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Sky-High Icebergs Carried Boulders From The Rockies To In South-Central Washington
Science Daily ^
| 11-4-2003
| Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Posted on 11/05/2003 6:29:54 AM PST by blam
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posted on
11/05/2003 6:29:56 AM PST
by
blam
To: Renfield; RightWhale
Ping.
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posted on
11/05/2003 6:30:28 AM PST
by
blam
To: blam
Reminds me of the Maine joke.
Interloper: Hey, oldtimer! Where did all these rocks come from?
Mainer: Ayuh, glacier brought 'em.
Interloper: Well, where's the glacier now?
Mainer: Went back for more rocks.
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posted on
11/05/2003 6:34:11 AM PST
by
N. Theknow
(Be a glowworm, a glowworm's never glum, cuz how can you be grumpy when the sun shines out your bum.)
To: blam
"...widely scattered rocks and boulders, distinct clusters and "bergmounds"..."Better put some ice on that!
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posted on
11/05/2003 6:41:36 AM PST
by
NicknamedBob
(I wouldn't be judgmental, if people weren't so STUPID!)
To: blam
It's a good thing our distant relatives fired up their power plants and SUV's bringing and end to the cold weather that fostered these huge glaciers 10,000 years ago.
You have to hand it to them knowing all about carbon dioxide back then before gov't paid scientists!
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posted on
11/05/2003 7:13:00 AM PST
by
Voltage
To: blam
Already knew about this...I attended Soil Science Institute (a 4-week training session for professional soil scientists) at Washington State University this summer, and we took field trips into the Channeled Scablands to study just this event. It was fascinating (and a beautiful area). If we ever meet in person, I'll tell you all about it.
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posted on
11/05/2003 8:13:22 AM PST
by
Renfield
To: Renfield
I grew up in Eastern Washington. Some of the most fascinating geology there is... You can find examples of just about anything there.
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posted on
11/05/2003 8:18:26 AM PST
by
r9etb
To: blam
New England is like that. The ground is scoured down to granite bedrock, which is now weathered to a degree, and there are terminal morains of good size. Long Island, for example.
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posted on
11/05/2003 8:48:49 AM PST
by
RightWhale
(Repeal the Law of the Excluded Middle)
To: r9etb
Pound for pound, the Lake Missoula ice dam is one of the more interesting recent geological events.
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posted on
11/05/2003 9:01:53 AM PST
by
Rebelbase
To: Rebelbase
This article about
Dry Falls gives some excellent descriptions.
If you've ever been to the area -- it just makes one itch to have seen it in person (from a safely hovering helicopter, of course).
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posted on
11/05/2003 9:07:31 AM PST
by
r9etb
To: Renfield
Yeah, I first heard about this at Columbia Basin Sporstman Club banquetback inthe early '90's. The first real work on this by a geologist named Bretz, was rejected by the geological society back in the 1920's.
It sure is good to know that we have to pay for this "new" research over and over again. Here are just a few of the links:
http://www.fs.fed.us/r6/columbia/missoula.htm
http://gsahist.org/gsat2/pardee.htm
http://www.nps.gov/iceagefloods/contacts.htm
If you want more just type in "Columbia Basin Scablands", "Eastern Washington Geology", or "Bretz, J.H." in your search engine"..
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posted on
11/05/2003 9:13:48 AM PST
by
shotgun
To: shotgun
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posted on
11/05/2003 9:19:06 AM PST
by
shotgun
To: blam; FairOpinion; Ernest_at_the_Beach; SunkenCiv; 24Karet; 3AngelaD; 4ConservativeJustices; ...
blast from the past. 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)
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posted on
12/28/2004 3:20:05 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(It's a big planet. We're willing to share. They're not. Out they go.)
To: SunkenCiv
I'm waiting for the really big announcement, that they found the Holy Grail inside the Ark of the Covenant, hidden in a closet in Atlantis. Underneath all the glacial boulders, of course.
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posted on
12/28/2004 3:35:43 PM PST
by
djf
To: djf
You may have a while to wait. :')
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posted on
12/28/2004 3:48:07 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(My Sunday Feeling is that Nothing is easy. Goes for the rest of the week too.)
To: djf
I have a Ton (No Pun Intended) of Boulders in my neighborhood, size of VW's.
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posted on
12/28/2004 3:50:29 PM PST
by
cmsgop
(When The Cracker Gets Old, Get Off Your A$$ and Buy a New Box........)
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posted on
12/28/2004 3:57:21 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(My Sunday Feeling is that Nothing is easy. Goes for the rest of the week too.)
To: blam
I live a couple miles from Rattlesnake Mountain. Yes, it has rocks in the strangest places.
It would be even bigger news if a similar scenario were discovered on Mars, thereby placing the "log" where it is today. Glacier on Mars ping.
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posted on
12/28/2004 4:02:20 PM PST
by
steve86
To: shotgun
Thanks for the links. Very interesting to explore the coulee just east of Connell, which I did on foot a couple of weekends ago. Seems less eroded than many of them do.
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posted on
12/28/2004 4:05:15 PM PST
by
steve86
To: SunkenCiv
When will we get a "news" release that there are volcanos in the Cascade mountain range?
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