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Geology Picture of the Week, February 1-7, 2004:
Brandberg Massif
NASA Earth Observatory ^
| February 1, 2004
Posted on 02/02/2004 3:00:46 PM PST by cogitator
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Geology Picture of the Week, February 1-7, 2004
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: batholith; brandberg; granite; namibia
In the main thread I used the keyword "pluton" for the Brandberg, but on further review it's most accurately called a batholith. However, batholiths are plutons, so I wasn't really wrong, just too general. Stone Mountain, GA, is a "stock", smaller than a batholith, so I think this is correct.
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posted on
02/02/2004 3:00:47 PM PST
by
cogitator
To: cogitator
Awesome.
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posted on
02/02/2004 3:29:23 PM PST
by
tet68
To: cogitator
There is a really neat Pluton in the Plumas National Forest near Feather Falls. It is worth the 4 mile hike to see it. It looks like a big nipple sticking out of the surrounding rock.
To: tet68
the perfectly round circle looks like the remains of a meteor/comet/asteroid strike. And somehow the crator formed by the strike welled up like a wart
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posted on
02/02/2004 7:18:17 PM PST
by
ckilmer
To: tet68
the perfectly round circle looks like the remains of a meteor/comet/asteroid strike. And somehow the crator formed by the strike welled up like a wart
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posted on
02/02/2004 7:18:27 PM PST
by
ckilmer
To: ckilmer
That's a very gneiss picture.
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