New at Rosetta Stones: July/August Best Geo! Plus Fracking n Earthquakes

Clear your calendars, my darlings, because I have a linkfest of epic proportions for you. If you’ve been yearning for lots of delicious geology, you’re going to get it. Plus, you’ll get all the answers you ever wanted about fracking and earthquakes!

Here’s the Best of the Geoblogosphere for July and August. Prepare to scream – a lot of the images in this edition are top notch! Be sure to click the links!

And here is everything about fracking and induced earthquakes you need to know. Well, at least, here’s an appreciable chunk of it.

After reading about all that fracking and stuff, do you want to see where in the US water’s used for fracking? Of course you do. Here you are!

Image is a line drawing map of the US. The fracking wells are indicated in various shades of blue. Most of them are concentrated from the Dakotas to Texas, and on the back of America's turkey neck.
2011-2014 Hydraulic Fracturing Water Use (square meters/well). Image and caption courtesy USGS.
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New at Rosetta Stones: July/August Best Geo! Plus Fracking n Earthquakes
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