic specimen comes from Holzmaden and is on display at the Hauff Museum. I featured a similar fossil in my book, "LOCKED IN TIME", of tiny fish trapped inside giant clams.