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Ancient rocks of Tetons formed by continental collisions
Science Daily ^
| 1/29/2016
| Univ. of Wyoming
Posted on 02/01/2016 2:13:19 PM PST by JimSEA
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There is a lot of tectonic activity within a plate based on much the same forces that exit between plates.
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posted on
02/01/2016 2:13:20 PM PST
by
JimSEA
To: JimSEA
I once had a continental collision. It destroyed my Honda.
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posted on
02/01/2016 2:15:41 PM PST
by
MeganC
(The Republic of The United States of America: 7/4/1776 to 6/26/2015 R.I.P.)
To: JimSEA
Why is Mount Logan its own region?
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posted on
02/01/2016 2:16:42 PM PST
by
MeganC
(The Republic of The United States of America: 7/4/1776 to 6/26/2015 R.I.P.)
To: JimSEA
Nonsense!! It happened 6000 years ago at the earliest.
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posted on
02/01/2016 2:17:01 PM PST
by
babble-on
To: JimSEA
At one very early point in the evolution of earths crust, there were many granite “islands” which converged and collided with each other to form today’s plates which are, in turn, colliding with each other and rifting apart.
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posted on
02/01/2016 2:18:12 PM PST
by
JimSEA
To: JimSEA
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posted on
02/01/2016 2:18:52 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: MeganC
I once had a cadillac collision, only I was driving a rented cadillac. I don’t remember what the other guy was driving only that when he got out of the car he was a mountain, possibly a range.
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posted on
02/01/2016 2:23:20 PM PST
by
DannyTN
To: MeganC
The North American plate is an agglomeration of earlier plates that have “stuck” together. The earlier collisions have formed mountain ranges. It’s not a static thing, it just seem so because these events occur in geologic time.
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posted on
02/01/2016 2:23:32 PM PST
by
JimSEA
To: JimSEA
Is it OK to post pictures of Tetons?
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posted on
02/01/2016 2:27:56 PM PST
by
The_Victor
(If all I want is a warm feeling, I should just wet my pants.)
To: The_Victor
As long as they are attractive ones. ;-)
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posted on
02/01/2016 2:29:48 PM PST
by
JimSEA
To: The_Victor
"Is it OK to post pictures of Tetons?" Are they grand?
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posted on
02/01/2016 2:31:24 PM PST
by
Flag_This
(You can't spell "treason" without the "O".)
To: MeganC
I once was laying back looking at the stars on the Riviera when the cop showed up and helped me off it and into the Amber-lamps. My motorcycle had to be pried from underneath
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posted on
02/01/2016 2:34:46 PM PST
by
Vaquero
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02/01/2016 2:34:50 PM PST
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SunkenCiv
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Thanks JimSEA.
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posted on
02/01/2016 2:35:15 PM PST
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SunkenCiv
(Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
To: Flag_This
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posted on
02/01/2016 2:35:41 PM PST
by
Vaquero
( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
To: Vaquero
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posted on
02/01/2016 2:37:33 PM PST
by
NorthMountain
("The time has come", the Walrus said, "to talk of many things")
To: JimSEA
I thought the Himalayas were the result of a subduction between the Indian subcontinent and the Asian mainland. Are the Tetons a similar subduction range?
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posted on
02/01/2016 2:55:30 PM PST
by
IronJack
To: IronJack
Generally similar but older from what I read. The difference would be that the Indian plate was a long ways off and unrelated to the Eurasian plate. However mountain building is similar.
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posted on
02/01/2016 2:59:55 PM PST
by
JimSEA
To: IronJack
Sounds like long before this particular range formed, once upon a time a different range formed from continental collisions that created those old rocks. The current orogeny exposed those older rocks.
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posted on
02/01/2016 3:26:45 PM PST
by
Explorer89
(And now, let the wild rumpus start!!)
To: NorthMountain
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02/01/2016 3:28:16 PM PST
by
Vaquero
( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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