Natural Science Forum / Earth Science / Geology / June 2004

Does anyone know where to find the info about "water-escape
structures/fluid-escape structures, carbonates or soft sediments
(preferably on the Internet)? Are there any difference between
carbonates and siliciclastic rocks with regard to the water-escape

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NASA announced the discovery of magnesium sulfate at the base the Columbia hills.
This substance is commercially known on earth as epsom salts.
Geologically, it suggests significant free water in the past.

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Avanti Consulting/ SITA energy. This company hasn't paid wages to
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Only 84 close encounters of moons scheduled in the next four years.
Though I believe this is the closest of Phoebe scheduled.

Any ideas what might be moving material around in this picture?
http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/all/1/p/134/1P140084930EFF3160P2372L2M1.JPG
Bill
billsmith@ispwest.com

It is interesting how the permafrost is part of the methane trapping
mechanism.  If you search the phrase “methane hydrate” you will find
some reputable websites containing some remarkable information.  It
may be, as they suspect, that there is more hydrocarbon content in

http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/index.cfm

Since floods seem to be a topic of discussion in recent days, I thought I would
post a link to U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1254, The World's Largest Floods,
Past and Present: Their Causes and Magnitudes, By Jim E. O'Connor and John E.
Costa, for anyone interested in a ...

      Such a cataclysm as the Deluge, which washed the whole world of that time out of existence, would never be forgotten by the survivors. They would talk about it to their children and their children?s children. For 500 years after the Deluge, Shem lived on to relate the ...

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap040613.html
Spectacular:

I wonder if I could impose for a rock identification problem.  I've visited
several websites and got a feel for parameters that might be helpful for
Identification, but couldn't find this particular rock type in a photo.  It'
s probably a simple ID matter for a person with ...

I am considering a major in this field and I was wondering if anyone
could tell me some specific careers and cources that are relevant to
this professtion. I am a senior in high school and everyone thinks
I'm insane for liking this study without more information, so any

    Does anyone here happen to know a good reference on the bedrock
    geology of the North American prairies?
    I am wondering how deep is the soil before one hits the
    underlying rock?

I have a need for a publication:
Lane, H.R., and Brenckle, Paul, 1977.  The Type Section of the
Meramecian Series, in Guidebook for field trips, North-central section
Geological Society of America, Carbondale, Illinois v.  1.  Dept.  of