Tim Demko
@timdemko.xyz
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Geologist interested in the energy transition, bicycling, and public service https://bio.link/timdemko https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9125-0907 https://www.semanticscholar.org/author/Timothy-Michael-Demko/15743754
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seismosocam.bsky.social
If an earthquake's initial magnitude estimate is wrong, initial fatality estimates are wrong, according to a new #SRL paper. This happens with large magnitude earthquakes. The paper explores why, and considers ways to improve rapid fatality estimates. ⚒️

pubs.geoscienceworld.org/ssa/srl/arti...
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geologyjohnson.bsky.social
Oxidised (left) and unoxidised 3.2 billion year old banded iron formation. These samples are from drill core and were only a couple of meters apart. #geology #paleontology
Photograph of a human hand holding two long pieces of rock. The left rock has alternating layers of red, dark grey and light grey. The right rock has many fine undulating layers of alternating grey, green, and black.
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drwendyrocks.bsky.social
Supershear earthquakes move faster and pack a stronger punch than “regular” earthquakes. But what ARE they? 🧪

youtu.be/RLotIaSkmM4?...
Supershear Earthquakes
YouTube video by Dr. Wendy Rocks
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seismosocam.bsky.social
Illuminating Subsurface Structures Beneath Lake George Fault Zone, Southeast Australia with Traffic Noise #SRL ⚒️

How do you use traffic to map faults? A new #SRL paper explores this question in SE Australia.

pubs.geoscienceworld.org/ssa/srl/arti...
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davepetley.bsky.social
Satellite images of the parts of #Mexico affected by heavy rainfall in recent days are being captured by @planet.com. This is the area around Conquextla, for example. There are many shallow landslides, some of which have combined to create channelised debris flows. This pattern is repeated widely.
Planet image of the area around Conquextla in Mexico, showing multiple shallow landslides.
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matttg.bsky.social
Cool isotope geology study
natgeosci.nature.com
⚒️ Article: Potassium-40 isotopic evidence for an extant pre-giant-impact component of Earth’s mantle

@carnegiescience.bsky.social

www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Client Challenge
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weareseismica.bsky.social
⚠️ Faults don’t slip evenly!!
Varying slip rates along faults drive complex earthquake cycle patterns, yet they are overlooked in seismic hazard assessments.
Read more: seismica.library.mcgill.ca/article/view...
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hlee.bsky.social
👀👀"...at least two cold climate intervals during the late Tonian Period, thereby providing novel insights into the evolution of global climate conditions in advance of the Cryogenian Snowball Earth" (preprint) ⚒️🧪❄️
www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-7...
Tonian glaciation in South China
Paleoclimatic conditions during the Tonian Period (~1000-720 Ma), preceding the Cryogenian Snowball Earth glaciations, remain ambiguous. While the apparent paucity of glacially influenced sedimentary ...
www.researchsquare.com
timdemko.xyz
Any idea about water depth? Subtidal? Intertidal? I'm feeling a tidal vibe, but Early Archean tidal ranges were freaky high as compared to now.
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geologyjohnson.bsky.social
Another 3.2 billon year old mat section, this time less weathered and wetted to make the mats more visible. #geology #Paleontology
Photo of grey sandstone with wrinkly dark green lines that are fossil microbial mats. The rock is 6 cm wide.
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geologyjohnson.bsky.social
3.2 billion year old microbial mats on one of Earth's first beaches. The dark wrinkles are the mats. This has been weathered, so the mat is easy to see. #geology #paleontology
Photo of yellow sand stone with dark green wrinkly microbial mats. The core is 6 cm wide.
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weareagc.bsky.social
✨ Monthly Recap from AGC ✨

📄 2 new publications in cosmochemistry — bringing us to 5 since the launch!

📨 Our ISSN is now permanent, a big milestone for the journal’s recognition.

🎨 The call for designs is still open — share your creative ideas (link in comment)

Let’s keep growing together! 🌍✨
Advances in Geochemistry and Cosmochemistry
Advances in Geochemistry and Cosmochemistry is a community-led diamond open access journal that aims to publish innovative and globally relevant articles in Geochemistry and Cosmochemistry.
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lamont.columbia.edu
🏆 Congratulations to @lamont.columbia.edu structural geologist Folarin Kolawole, recipient of the Jason Morgan Early Career Award from @agu.org for outstanding and significant contributions to tectonophysics! #AGU25 ➡️ www.agu.org/user-profile...
Fola Kolawole in Botswana.
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earthscope.org
Seismometers in urban areas can pick up a whole of signals that aren't earthquakes. A recent paper built a model to identify signals like quarry work and heavy machinery from a seismometer in Chicago.

Read about it ➡️ https://loom.ly/3jhGTTo
Chicago’s seismicity captured by single seismic station | EarthScope Consortium
Model catalogs quarry blasts, heavy machinery noise, and other anthropogenic signals that can muddy seismic data.
www.earthscope.org
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daveyfwright.bsky.social
I'm hoping to take 1 MSc & 1 PhD student next year in the areas of Phylogenetic, Computational, and/or Evolutionary Paleobiology. Please reach out if you are interested in joining the @oupaleobiology.bsky.social, especially if interested in working on fossil echinoderms. Link for more info below. 🧪
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PhD and MSc positions in Phylogenetic, Computational, and/or Evolutionary Paleobiology [Posted September 2025. Deadline is January 15, 2026. See below for information about the lab, student opportu…
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mineralsocamerica.bsky.social
American Mineralogist:
Rare occurrence of jarosite-alunite solid solutions with intermediate Al-Fe contents in the Jurassic Aztec Sandstone, Nevada, U.S.A.
Thomas M. McCollom, et al.
doi.org/10.2138/am-2...
Only the third geologic setting where such solid solutions have been documented.
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agi-updates.bsky.social
🌍 AGI’s 2024 Annual Report is here! 🚀 See how geoscience is driving innovation, protecting lives, & shaping sustainable growth. 🌋💧🌱
🔗 Read now: www.americangeosciences.org/static/files...

#Geoscience #Innovation #EarthScience #STEM #AGI
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thomasronge.bsky.social
Cool new Exp382 study out in @natcomms.nature.com showing an extreme poleward shift of ACC during the last interglacial.
The coolest thing is that it confirms our 2024 results using fast and non-destructive XRF. 🤩

1) www.nature.com/articles/s41...

2) publications.iodp.org/proceedings/...
A scientific figure showing Site U1537 XRF ln(Zr/Rb) data and XRF-derived current strength. Both datasets show an increase in the current speed of the ACC during the last interglacial.
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obialik.bsky.social
I don't know how many of you model carbonate (sedimentary) systems. But if you happen to, you should check out CarboKitten, which recently came out of Emilia Jarochowska's group at Utrecht University. 🧪⚒️🌊

(preprint with description here: egusphere.copernicus.org/preprints/20...)
Overview of different visualizations supported by CarboKitten. Panel (a) shows a stratigraphic crosssection, including an indication for unconformities, (b) a topographic overview including two intermediate time steps, (c) the production curves used, (d) sedimentation rate as a function of time (Wheeler diagram), (e) dominant facies as a function of time, (f) the sea-level curve given as input. The combined plot is arranged such that spatial data is on the top row, while time-dependent information is shown at the bottom with matching y-axes.
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dactylioceras.bsky.social
A Carnian theropod with unexpectedly derived features during the first dinosaur radiation

new taxon Anteavis crurilongus

www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Art: Jorge Blanco
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wearetektonika.bsky.social
🆕 🔔 New paper: "Lateral Evolution of the Deep Crustal Structure of the Lesser Antilles Subduction Zone from Wide-Angle Seismic Modeling" by Frauke Klingelhoefer et al.
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tektonika.online/index.php/ho...
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