New geologic map of Tule Springs published

Kathleen Springer, Senior Curator of Geological Sciences for the San Bernardino County Museum in Redlands, is the co-author of a new geologic map of Tule Springs area.

On the eve of a scientific celebration fifty years in the making, geologists working in the deserts north of Las Vegas have published the most detailed geological map of the region ever created. Funded though the Las Vegas Office of the Bureau of Land Management and released through the Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, the map of the upper Las Vegas wash — including the famous Tule Springs paleontological site, where excavations half a century ago first established the geologic context of Ice Age fossils found there — is the culmination of more than a decade of careful fieldwork and laboratory analysis.

Copaci faimosi sau mistere ale naturii?

Considerati a fi seva vietii pe Pamant, copacii se intrec, uneori, in frumusete si longevitate, creandu-se, de-a lungul timpului, in jurul lor, legende, mistere si intrebari. Multe au ajuns pana in zilele noastre, dandu-le faima si, de ce nu, trezind interes, aducand in jurul lor, oameni din toata lumea, curiosi sa vada minunile naturii. Asupra catorva dintre cei mai frumosi arbori ai lumii, ne vom opri si noi, incercand sa va "destainuim" o parte din trecutul si prezentul lor.