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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: ArGee

Your thoughts are well thought out and very true.

When we were stationed in Germany, I began to read everything I could about the country and the people, and then that led to Hitler, the Great War, then Stalin and Lenin, Marx and Engels. And there is nothing in this world that puts fear into my heart than what I see happening in America today.

The Left has dumbed down the students from the time they enter kindergarten until they graduate and it’s designed with one thing in mind: To indoctrinate them into communism, gradually, with an agenda that’s been in place for over 150 years. But don’t get me started.


461 posted on 11/04/2020 1:28:03 AM PST by Monkey Face (When you cast your bread upon the waters, don't be surprised if it comes back toasted and buttered.)
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To: Darksheare

I feel like Schultz — I know nothing. I see nothing.

It’s because I voted last week and my vote was counted yesterday.


462 posted on 11/04/2020 1:29:48 AM PST by Monkey Face (When you cast your bread upon the waters, don't be surprised if it comes back toasted and buttered.)
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To: Monkey Face

Ny: “it is enough for the people to know that there was an election.”


463 posted on 11/04/2020 1:35:52 AM PST by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
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To: Darksheare; ArGee

After the Northridge Quake, those of us living in NV saw a hugh influx of Californicators move in, but the odd thing was that most of those came from NY/NJ. They are the reason NV began to go Blue. Now of course the economy of CA has moved a lot more of them to Vegas. I’m really glad I moved away when I did!


464 posted on 11/04/2020 1:41:24 AM PST by Monkey Face (When you cast your bread upon the waters, don't be surprised if it comes back toasted and buttered.)
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To: Tax-chick; GOPJ; fanfan; ColdOne; Cyber Liberty; null and void; Anoreth; Monkey Face; ...

465 posted on 11/04/2020 1:58:18 AM PST by Tax-chick (You can't buy happiness, but you can buy books! (Washington County, UT, Library))
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To: Tax-chick

Kitteh is ready to play Yahtzee and forget all the election stuff for one more cycle.

Good morning.

I’m heading for the shower. It’s a slow-body morning and I’m trying to drag myself around. See you in a bit.


466 posted on 11/04/2020 2:15:08 AM PST by Monkey Face (When you cast your bread upon the waters, don't be surprised if it comes back toasted and buttered.)
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To: Monkey Face

Jake is batting things around on the floor, like a kitteh playing Yahtzee. I suppose he’ll go upstairs and howl, next.


467 posted on 11/04/2020 2:24:59 AM PST by Tax-chick (You can't buy happiness, but you can buy books! (Washington County, UT, Library))
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To: Darksheare

Yeah, just like Belarus. Or is it Ukraine? More coffee ...


468 posted on 11/04/2020 2:25:56 AM PST by Tax-chick (You can't buy happiness, but you can buy books! (Washington County, UT, Library))
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To: Tax-chick; ArGee; Darksheare; moose07

The shower felt very nice, but didn’t do much to infuse any energy. It’s a good thing there is only one place to go for a few minutes today — Walgreen’s. They keep nagging me to pick up another inhaler. *sigh*

I’d like to be there to see Jake and his howling fun. I need some humor. :o]


469 posted on 11/04/2020 3:05:25 AM PST by Monkey Face (When you cast your bread upon the waters, don't be surprised if it comes back toasted and buttered.)
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To: Monkey Face

Jake has staked out my bed until Sunbeams arrive. I took the opportunity to put his purple plush dinglebob blanket in the wash.


470 posted on 11/04/2020 3:28:51 AM PST by Tax-chick (You can't buy happiness, but you can buy books! (Washington County, UT, Library))
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To: Tax-chick

Jake always was an opportunist!


471 posted on 11/04/2020 3:31:16 AM PST by Monkey Face (When you cast your bread upon the waters, don't be surprised if it comes back toasted and buttered.)
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To: Monkey Face

At least he’s not disloyal, like Shannon. Humph. All very triggering, you know.


472 posted on 11/04/2020 4:11:42 AM PST by Tax-chick (You can't buy happiness, but you can buy books! (Washington County, UT, Library))
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To: Tax-chick

Well, Shannon is a feline of the female persuasion and Jake is all guy and a mile wide. He knows who to sleep with to get his food... ;o]

I need to get a card written (no frogs, this time) so I can walk over to get my mail. The gal from Walmart is supposed to come and get the freezer this morning, but I haven’t heard from her so it may be next week. She gets off work at 0700 and the only time Walmart is open before that is Tuesday. I have her phone number and she is on FB but she doesn’t answer my text messages and blames it all on the phone. So we’ll see...


473 posted on 11/04/2020 4:31:40 AM PST by Monkey Face (When you cast your bread upon the waters, don't be surprised if it comes back toasted and buttered.)
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To: Monkey Face

People can be really annoying. I’m going to check on the laundry (and Jake) and then go outside for some sunshine before the school day really gets going.

I was listening to Jonah Goldberg talking with a specialist in dog genetics, but I can get back to it.


474 posted on 11/04/2020 4:33:39 AM PST by Tax-chick (You can't buy happiness, but you can buy books! (Washington County, UT, Library))
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To: Monkey Face; Darksheare

It seems, whether they are leaving Somalia or India or NY or CA, people go someplace better than where they were, then start to make the new place like the old place they left.

I have no idea why they do that.


475 posted on 11/04/2020 4:37:27 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; ...

Here we are on Wednesday.

Happy Wednesday, everyone.

Election day is beginning to look like election month. Oh, well.


476 posted on 11/04/2020 4:38:23 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; Monkey Face; Darksheare

That’s what my mother says.

Jake’s blanket should be finished in the dryer.


477 posted on 11/04/2020 5:23:55 AM PST by Tax-chick (You can't buy happiness, but you can buy books! (Washington County, UT, Library))
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To: ArGee
I still think we should adopt the Iraqi voting model.

Show up. Sign your name after presenting ID. Cast your anonymous ballot. Dip your finger in ink. One single day of voting.


478 posted on 11/04/2020 5:37:02 AM PST by Dead Corpse (A Psalm in napalm...)
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To: Tax-chick

If she doesn’t come for it by this time next week, I’ll put it on FB Marketplace and she can do what she needs to do. She asked me if it had a lock on it. Why would I need a lock on a freezer I keep indoors? GAH!

Anyway, it will sell in a heartbeat on the marketplace because it’s local.


479 posted on 11/04/2020 5:44:06 AM PST by Monkey Face (When you cast your bread upon the waters, don't be surprised if it comes back toasted and buttered.)
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To: ArGee; Darksheare; Tax-chick; Dead Corpse

Having been in the military/aerospace for so long, it doesn’t matter where I am, the inside of my house is “home” and it goes with me wherever in the world I am. I don’t have to make the outside like where I left because there is no comparison to the good ol’ US of A.


480 posted on 11/04/2020 5:48:55 AM PST by Monkey Face (When you cast your bread upon the waters, don't be surprised if it comes back toasted and buttered.)
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