tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5211670216140060946.post1105669888145715101..comments2024-03-17T18:37:36.377-07:00Comments on Geotripper: The Deepest Pass in North America, and Finally Taking THE Aerial TramwayGarry Hayeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00531226195147986457noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5211670216140060946.post-88953568100408398022023-01-14T12:50:36.646-08:002023-01-14T12:50:36.646-08:00My friends were just up the mountain and stuck due...My friends were just up the mountain and stuck due to mechanical failure of the tram. They sent pictures and I recognized one of the outcrops from your post. Came back to reread.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5211670216140060946.post-35541219594615734652021-09-23T08:01:13.293-07:002021-09-23T08:01:13.293-07:00I'm going to guess as a non geologist, but a g...I'm going to guess as a non geologist, but a geographer instead, that the rules of what I believe is called superimposition are in play. Basically if something crosses a rock bed but nothing crosses ut in turn it is the last thing formed. So that verticle dike came after the base rock and after the white dike/sills since ut kies over the those two. And the white sills/dikes came before the veticle one and after the base rock.<br /><br />This is my guess.DSchwartz78https://www.blogger.com/profile/15583190414990707982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5211670216140060946.post-53032931066103271902020-05-27T21:25:34.527-07:002020-05-27T21:25:34.527-07:00I'm sorry I missed this comment at the time. T...I'm sorry I missed this comment at the time. The virus panic was just beginning and I was overwhelmed with the changes at the college. If the rocks were folded near the surface under lower pressure, they probably would have crumbled (been "brecciated"). But they were instead buried under miles of overlying rock and at those depths and temperatures the rock behaves plastically, folding without breaking.Garry Hayeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00531226195147986457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5211670216140060946.post-87593600488298236302020-02-21T06:11:27.903-08:002020-02-21T06:11:27.903-08:00Geotripper, Hi! This is the first time I've ...Geotripper, Hi! This is the first time I've seen your site, but you can believe it will not be the last. I'm overwhelmed at all it's content, and extremely glad I found it. Like you, I am a teacher as well, teaching middle school Science here at the American School of Bangkok. I'm currently taking my 9th grade Earth Science class through a section (just finished) on tectonic plates, and we're now moving on to the changing surface of the Earth. I'm sitting at home this evening collecting pics of folded mountains (and some incredibly colored ones in China) plus some other odd landforms. <br /> I don't have time tonight but this weekend I will get back to your site and check out some of the (what I'm sure will be amazing) archives. I think I will limit myself to the article on "Where the Sierras rise from the sea". (Great title, BTW.) <br /> I will, if I may, take you up on your offer to answer questions on matters geologic. When folds form in mountains, why does the rock not crumble into minute particles over the (LONG) time the pressure is being applied? When I see the exposed folded areas of some mountains and hills, I wonder how the material within the folds remained so solidly joined together. <br /> Thanks for creating and sharing such a great site.<br /><br />David Schmidt<br />MS Science<br />American School of Bangkok <br />(Sukhumvit Campus) David Schmidthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11897519977746151162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5211670216140060946.post-31599304163512563192018-07-05T21:10:26.337-07:002018-07-05T21:10:26.337-07:00Geotripper in my (it was yours before mine) backya...Geotripper in my (it was yours before mine) backyard. Thanks for the exciting post. Exciting because I've done the tram ride once in winter which went from comfortable desert weather to a snowstorm at the top. And the canyon views were "Amazing" with a dusting of fresh snow. And I have a fear of heights. Now you have to explain the weathering of the dikes. It was your tease...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com