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Drilling Finds Crater Beneath Va. Bay
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Posted on 06/01/2004 4:21:15 PM PDT by Rebelbase
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To: No Blue States
New and fascinating to me, too.
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posted on
06/01/2004 5:13:28 PM PDT
by
txhurl
(Time for the NeoCrusade.)
To: concentric circles
Thanks for locating those maps. They were what I had remembered seeing and was unable to locate tonight.
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posted on
06/01/2004 5:15:11 PM PDT
by
Hunble
To: concentric circles
ground water ~1.5 times saltier than normal sea water. That is interesting.
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posted on
06/01/2004 5:15:58 PM PDT
by
RightWhale
(Theorems link concepts; proofs establish links)
To: Rebelbase
I was aiming for Washington DC, but close enough for government work. I think I jumped on the trigger a bit early, but I blame that on coffee jitters.
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posted on
06/01/2004 5:18:12 PM PDT
by
tortoise
(All these moments lost in time, like tears in the rain.)
To: TheLurkerX
No tsunami is needed and your answer was implied with your original question.
hills of central KY
Hills are formed then the ground is uplifted by geological forces. What you see today as hills were once the floor of an ocean.
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posted on
06/01/2004 5:18:48 PM PDT
by
Hunble
To: Hunble
I never realized that area was under water. I just did some googling, and found that the crinoids came from the shallow ocean period about 310-350 million years ago.
That's cool by me, I like finding the surprise fossil. I found them all over N. Texas, but I guess I never realized KY might have been under water as well.
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posted on
06/01/2004 5:22:43 PM PDT
by
TheLurkerX
(Rats'll exit a sinking ship. Dems'd say holes are good, cut funding for lifeboats & go down smiling.)
To: tortoise
Doesn't it suck when you sneeze as you're trying to aim?
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posted on
06/01/2004 5:24:04 PM PDT
by
TheLurkerX
(Rats'll exit a sinking ship. Dems'd say holes are good, cut funding for lifeboats & go down smiling.)
To: TheLurkerX
Yes, it is always fun to learn about your local geology.
crinoids came from the shallow ocean period about 310-350 million years ago.
The hills you you see today in KY were created when the European and American continental plates slammed into each other.
So, in a way, you could blame it on the French!
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posted on
06/01/2004 5:29:17 PM PDT
by
Hunble
To: TheLurkerX
Does anyone know if they have an estimate for how far inland the waves came?Ditto on the uplifted seafloor answer.
I've seen fossilized seashells in the rock up around 8000 ft. of elevation in the mountains east of Salt Lake City.
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posted on
06/01/2004 5:31:23 PM PDT
by
DuncanWaring
(...and Freedom tastes of Reality)
To: VadeRetro
You were living in VA 35 million years ago? ;^)
To: Hunble
HAHA, works for me!
Sacre Bleu!! Your hills, they have slammed into mine! Watch where you're steering your continent, you filthy pig!
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posted on
06/01/2004 5:35:12 PM PDT
by
TheLurkerX
("Kerry must have a spine. Otherwise, his head'd spin left faster than that Exorcist chick on speed.")
To: TheLurkerX
The formation you are referring to in KY was once ocean bottom. There are several different layers of limestone underlying Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, Ohio, Michigan, Ontario, and Western Pennsylvania. All of the limestone was laid down during different periods in various "ocean" formations.
Best place in the world to go for the fossils was the "New Cut" on the Ohio upstream of Louisville.
Before the last glaciation (of the current Ice Age) the Ohio flowed to the East. A "new cut" was made at the end of the glaciation from the Miami river to the vicinity of Louisville, and voila, a gazillion fossils.
My understanding is the state of Indiana now prohibits digging for fossils in the area since the digs had gotten so extensive they endangered the safety of roads in the region.
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posted on
06/01/2004 5:36:13 PM PDT
by
muawiyah
To: muawiyah
It's cool when you find a really good one in a limestone formation. We had a quarry nearby when I lived in Texas, and everytime they put down gravel somewhere, I'd find a ton of new fossils. Was a great way to waste time as a kid.
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posted on
06/01/2004 5:38:55 PM PDT
by
TheLurkerX
("Kerry must have a spine. Otherwise, his head'd spin left faster than that Exorcist chick on speed.")
To: sionnsar
LOL, When did Bush know about this and what is he going to do about it?
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posted on
06/01/2004 5:39:45 PM PDT
by
Mercat
To: Teacher317
I left as soon as the glaciers retreated.
To: VadeRetro
Remember, the glaciers are known to retreat for only brief periods (geologically speaking). They will return and then the Kyoto Accords crowd are going to be in some real trouble.
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posted on
06/01/2004 5:44:02 PM PDT
by
muawiyah
To: TheLurkerX
Up around Jamestown, New York, in the hills, the fossil shells are so thick they form the soil. I can't say if they were freshwater or saltwater, but they are small, fairly intact, and have a primitive look to them.
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posted on
06/01/2004 5:44:07 PM PDT
by
RightWhale
(Theorems link concepts; proofs establish links)
To: DuncanWaring
"I've seen fossilized seashells in the rock up around 8000 ft. of elevation in the mountains east of Salt Lake City."
Hi-Diddly-O neighbor! That's proof of Noah's flood. We all know the earth is only 6000 years old! :-)
To: Rebelbase
they found Pelosis mouth?
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posted on
06/01/2004 5:50:42 PM PDT
by
satchmodog9
(it's coming and if you don't get off the tracks it will run you down)
To: TheLurkerX
...but I guess I never realized KY might have been under water as well.< Virginia was as well. It is interesting to find sandstone and limestone at the tops of sections of the Appalachians in Virginia.
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posted on
06/01/2004 5:55:00 PM PDT
by
ngc6656
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