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Earth is missing a huge part of its crust. Now we may know why. (Thieves?)
nationalgeographic.com ^
| 12/31/2018
| Robin George Andrews
Posted on 01/01/2019 7:48:02 AM PST by rktman
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For the geologically curious here. I know this is from last year(yesterday in fact) but: "...a hypothesized time when much, if not all, of the planet was covered in ice....." Thank God for glow-bull warming right?
And, when the tectonic plates grind to a halt, then the gorons will have something else they can whine about.
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posted on
01/01/2019 7:48:02 AM PST
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rktman
To: rktman
I have always maintained that global warming is slowing the approach of the next Ice Age.
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posted on
01/01/2019 7:59:31 AM PST
by
sparklite2
(Don't mind me. I'm just a contrarian.)
To: sparklite2
Got to get the Hemi back on the road.
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01/01/2019 8:01:15 AM PST
by
rktman
( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
To: rktman
Too cold for yeast —> no bread, no crust
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01/01/2019 8:01:27 AM PST
by
Paladin2
To: rktman
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posted on
01/01/2019 8:02:15 AM PST
by
Lurker
(President Trump isn't our last chance. President Trump is THEIR last chance.)
To: rktman
Known as the Great Unconformity,
So where did all the rock that belongs in between these time periods go?
HERE IT IS!
![](https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/51810547/full_moon_2016_lro_0.0.jpg)
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posted on
01/01/2019 8:03:56 AM PST
by
Vlad The Inhaler
(To become truly great, one must stand with people, not above them - Baron Montesquieu: 1689-1775)
To: rktman
So, where are all of the moraines?
To: rktman
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posted on
01/01/2019 8:09:14 AM PST
by
Agatsu77
To: crusty old prospector
They think the moraines got sucked into the mantle through the slush-ocean, I guess.
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01/01/2019 8:10:07 AM PST
by
refreshed
(But we preach Christ crucified... 1 Corinthians 1:23)
To: sparklite2
According to the long term ice core and seabed cores, this is exactly what has happened.
To: crusty old prospector
Not sure about those but I can point a lot of ‘morons’.
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01/01/2019 8:13:46 AM PST
by
rktman
( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
To: rktman
I read the article. Sorry, I’ll work on that character flaw this year. I never thought I’d read this in a scientific article:
“The easy explanation for this mystery was also a ginormous erosional event, but until now, evidence for one was hard to come by.”
Is “ginormous” a real word now? Ugh.
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posted on
01/01/2019 8:15:58 AM PST
by
refreshed
(But we preach Christ crucified... 1 Corinthians 1:23)
To: refreshed
Yeah, they could have said a “a bigly erosional event” right?
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01/01/2019 8:17:55 AM PST
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rktman
( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
To: rktman
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01/01/2019 8:20:28 AM PST
by
Yo-Yo
( is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
To: crusty old prospector
So, where are all of the moraines? Over at DU
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01/01/2019 8:21:19 AM PST
by
mountn man
(The Pleasure You Get From Life, Is Equal To The Attitude You Put Into It)
To: rktman
Where did they think our moon came from?
To: rktman
A giant peeled it off, trying to get to the chewy chocolate center.
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posted on
01/01/2019 8:25:10 AM PST
by
x
To: crusty old prospector
Moraines can be found today in the northern US with some states having parks dedicated to them. But such moraines are from less than 12,000 years ago during the last glaciation period.
In the middle of flat Iowa, there is an east-west line of hills that mark the edge of the last glaciation. Nothing spectacular, but very noticeable when pointed out.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Moraines_of_the_United_States
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posted on
01/01/2019 8:26:58 AM PST
by
jjotto
(Next week, BOOM!, for sure!)
To: rktman
“Altogether, this evidence suggests that a gargantuan erosional event happened at the surface.”
Someone take away that kid’s thesaurus.
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01/01/2019 8:28:27 AM PST
by
refreshed
(But we preach Christ crucified... 1 Corinthians 1:23)
To: refreshed
Is ginormous a real word now? Ugh.
Be grateful the author did not use an F-bomb for emphasis.
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01/01/2019 8:32:16 AM PST
by
gasport
(The dung beatle should be the symbol of the Democrat Party)
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