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Leakage

Posted on September 2, 2019 by barbarawohlfarth

In one of my blogs I described a few of the historical (and not so historical) sites, where Alum Shale was mined for various purposes (alum, oil and gas extraction, uranium and/or vanadium). I also mentioned that huge piles (and … Continue reading →

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A shale is a shale and a sandstone is a sandstone

Posted on April 27, 2019 by barbarawohlfarth

In my last blog I showed how different the geochemical composition of a shale is as compared to a sandstone. In my example I compared a typical sandstone from southern Sweden with a typical shale and limestone from southern Sweden. … Continue reading →

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Different name, same content

Posted on April 25, 2019 by barbarawohlfarth

In its latest update (23rd of April 2019), Scandivanadium, the company which is exploring Österlen’s Alum Shale for mining of Vanadium, no longer calls the Dictyonema shale (where most of the Vanadium is located) a shale (or an Alum Shale), … Continue reading →

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Splashing in Baltic Sea Waters

Posted on May 22, 2011 by barbarawohlfarth

Swedish TV showed a thought-provoking documentary last week about the state of the Baltic Sea. Take-home message #1 was that increasing pollution and uncontrolled emissions/leakage from animal farming, especially in east European countries has and will have large consequences for … Continue reading →

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Ever tasted mud pie?

Posted on May 17, 2011 by barbarawohlfarth

The cultural channel on Swedish TV is enlightening compared to all the other pay TV channels producing nothing but rubbish, or the constant gardening and/or cooking programs. We can learn how to make our gardens nicer and nicer, but most … Continue reading →

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