tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3319786799012800176.post4515035947165259589..comments2023-10-13T03:51:03.655-04:00Comments on Magma Cum Laude: Where on (Google) Earth #86Jessica Ballhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13117925212295349320noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3319786799012800176.post-42630633321567836662008-02-19T18:07:00.000-05:002008-02-19T18:07:00.000-05:00Quail Creek dam failed in 1988 because gypsum-kars...Quail Creek dam failed in 1988 because gypsum-karst layers in the Shnabkaib Member were dissolved by lakewater and undermined the dam structure.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3319786799012800176.post-56920848643892758612008-01-09T21:07:00.000-05:002008-01-09T21:07:00.000-05:00PS - Email's up too!PS - Email's up too!Jessica Ballhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13117925212295349320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3319786799012800176.post-4069616187766979032008-01-09T21:02:00.000-05:002008-01-09T21:02:00.000-05:00Ron - lovely photo! I've been out there twice; onc...Ron - lovely photo! I've been out there twice; once for a field camp my freshman year and this past May during the Rocky Mountain GSA meeting. I have fond memories of that roadcut (well, fond in retrospective. As a freshman I knew pretty much squat about field mapping and I was pretty frustrated at the time. Needless to say, the second visit was much nicer.)<BR/><BR/>Chuck - Thanks for the advice. I'm always grateful for help getting into new things, especially online. I figure I'll just turn off comment moderation completely, since it's such a small audience here. <BR/><BR/>Looks like #87 is still up for grabs!Jessica Ballhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13117925212295349320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3319786799012800176.post-32827657036611067302008-01-09T17:40:00.000-05:002008-01-09T17:40:00.000-05:00Where on (Google) Earth number 87 is up here.btw, ...Where on (Google) Earth number 87 is up <A HREF="http://lablemminglounge.blogspot.com/2008/01/where-on-google-earth-87.html" REL="nofollow">here</A>.<BR/><BR/>btw, Tuff, WoGE generally runs a bit more smoothly if you turn moderation off for the duration of the contest. I have no idea if 87 will be solved by the time this comment appears, for example.C W Mageehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09706100504739548720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3319786799012800176.post-82232238815104167592008-01-09T17:39:00.000-05:002008-01-09T17:39:00.000-05:00You want details? How about this: a panorama of a...You want details? How about this: <A HREF="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rschott/2176309709/in/set-72157602318015764/" REL="nofollow">a panorama of a roadcut within the WoGE #86 field of view</A>. View the large size for the most detail.<BR/><BR/>I wanted to e-mail you this while I was under the Schott Rule induced gag, but I couldn't find any contact info on the site. You can see that the photo is geotagged on the Flickr site - I had to wait to reply to Marli Miller's comment for fear of giving away the location of the WoGE challenge.<BR/><BR/>So was this part of your undergrad field camp or do you know the area from driving by on the way to Zion?Ron Schotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10020094512548523216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3319786799012800176.post-33927921204869144822008-01-09T13:51:00.000-05:002008-01-09T13:51:00.000-05:00Christie has it! It's the Virgin Anticline, which ...Christie has it! It's the <A HREF="http://www.gly.uga.edu/railsback/VFT/VFTVirginAnticline.html" REL="nofollow">Virgin Anticline,</A> which I've also heard called the Harrisburg Anticline or Harrisburg Dome, although why someone thought it was a dome is beyond me. It's cored by Kaibab Limestone, with the Moenkopi and Chinle Formations "above" that. <BR/><BR/>Christie, you're right about the harder layer. The Virgin River doesn't cut through the fold because it's flowing over the base of the Chinle Fm, which is called the Shinarump Member and made up of resistant river deposits (well-cemented sand and cobbles, for the most part). (Yep, that's a river. Out West, they call things rivers that I would barely qualify as a creek, but that's the way it is.)<BR/><BR/>All right, all those replies are enough to satisfy the challenge. <A HREF="http://lablemminglounge.blogspot.com/" REL="nofollow">Chuck</A> was the first to nail the location, so he's going to be hosting WoGE #87. Kudos to Christie for identifying the structure!Jessica Ballhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13117925212295349320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3319786799012800176.post-29808082579643295032008-01-09T12:41:00.000-05:002008-01-09T12:41:00.000-05:00Awful. I was looking to places in Australia after ...Awful. I was looking to places in Australia after failing to find something in Nevada. Well, looking forward to #87!Mathiashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02950872285924945887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3319786799012800176.post-78574728074351761532008-01-09T09:35:00.000-05:002008-01-09T09:35:00.000-05:00and I was looking in Nevada/So. California. It loo...and I was looking in Nevada/So. California. It looks like a plunging anticline. But I was wondering about what made the creek turn like it does. Is it just a harder layer at that point? This is my first try at a where on earth so please cut a little slack :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3319786799012800176.post-67535481004385373352008-01-09T09:21:00.000-05:002008-01-09T09:21:00.000-05:00Hmm...you know, I'm not entirely sure if they do m...Hmm...you know, I'm not entirely sure if they do mine anything there. I know from mapping that there's a small landfill and associated buildings, but I can't remember if there's an active mine.<BR/><BR/>You've got the location nailed; the water body at the top of the feature is the Quail Creek Reservoir, and the whole thing is just to the NE of St. George. But I'm going to be picky and ask for a little geology. It's such a pretty feature, it deserves a description.<BR/><BR/>(Plus my undergrad advisor would <I>kill</I> me if I didn't push for details, since he's the one who carted me out there on two different field trips.)Jessica Ballhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13117925212295349320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3319786799012800176.post-82246301995479221162008-01-09T06:46:00.000-05:002008-01-09T06:46:00.000-05:00I've driven past this place- it is halfway between...I've driven past this place- it is halfway between St. George and Zion National Park, Utah. What kind of mine is it?<BR/>37.15, -113.42C W Mageehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09706100504739548720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3319786799012800176.post-21627014212035535212008-01-08T21:30:00.000-05:002008-01-08T21:30:00.000-05:00A hint: Really remote areas generally don't have ...A hint: Really remote areas generally don't have any digital elevation info, so the oblique views look flat.<BR/><BR/>Of course, if it was really remote, there would be nobody to use the dam...C W Mageehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09706100504739548720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3319786799012800176.post-15255110734863280812008-01-08T20:17:00.000-05:002008-01-08T20:17:00.000-05:00I've been following WoGE for a while but it keeps ...I've been following WoGE for a while but it keeps beating me...don't have a clue where.<BR/><BR/>You all must have seen a lot!Mathiashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02950872285924945887noreply@blogger.com