Posted on 10/20/2020 9:33:20 PM PDT by BenLurkin
A team of geologists at the University of Houston College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics believes they have found the lost plate in northern Canada by using existing mantle tomography images—similar to a CT scan of the earth's interior. The findings, published in Geological Society of America Bulletin, could help geologists better predict volcanic hazards as well as mineral and hydrocarbon deposits.
"Volcanoes form at plate boundaries, and the more plates you have, the more volcanoes you have," said Jonny Wu, assistant professor of geology in the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences. "Volcanoes also affect climate change. So, when you are trying to model the earth and understand how climate has changed since time, you really want to know how many volcanoes there have been on earth."
Wu and Spencer Fuston, a third-year geology doctoral student, applied a technique developed by the UH Center for Tectonics and Tomography called slab unfolding to reconstruct what tectonic plates in the Pacific Ocean looked like during the early Cenozoic Era. The rigid outermost shell of Earth, or lithosphere, is broken into tectonic plates and geologists have always known there were two plates in the Pacific Ocean at that time called Kula and Farallon. But there has been discussion about a potential third plate, Resurrection, having formed a special type of volcanic belt along Alaska and Washington State.
Using 3-D mapping technology, Fuston applied the slab unfolding technique to the mantle tomography images to pull out the subducted plates before unfolding and stretching them to their original shapes.
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Yes, ditto on the state government assessment for our state.
Contagious, is what it is.
I was looking at a video on YouTube on my phone, so I could text it to Asuncion and Rafaela, and there was an ad about a “North Carolina Curfew.” I looked it up on google, and it turns out we’ve had an 11:00 p.m. curfew for alcohol purchases since July!
A late night out for us is 8:30 ;-).
LOL! Who knew?? Here, you have to get your liquor in before 2300 every night except Sunday, when the place is closed. At least now, they can sell something besides 3.2% beer at Walmart and mini-marts. :o]
Dismally Inept Lawn Service is here sucking up all the leaves. What a dusty mess!
Bill probably knew. He lives uptown and keeps late hours.
Off to find shoes so I can take Pat to work and buy shampoo for Tom, who does have the family’s best hair, after all.
Did I mention how I feel about our state government?
The puppy forgave me immediately. It was Mrs. ArGee who had to help clean up who was unhappy.
:o])
Yes, I know how that works, too!
I used to have the best hair in the family, but years of stress has worked its black magic, and it’s probably the worst now. So good for Tom’s hair!
HAPPY THANKSGIVING everyone .... may I be forgiven by all for posting this wish a day early ....
Thank you, and the same to you!
We’re back. I bought more toilet paper.
Now I’m going to nap with Jake for a while.
I got toilet paper last week. It’s a good thing, too, because while there was some this week, there wasn’t quite as much as last week, and as I walked down that aisle, all I could think of was a mental face palm.
So I’m good for now. But my list for next week is growing, and I have yet to decide if TP and dish detergent will be on it, but for sure, laundry detergent will!
Now, I’m going to take my silly self to bed and hope tomorrow is a much better day.
As one of my college friends used to call it, “ponka pie” is definitely a treat. However, I have to avoid all pumpkin spice everything that’s sold here (I’m still waiting for pumpkin spice gasoline - er - petrol) or I can’t handle anything pumpkin by the time Thanksgiving rolls around.
So talk of making dishes makes me think of what a dumb phrase that is, like making the bed.
Buy the dishes so you can put your effort into making the food.
For what it’s worth, Bob was my uncle until he passed away.
Fixed it.
Oh, and w00t!
Happy thanksgiving to you and Nully and everyone. “Talk” with you all soon.
Good point. Language is weird. My other friend from England will be over tomorrow, along with his daughter, who is on break from college Up North. Syracuse?
He has a darling little accent.
Enjoy!
Best wishes, nully. I’m glad you and your mom are still hanging on.
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