Volcanoes and earthquakes and glaciers, oh my!

[sorseress]

I thought this was pretty interesting.

http://online.wsj.com/public/articl...zQW08iI6OS2nD8ZKQe4C4_20070609.html?mod=blogs

 

[DHyslop]

Didn't you take geo 101 in college?

Dan

 

[sorseress]

Yep, but that was a VERY long time ago, and back in those days the earth was soooo much younger!

 

[DHyslop]

A lot of 101 classes don't get to isostatic rebound, even today. Which is a shame, because concepts like that are things that stick with people down the road, as opposed to, say, the difference between plagioclase and potassium feldspar.

Dan

 

[sorseress]

A lot of 101 classes don't get to isostatic rebound, even today. Which is a shame, because concepts like that are things that stick with people down the road, as opposed to, say, the difference between plagioclase and potassium feldspar.

Dan

You know, that probably IS the kind of thing I would have remembered.