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"The jumbled sediments probably represent landslide depositspossibly ones triggered by extended rainfall, says Stanley." Could have been a major earthquake, such as the one which, about 20 years before the famous eruption, caused widespread damage from which the town was still recovering when it was buried. Please FREEPMAIL me if you want on, off, or alter the "Gods, Graves, Glyphs" PING list --
Archaeology/Anthropology/Ancient Cultures/Artifacts/Antiquities, etc.
The GGG Digest -- Gods, Graves, Glyphs (alpha order)
5 posted on
12/02/2004 9:59:53 PM PST by
SunkenCiv
("All I have seen teaches me trust the Creator for all I have not seen." -- Emerson)
13 posted on
11/16/2005 10:03:14 PM PST by
SunkenCiv
(Down with Dhimmicrats! I last updated my FR profile on Wednesday, November 2, 2005.)
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08/06/2012 8:13:57 PM PDT by
SunkenCiv
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