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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Remember you don’t owe the company anything but good manners. If they don’t like being in the midst of your packing, they shouldn’t have come.
Maybe I’ll go to the hardware store and look for wares.
You’re right. I don’t, especially since he basically invited himself.
I just watched the most fascinating Nat Geo film about multiple births, from conception to birth. Of course, it took me all morning because of the interruptions, but as always, those babies were so worth it! :o])
Is it bedtime, yet? I got up earlier this morning because of the laundry and the clinic appointment and for a while there was an ominous threat of the entire day going sideways.
The daughter called though, and then the cat (Merlin the marmalade, not Binxx) got off her lap and cat dander flew, and the next thing we knew, she was sneezing non-stop and could hardly talk. Poor fluffy. So we ended the visit.
(I need to go eat a gingersnap and see if I can get rid of this nausea.)
Hey, SG, did your fridge come Friday, as planned?
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I got some wares at the hardware store. Now I’m going to cook supper.
I’m running out of steam. I walked over to complain to Chuck about the smoking in my back yard, because when I turn on the A/C, the smell fills my apartment, even though no one is actually smoking at the time. If they smoke near the little room A/C, the stink will stick to the outside as well as the inside filter.
If it’s not the dogs and their nasty barking, it’s the smoking. GAH!
So this is it until tomorrow! I hope your evening is a good one!
I hope you have a good night, too. I think we’re going to the gym. I don’t really feel like it, but it’s probably a good idea.
Yes, PTL!
Sorry to hear you’re not feeling tip-top. Prayers up.
Excellent news! Is it a great plaything? ;o] New stuff is fun to explore!
Thank you!
Look at the precious squees!
Good morning. I hope you’re feeling better this morning.
I don’t want to go to Walmart this morning, but it has to be done. I really wish they’d get back to 24-7 hours so I could shop at 0400 if I wanted to. I love shopping at that hour!
I have sleep shirts to fold and then it will be time to leave.
I see where Ben Miller is in a new series called, “I Want My Wife Back,” with Caroline Catz as his errant wife. I hear it’s pretty funny so I’ll watch for it.
Something to start your day with a laugh!
Billy Thomas
May 31, 2016
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Rules for Living in Las Vegas
1. First, it’s pronounced LOSS-VAYGUS. It doesn’t matter how they say it in other places. And its NEV A DA not NEV AH DA. . .Get over it!
2. Forget the traffic rules you learned elsewhere. Las Vegas has its own set of traffic rules. There’s no book about them. All you can do is get in your car and hope you survive to learn them.
3. All directions start with, “Go down 95...’cause you don’t want to get on 15.”
4. Las Vegas Blvd, Charleston Blvd, and Torrey Pines have no beginning and no end.
5. It’s impossible to go around a block and wind up on the same street that you started on. The Chamber of Commerce calls this a “scenic drive.”
6. The 8:00 am rush hour is from 4:30am to 11:30am. The 5:00pm rush hour is from 11:30am to 10:15pm. Friday’s rush hour starts on Thursday morning and ends sometime late Sunday night.
7. If you actuall y stop at a yellow light, then you cannot be from Las Vegas. You may only apply your brakes when the end of a yellow light and the beginning of the red light create a “pumpkin-orange” hue.
8. For the most part, you can do anything you want, as long as it isn’t in a school zone.
9. Just remember that Camino Al Norte is Martin Luther King Boulevard, Boulder Highway is Fremont Street, Eastern Ave is 25th Street or Civic Center Drive, Desert Inn is Lamb Blvd., Spring Mountain/Sands/Twain are all the same street. And don’t forget that Ft. Apache turns into Rampart and then turns into Durango. Don’t try to figure it out. Just accept it. If you question the intelligence behind this naming convention, people will simply tilt their heads to the right and stare at you.
10. Henderson is the only place in the world where THREE “parallel” streets intersect at one traffic light. That would be the 4-way of Green Valley Parkway/Eastern Avenue/Maryland Parkway. For laughs ask y our middle school Geometry teacher to try to explain it.
11. Rainbow Blvd. has THREE exits from the 95, this just makes giving driving directions to newbies more entertaining. There is also a Lake Mead “Drive” and a Lake Mead “Boulevard” and both run east/west but are 30 miles apart. You have to be specific when you say “the corner of Lake Mead and........” Again, this is just another way to harass the 5000 newcomers every month.
12. Many major roads just end abruptly in somebody’s garage, a Home Depot, a Casino or McCarran International Airport Runways and start again after the interruption. That was done to encourage you to “see the sights” and meet new people. For fun, just try to take Harmon Avenue from Rainbow to Nellis.
13. If moisture at hand is determined to be rain, not sweat, all traffic must immediately cease. Ditto for daylight savings time, girl applying eye-shadow across the street, or a flat tire 3 lanes over. Do not attempt to access any road af ter an apocalyptic event like snow, blowing dust, or a 3-day weekend.
14. Once a year, when it rains, the Las Vegas wash and the City of Las Vegas are one.
15. The wind blows every day, and it is impossible to live in Las Vegas without some kind of allergy drug.
16. Construction on I-15 and US 95 is a way of life and a permanent form of entertainment. They actually move the constuction cones every night to make the next days drive a bit more exciting for you. I-215 will never be completed. Get used to it!
17. Stay away from the corner of Nellis and Las Vegas Blvd. if you do not like the thought of being in a remake of the movie “Top Gun.”
18. And, yes, we all know that black man in a teddy and a tiara on Sahara and Ft. Apache. His name is Leslie and he probably makes more money than you do.
19. And always remember, when driving in Las Vegas in the summertime, it is a good idea to wear pot holders on your hands!
In #9, he left out that the street Alta becomes Stewart downtown, and Alta is not to be confused with Alto, which is only three blocks long.
Good morning. I’m feeling okay, thanks. I’ve done two Accomplishments already - requesting a document from the state so Vlad can drive, and taking the trash out.
I don’t want to go to Walmart, either, but I probably will.
The shirts are folded and put away, and I forgot (again) to make the tea, so I had to take a pill. I’m trying to use up the liquid before I move, and once I get there, I’ll start buying it again. I like that I HAVE to sit to drink it, so it gives me a few minutes to concentrate on what it’s actually doing in my body.
I’m not sure I like my new schedule. I haven’t quite figured out how to rearrange stuff from the old one, and because of that, I end up being confused and not just a little agitated. I was used to having a few free hours before I did anything else, and now, I have to fit the quiet things I was doing in those hours into another time slot. Listening to an uplifting talk or two is the best way to start my day, but now, I have to find some other time to fit them in. :o|
I’m outta here for now! See ya in a bit!
Good luck and don’t die!
(The ritual response is, “I’ll do what I want!”)
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