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Hello Earth! here I'll wonder about geology and science. I'll try to blog weekly to share my love of geology with others. I hope you find my posts interesting, enjoy reading. :)

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  1. New blog discovery: GeoSelim, Musing of a Geologist | GroundwaterGo Blog26/07/2011, 05:44

    [...] Selim is a young geologist working and studying in Egypt and using his blog to “wonder about geology and science.”  (I think that’s a good description about the purpose of this blog [...]

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