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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It was a FIASCO but her Uncle bagged one late the LAST day out.
The party had split up, and if they’d have stuck with him, EVERYONE could have filled their tag; he came into a herd of 500 coming out to feed in the evening twilight.
Hardest part turned out to be getting it butchered; nobody down around SE Utah of any decent repute; he ended up driving all the way Hell-n-gone up to Duchesne where he knew of a butcher, and that guy did it for just $0.65/lb.
He and his wife and son will be up here this weekend, to bring Valorie her portion of the elk.
Go daft?
Don’t mind if I do!
Voot voot vrrt!
Wooo-woot!
;-)
I just took the prescription for colonoscopy prep to the pharmacy. I have to start restricting food on Thursday, and the “procedure” is Monday morning. Unnngh.
It was warm this afternoon.
Ugh.
Good luck, God bless.
Good to see you.
Wow, that sounds harsh. I thought you just had to ingest clear liquids for a day or two.
I know I’ve been lacking in appearing lately.
Life has not been cooperating.
The clear liquids thing is the last day (Sunday). Other stuff has to be cut before that.
O, JOY.
I couldn’t finish that junk; I chugged as much as I could without my body just slamming the whole process into Reverse, and there was no getting any more in. Flavor packets do next to nothing.
But, two things I did that helped me greatly: I went on a water-only fast a day before I had to begin the prep. So, I didn’t have a whole gut full of food to clear out. It still was a drag, but maybe less of one that it would have otherwise been.
I wasn’t hunting this time, sadly, but when I did hunt it was for elk.
That’s very funny! When I was a kid, if I misplaced my glasses, I needed them to look for my glasses. Now, however, I have lenses in my eyes.
Yes, she did tell me of the misadventures with the vehicles and the weather, but I never heard if anyone had gotten anything. I’m glad it wasn’t a total loss, and it was fun to meet up with her.
Duschene is a long way from here! Utah County (where I grew up) is full of butchers who do venison. Cold storage lockers, too!
A herd of 500 would have taken my breath away.
I can’t do that. I have meds to take four times a day and I have to eat something when I take them.
So I avoid colonoscopies.
Hiya, Darks!
Life interferes with living, at times, and I’m sorry it’s happening in your neck of the woods. Take care of you!
*tagline*
Good morning. Good tagline.
Today we plan to go to the agricultural center to get samples of trees. James and I are teaching Tree ID on Friday.
Just what I need! A marmalade floof!!
Good morning.
The night was messed up to say the least, and I think I’ll never catch up on my sleep and stop feeling so tired.
My book boxes will be here today, and it will give me an idea on whether I should order ten more or not. Even with shipping they’re half the price of Home Depot without shipping! Not to mention I’ll get my money back when I unpack them.
Good morning. Sorry you didn’t have a good. I agree about never catching up, never *not* feeling worn out.
Maybe my mother will invite me for a visit.
If I lived in AR, you could visit me any time! Some days, we just need to get away.
I have to clean some things for the donation pile today, and will try to get that done this morning before anything else. I’m still trying to eliminate as much packing as possible and take only the essentials. Hopefully, my morning will be productive, in spite of my tired.
I hope it goes well this morning. There’s a rumor it will be sunny and warm today, which is far better than the alternative. The Overnight People left windows open downstairs, so I’m cold.
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