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Fossils found in Tibet by FSU geologist revise history of elevation, climate
Florida State University ^
| Jun 11, 2008
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Posted on 06/11/2008 3:37:13 PM PDT by decimon
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posted on
06/11/2008 3:37:13 PM PDT
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decimon
To: SunkenCiv; blam
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posted on
06/11/2008 3:38:07 PM PDT
by
decimon
To: GodGunsGuts
Catastrophic after-flood shifts ping ;o)
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posted on
06/11/2008 3:45:29 PM PDT
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editor-surveyor
(Jimmy Carter is the skidmark in the panties of American History)
To: decimon
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posted on
06/11/2008 3:48:11 PM PDT
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tlj18
(Governor Sarah Palin for Vice President!)
To: editor-surveyor
Catastrophic after-flood shifts ping ;o) Wishful thinking ping ; - )
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posted on
06/11/2008 3:57:39 PM PDT
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Coyoteman
(Religious belief does not constitute scientific evidence, nor does it convey scientific knowledge.)
To: decimon
geologist Yang Wang was surprised to find thick layers of ancient lake sediment filled with plant, fish and animal fossils typical of far lower elevations and warmer, wetter climates. What geologist would be surprised? I am not. I found horn coral in Montana at 8K feet.
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posted on
06/11/2008 3:59:09 PM PDT
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doodad
To: decimon
"Global climate change? Or, tectonic change?""
This guy obviously has not been paying attention. As the great Obama has explained to us, NOW is the moment that the oceans begin to recede and the planet begins to heal itself. A unique moment in all of history.
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posted on
06/11/2008 4:02:03 PM PDT
by
newheart
(The Truth? You can't handle the Truth. But He can handle you.)
To: Coyoteman
What are you wishing for DogBoy, a bone?
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posted on
06/11/2008 4:03:20 PM PDT
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editor-surveyor
(Jimmy Carter is the skidmark in the panties of American History)
To: tlj18
So now there is proof that the was a Great Flood three million years ago during the time of Noah!
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posted on
06/11/2008 4:07:14 PM PDT
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trumandogz
("He is erratic. He is hotheaded. He loses his temper and it worries me." Sen Cochran on McCain)
To: trumandogz; tlj18
As long as you’re imagining millions of years, why not make it 999 million?
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posted on
06/11/2008 4:35:16 PM PDT
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editor-surveyor
(Jimmy Carter is the skidmark in the panties of American History)
To: editor-surveyor
Actually the article states millions of years ago.
In case you missed it here it is again:
Major tectonic changes on the Tibetan Plateau may have caused it to attain its towering present-day elevations -- rendering it inhospitable to the plants and animals that once thrived there -- as recently as 2-3 million years ago, not millions of years earlier than that, as geologists have generally believed.
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posted on
06/11/2008 5:14:03 PM PDT
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trumandogz
("He is erratic. He is hotheaded. He loses his temper and it worries me." Sen Cochran on McCain)
To: trumandogz
Why not 999 million?
Why not 100 billion?
It all makes as much sense.
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06/11/2008 6:11:46 PM PDT
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editor-surveyor
(Jimmy Carter is the skidmark in the panties of American History)
To: doodad
This geologist (student) is surprised at the "young" age of the fossils in this old lake bed. It would indicate a rapid event occurred, like the lake draining and then being covered by a mudslide along with rapid uplifting.
If this is true they should find some huge stress fractures and faults in the area (besides the boundary near the Indian Subcontinent.
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posted on
06/11/2008 6:17:01 PM PDT
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LukeL
(Yasser Arafat: "I'd kill for a Nobel Peace Prize")
To: editor-surveyor
The earth may be hundreds a millions of years old or more likely 4.6 billion years old. However, it is not 6000 years old.
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06/11/2008 6:29:02 PM PDT
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trumandogz
("He is erratic. He is hotheaded. He loses his temper and it worries me." Sen Cochran on McCain)
To: decimon; blam; StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 1ofmanyfree; 21twelve; 24Karet; 3AngelaD; ...
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posted on
06/11/2008 11:02:43 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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Thanks again decimon.
Florida State University geologist Yang Wang was surprised to find thick layers of ancient lake sediment filled with plant, fish and animal fossils typical of far lower elevations and warmer, wetter climates... Paleo-magnetic study determined the sample's age (a very young 2 or 3 million years old)... Major tectonic changes on the Tibetan Plateau may have caused it to attain its towering present-day elevations -- rendering it inhospitable to the plants and animals that once thrived there -- as recently as 2-3 million years ago, not millions of years earlier than that, as geologists have generally believed... "Establishing an accurate history of tectonic and associated elevation changes in the region is important because uplift of the Tibetan Plateau has been suggested as a major driving mechanism of global climate change over the past 50-60 million years," said Yang, an associate professor in FSU's Department of Geological Sciences and a researcher at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory.
Global warming is BS. ['Civ takes bows as the audience tosses flowers]
"Many of the places we've visited in Tibet are now deserts, and yet we found those thick deposits of lake sediments with abundant fossil fish and shells," Yang said. "This begs the question: What came first and caused the disappearance of those lakes? Global climate change? Or, tectonic change?"
Elsewhere -- Antarctic fossils of temperate plant species which can't survive there, a bit more than 2 million years old.
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posted on
06/11/2008 11:11:59 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: Red Badger
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posted on
06/12/2008 12:56:39 PM PDT
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blam
To: decimon
Catastrophism will have its day; wait, you’ll see.
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posted on
06/12/2008 12:59:56 PM PDT
by
RightWhale
(I will veto each and every beer)
To: editor-surveyor
Only if one discounts the Scientific method, which obviously you have.
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posted on
06/12/2008 1:00:33 PM PDT
by
allmendream
(Life begins at the moment of contraception. ;))
To: RightWhale
Catastrophism will have its day; wait, youll see.I'm getting old so what do I care? In the last hours I'll drive around laughing at young people. ;-)
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posted on
06/12/2008 1:08:54 PM PDT
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decimon
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