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Geologists 'resurrect' missing tectonic plate
Phys.org ^ | 10/20/2020 | Sara Tubbs, University of Houston

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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TOPICS: Science
KEYWORDS: canada; catastrophism; cenozoic; continentaldrift; geology; globalwarminghoax; greennewdeal; koalaoil; mantletomography; molassesmiasma; molassessmiasma; platetectonics; reunitepangea; science; stolenplates; tomography; undeadthread; undeadthreadhere; unghandmoose; uofhouston
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To: Tax-chick

Is that going to help Shannon’s achy joints? I had hyperthyroidism for a while, but took some pills for a few years and it went back to normal.

Bless her old cat heart! :o]


2,461 posted on 01/21/2021 4:22:25 AM PST by Monkey Face (I accidentally rubbed ketchup in my eyes. Now I have Heinzsight.)
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To: Monkey Face
communism/socialism has been around since the time of Pliny

It also gets an honorable mention in the book of Acts.

2,462 posted on 01/21/2021 4:39:09 AM PST by ArGee (This is a tagline. This is only a tagline. Had it been a post, it would have been told to look up.)
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To: Tax-chick; Monkey Face; NicknamedBob; null and void; no-to-illegals; Silentgypsy; ColdOne; ...

Good morning. Happy Friday Eve!

Dasn’t worriez, Kitteh. It’s the big rats you watch out for.

They go by names like Hilary, Charles, and Nancy.


2,463 posted on 01/21/2021 4:41:38 AM PST by ArGee (This is a tagline. This is only a tagline. Had it been a post, it would have been told to look up.)
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To: ArGee

This is true. But as I’m reading the most recent edition (that I could afford) on the commentary of the Dead Sea Scrolls, there were some sects that were decidedly anti-God.

So. Happy Friday Eve, in spite of the communists!

Crikey. No wonder I’m tired. I’ve done all the work for today that I’m going to do, I think, because I jus’ plumb wore mah silly se’f owt! ;o]


2,464 posted on 01/21/2021 4:56:49 AM PST by Monkey Face (I accidentally rubbed ketchup in my eyes. Now I have Heinzsight.)
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To: Monkey Face

Good idea about the phone number.

At the clinic getting James (again) and Frank Covid tests.


2,465 posted on 01/21/2021 5:27:05 AM PST by Tax-chick ("We treat presidents like kings, when they are only employees -- and temps, at that." ~ KDW)
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To: Monkey Face

Her joint pain is arthritis. Warm weather will help with that.


2,466 posted on 01/21/2021 5:30:30 AM PST by Tax-chick ("We treat presidents like kings, when they are only employees -- and temps, at that." ~ KDW)
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To: Tax-chick

I thought of changing the phone number when I moved here but decided against it, for whatever reason. Now, however, I see no reason to keep the one I have.

I hope James and Frank are done being contagious.

Wishing Sunbeans for Shannon’s joints!


2,467 posted on 01/21/2021 6:19:07 AM PST by Monkey Face (I accidentally rubbed ketchup in my eyes. Now I have Heinzsight.)
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To: Monkey Face
James and Frank are positive. I've made an appointment for Kathleen for later today. Once everyone tests positive, we have a clear end-date for our isolation. *sigh*

One problem is that nobody's symptoms every go away: they just all have la gripa indefinitely.

2,468 posted on 01/21/2021 6:28:15 AM PST by Tax-chick ("We treat presidents like kings, when they are only employees -- and temps, at that." ~ KDW)
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To: Tax-chick

Well, that’s not very good news. Neither the positive result nor the endless duration.


2,469 posted on 01/21/2021 7:08:49 AM PST by Monkey Face (I accidentally rubbed ketchup in my eyes. Now I have Heinzsight.)
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To: Monkey Face

Kathleen is positive as well. Means we’ll all be clear in a little over a week, regardless of runny noses.


2,470 posted on 01/21/2021 10:51:09 AM PST by Tax-chick ("We treat presidents like kings, when they are only employees -- and temps, at that." ~ KDW)
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To: Tax-chick

I think my nose has been runny more since I moved here than it’s been in the last 25 years, so that’s no indication of illness for me.

I need to add more ink to the printer, and didn’t realize I was so low on it. I had to order more. I have plenty of colors but not enough black. Which I need for these applications. *sigh*


2,471 posted on 01/21/2021 11:44:56 AM PST by Monkey Face (I accidentally rubbed ketchup in my eyes. Now I have Heinzsight.)
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To: Monkey Face

If it’s not one thing, it’s another.

Back from nap, which wasn’t going very well. Maybe I’ll try some tea.


2,472 posted on 01/21/2021 12:23:38 PM PST by Tax-chick ("We treat presidents like kings, when they are only employees -- and temps, at that." ~ KDW)
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To: ArGee

“It also gets an honorable mention in the book of Acts.”

Yes, in a vague-ish waving off sort of way like, “If you’re going to bother, do it this way.”

So we see the giving and sharing was out of voluntary generosity absent any punishment-connected dictae as to who gave what and how much. Note the dialog surrounding the deception of Ananias and Saphira. There’s no indication there’d have been a problem them holding back some of the proceeds; it was strictly their deception that got them the Zot.

This discussion is a well-traveled route, but the lack of a top-down “thou shalt” with associated punishments and a cadre of enforcers removes it from the realm of our miserable human governmental “-isms.”


2,473 posted on 01/21/2021 11:34:59 PM PST by HKMk23 (The days of my sojourn have been few and evil, and I have not attained the staure of my forebears.)
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To: HKMk23; ArGee

“Voluntary sharing” doesn’t count in the the governmental “-isms.” It seems the basic idea with communes was voluntary sharing, but that never seemed to last very long. Greed always comes into play.


2,474 posted on 01/22/2021 1:13:43 AM PST by Monkey Face (I accidentally rubbed ketchup in my eyes. Now I have Heinzsight.)
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Not my fault, no comment.
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3927680/posts


2,475 posted on 01/22/2021 2:16:18 AM PST by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same. )
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To: Darksheare; dakine; GOPJ; fanfan; ColdOne; Cyber Liberty; null and void; Tax-chick; Anoreth; ...

2,476 posted on 01/22/2021 2:28:13 AM PST by Tax-chick ("We treat presidents like kings, when they are only employees -- and temps, at that." ~ KDW)
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To: Tax-chick

Kirreh sez, “Dis MAI space! You no can haz! Shoo!”

Good morning.

I hope all is somewhat better in the Tx-chick house this morning.

The shower has been had here, and I’ll start on Charlie’s letter in a bit. Today is the anniversary of my mother’s birthday. Looong time ago!

I’m cold, so it must be cold outside. I need to get some leg warmers on.

I also need to get the application completed and ready to be sent out. I’ll have a couple of errands to run but nothing that will keep me later than I want to be.


2,477 posted on 01/22/2021 2:50:41 AM PST by Monkey Face (I accidentally rubbed ketchup in my eyes. Now I have Heinzsight.)
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To: Monkey Face

Good morning. I haven’t called the yutes yet, but I assume they’re all fine. I went to bed early last night, and I still have a sinus headache this morning. I’ll try some garlic!

Happy Birthday to your mum!

There’s something on my calendar for today, but I can’t figure out what it means. 1 - 7 Env.


2,478 posted on 01/22/2021 2:57:20 AM PST by Tax-chick ("We treat presidents like kings, when they are only employees -- and temps, at that." ~ KDW)
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To: Tax-chick

I hope you can taste the garlic!

My mum didn’t like birthdays because they reminded her she was no longer “young.” I can’t even imagine that mindset!

1 - 7 Env. hmm. Maybe you’re supposed to check the envelope marked January 7th. Or envelope the seventh person with the 1st hug of the day...

:ducking and running:


2,479 posted on 01/22/2021 3:46:47 AM PST by Monkey Face (I accidentally rubbed ketchup in my eyes. Now I have Heinzsight.)
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To: Monkey Face

I’ll bet it’s 1:00-7:00 p.m., Envirothon. That would have been 1 to 4 for Frank and Kathleen, 4 to 7 for James and Vlad. But now it’s not because of 3/4 of them being newly diagnosed with Covid.


2,480 posted on 01/22/2021 3:58:57 AM PST by Tax-chick ("We treat presidents like kings, when they are only employees -- and temps, at that." ~ KDW)
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