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.
(Excerpt) Read more at phys.org ...
That’s a rather interesting confluence of medical specialties, T.C. It almost sounds like there’s a foot caught in a ...
a rather unmentionable place.
Haha!! Good one!
My brems just do that sort of thing sometimes.
My son’s brems are like that, so I enjoy it when someone else does it.
A puzzlement to me as well. Back tracking to find a context shed no light.
Had several occasions in my life expressing the need to firmly implant a boot up some miscreants backside but...this.
Is there perhaps a bootmaker involved as well in some sort of removal?
A weeks delay in treatment must be mighty uncomfortable.
Considering the current national insanity might only be well and truly solved by the remaining sane people applying shoe leather in suitable localities it might be a good time to invest in combined G-I/Podiatry clinics. And, as Covenantor pointed out, if these clinics were located in strip malls where there is a shoe repair expert it might be an unbeatable combination.
Fully 50% of all locations nationally would likely wind up in D.C.
LOL !
Very amusing, both of you.
Nothing from the podiatrist.
There are so many things I could have said that would have been appropriate, however tasteless, so I decided to pass on saying anything.
Now, I’m tired. I think the fifteen minutes it took to load the truck were enough to tip me over the edge, and sleep is lurking just over my right shoulder.
There is something good, though. Y’all know I’ve had trouble concentrating and trying to make sense of things that others post, so I did some research and a few weeks ago, I ordered some DMAE. I didn’t expect to notice any improvement for at least a month, but I’m glad to tell you that there is a difference. My mind, overall, seems much clearer, and that makes me very happy.
Maybe all your jokes will be funny again, instead of me reading them and thinking in a “Tim Taylor” voice, “Ehh?”
I’m glad you’re feeling better about your brain!
I’d be feeling better about my foot, if I could get the stuff the podiatrist said I should have. I suppose I could call the pharmacy again.
Vlad is making tuna casserole. I don’t care much for that at any time, and I’m glad I won’t be smelling it.
I don’t mind tuna casserole. I have a good recipe for tuna noodle casserole with a potato chip crust. It pretty much spoiled me for tuna casserole.
Good luck with the pharmacy!
Rough day.. Makes kitten pictures much more appreciated...
Night, all!
Sorry to hear that.
How does the offended party walk?
Or the offending party for that matter?
Wait - so now you might be able to understand my posts?
My sincerest condolences.
The offended party walks with pain. Not terrible pain, just a constant, “Unnngh, this hurts.”
On the positive side, the dentist has been able to get two boys on the schedule this week.
So sorry about the rough day. Hopefully not one of many.
That’s positive. I finally got the last of my crowns replaced that needed replacing so I will be getting a cleaning tomorrow.
The lady who does it is a tad nutsy, but the teeth get clean so ...
I have cleaning next Tuesday. Nothing tomorrow, dermatologist on Friday, then a string of kids’ going to the GP for a look-over and tetanus shots.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.