Tag Archives: Geology

NAVDAT Data in GPLATES

GPLATES puts this massive database of western US volcanism in motion and in perspective. The results are very interesting. Supposed contact with the Insular Terrain/Wrangellia/Baja BC does not show much increase in volcanic activity. Neither does the proposed entourage of … Continue reading →

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Conversations with Grok

Ultimately this is about the Shatsky/Laramide. A review of WB zones in Plates2 reveals that no current flat slab approaches the 1150 km penetration required for Shatsky to displace and underplate the Wyoming craton. Do you seriously believe the slab … Continue reading →

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North America Encounters the East Pacific Rise

The Yellowstone plume investigation keeps broadening. In the image below the heavy black line is the Pacific/Farallon ocean spreading ridge at ~30 million years ago when it first encountered North America. The current position of North America is outlined in … Continue reading →

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How Old is the Grand Canyon?

Controversies over wonders of the world capture the public imagination from time to time. Now some Caltech scientists have dared suggest from a new technique that measures the depth of overburden on apatite crystals that there was an older canyon … Continue reading →

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