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Oldest surface on Earth discovered
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| May 5, 2009
| Robert Roy Britt
Posted on 05/05/2009 12:25:06 PM PDT by decimon
Earth's surface is mostly fresh in geologic terms.
Weathering — wind and water, freezing and thawing — takes its toll, and longer-term changes caused by volcanic activity and sliding crustal plates, known as tectonic activity, fold today's ground into tomorrow's interior.
The constant makeover of the planet is typically fastest in the mountains, slower in the tectonically inactive deserts.
A new study of ancient "desert pavement" in Israel's Negev Desert finds a vast region that's been sitting there exposed, pretty much as-is, for about 1.8 million years, according to Ari Matmon and colleagues at Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
(Excerpt) Read more at msnbc.msn.com ...
TOPICS: History; Science
KEYWORDS: godsgravesglyphs; israel
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05/05/2009 12:25:06 PM PDT
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decimon
To: decimon
“Oldest surface on Earth discovered”
...Pelosi’s ass.
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05/05/2009 12:26:09 PM PDT
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albie
To: albie
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05/05/2009 12:26:33 PM PDT
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tsmith130
To: decimon
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posted on
05/05/2009 12:26:54 PM PDT
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Secret Agent Man
(I'd like to tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.)
To: albie
And the other end too!
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05/05/2009 12:27:12 PM PDT
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b4its2late
(Ignorance allows liberalism to prosper.)
To: decimon
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05/05/2009 12:27:16 PM PDT
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Doogle
(USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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05/05/2009 12:27:22 PM PDT
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Secret Agent Man
(I'd like to tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.)
To: SunkenCiv
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05/05/2009 12:28:20 PM PDT
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decimon
To: b4its2late
Yeeks, I see that face and say “BELA Pelosi”... /bela lugosi
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05/05/2009 12:28:26 PM PDT
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Secret Agent Man
(I'd like to tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.)
To: tsmith130; albie
Helen Thomas’ face. ...Pelosi’s ass.
I see a theme developing here.
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05/05/2009 12:30:23 PM PDT
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decimon
To: b4its2late
Man, you gotta put up a warning before posting awful pictures like that.
Just lost my lunch.
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05/05/2009 12:30:50 PM PDT
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MWS
To: b4its2late
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05/05/2009 12:32:42 PM PDT
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Doogle
(USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
To: MWS
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05/05/2009 12:32:48 PM PDT
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b4its2late
(Ignorance allows liberalism to prosper.)
To: Doogle
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05/05/2009 12:33:16 PM PDT
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b4its2late
(Ignorance allows liberalism to prosper.)
To: b4its2late
LMAO... nooooooo!!!
I swear, he and Pelosi had to be separated at birth!
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05/05/2009 12:36:03 PM PDT
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MWS
To: MWS
To: Secret Agent Man
GMTA!...but some type faster. ;o)
To: decimon
1.8 million years isn’t that long. Seems like I’ve read that the oldest known surface is in central africa at over a billion years.
Course with scientists you never know how they classify various things. It could be that this is the oldest known continuously exposed surface.
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05/05/2009 12:40:29 PM PDT
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cripplecreek
(The poor bastards have us surrounded.)
To: decimon
..and all this time I thought it was Nancy Pelosis’ face....
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05/05/2009 12:40:35 PM PDT
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catchem
(Never underestimate the stupidity of the American voter!)
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05/05/2009 12:46:50 PM PDT
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matt1234
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