Natural Science Forum / Earth Science / Geology / May 2006

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-quake27may27,1,2653608.story?coll=la-hea
dlines-california
Their computer model approximated a 7.7 on the San Andreas fault, and now
they are working inward towards the coast, modeling the web of faults in the
area.  Since I linv on the coast ...

NUMBER 1.   (Having another go at this 'volcanic arc'  shape-thingie
again.)
Now that the raucous silence has died down -  after that fellow who
offered the only explanation, ...that it was due to the intersection of

6th Worst Job in Science according to Popular Science magazine:
http://www.popsci.com/popsci/science/806ffb24a5f27010vgnvcm1000004eecbccdrcrd/5.html

http://www.sitecenter.dk/geocsite/nss-folder/mappe1/Egholm_mov.wmv
Here's another binary file that hides a 2 min movie. Give it time to load
into your browser. Then save it in quotes with the name you choose + .wmv
(that is dotWmv, also inside the quote). That way it's playable, ...

A volcano has begun erupting under the Vatnajokull glacier in eastern
Iceland. The eruption plume has drifted some ~ 500 miles to the East
affecting area air traffic routes.
Some massive flooding due melting of the glacier is expected. For

Question for the geologists here.
Is the rate of erosion greater or lesser or equal to the rate of build?
Let me qualify that in my terms.  When I look at the shoreline, the
mountains, and such I consider the shoreline to be the zero plane of usable

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Wanna good laugh?
http://cires.colorado.edu/people/pielke/
Check out the shirt. Yet another Bush apologist.
http://cosmic.lifeform.org

Lithospheric detachments of the Western Pacific
http://users.indigo.net.au/don/abstracts/lithotach.html

NEW ELEMENT FOUND
 The recent hurricanes and gasoline issues are proof
of the existence of a new chemical element. A major
research institution has recently announced the

does anyone work on the paper entitled "Long-Range Correlations in the
Diffuse Seismic Coda" by campillo and Paul!?
i need the references badly and need help. could someone please send me
any of the references? i already got ref. number 1,2, 9 and 10 and

Anyone have any idea what it costs the USGS to install and continuously
monitor a stream  with a stage recorder or auto flowmeter for a year?
(Yes, I've got the ? into their ask a geologist site too). I'm assuming
putting a datalogger or telemetry on it, not daily manual ...

Like this:-
1.  The sea is 'flat' - and so are the sediments on the bottom of it
(abyssal plains).
2.  The continental interiors are as flat as a tack

I was just reading up on Santorini in the non-to semi-geological online
media and was interested that it has formed shield volcanoes after that
Really Big One about 1-1/2 millenias BC.  Is it possible to describe in
simple terms how such smooth-flowing magma could come in and ...

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