Natural Science Forum / Earth Science / Geology / June 2004

A collection of photos I took in Death Valley, CA today.
I'm not a Geologist but the landscape looked similar to those
Opportunity encountered back in March and April.
http://axis1.bizland.com/jpl/index.html

I lost a response to this inquiry.
A poster asked whether I knew the position of the camera, which I don't.  He
went on to request left and right stereo pictures, which are available from
'Panoramic' raw images listed under Sol 117 and 118.

Big wad o' pancam pics just showed up....
http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/all/spirit.html
Really thought there were hints of layering in the pics, saw the "Flight
Director's update" for today and he said the same thing and the geologists

Why are mountain belts like the Himalayas and the Rockies not
crumple-rumpled? ...like collisional plate tectonics says they should
be?
<http://users.indigo.net.au/don/to/mtbuild.html>

Maybe you don't need to use wire, nor ask art students who might or
might not do anything for money.  You could:
Find a nice jar, fill it with water, put the crystal in it and put it
on the sunny windowsill;

Does anyone know how the Cliffs of Moher in Ireland were formed?
Thanks!

Hi Group,
Is it true that iron exists only in earth's crust and not near the
core - it goes like this: earth's iron came exclusively from asteroids
hitting earth during its early days and hence it's only exist in the

Monterey Canyon system
http://www.mbari.org/data/mapping/monterey/default.htm

Pyrochlor, (Na,Ca)2(Nb,Ti,Ta)2O6(OH,F), mostly found in carbonatites.
What is known about its crystal forming conditions and about its
weathering. I have some Pyrochlores in a fracturefilling of a tropical
carbonatite. They do not only look very fresh but they seem also to be