Comments on: Thrust Fault https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/05/16/thrust-fault/ Wed, 18 May 2011 20:21:31 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.6 By: Shawn Smith https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/05/16/thrust-fault/#comment-503077 Wed, 18 May 2011 20:21:31 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/05/16/thrust-fault/#comment-503077

Oh wait, there is a profanity! Check out the last two words of your comment……

hahahahaha. I would have thought that the other two names were more profane, but it’s probably because of the proximity, not the ability to affect society.

OT: Angle is going to run for the now open House seat in a free-for-all. If there is only one Democratic candidate, that would be the only chance for the NV-2 district to not go Republican.

]]> By: Ryan O'Donnell https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/05/16/thrust-fault/#comment-503076 Wed, 18 May 2011 16:26:00 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/05/16/thrust-fault/#comment-503076 Cool post. Brings up a whole host of side topics caused by thrust faulting like allochthons or completely over turned beds. In some areas you can even have thrusts on top of older thrusts.

]]> By: Greg Laden https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/05/16/thrust-fault/#comment-503075 Wed, 18 May 2011 15:16:47 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/05/16/thrust-fault/#comment-503075 Shawn, I have no idea why most comments that get held get held. Oh wait, there is a profanity! Check out the last two words of your comment……

]]> By: Shawn Smith https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/05/16/thrust-fault/#comment-503074 Wed, 18 May 2011 04:15:05 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/05/16/thrust-fault/#comment-503074 Held for moderation with no links, profanity, and more than 20 hours since the last post? Man, you’re really cracking the whip over here.

]]> By: Shawn Smith https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/05/16/thrust-fault/#comment-503073 Wed, 18 May 2011 04:10:34 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/05/16/thrust-fault/#comment-503073 Greg Laden,

I’m sure there are dancing girls in MN, also. They may not have the same costumes or lavish musical accompaniments, but hey, dancing girls are dancing girls almost anywhere you go. Now, the sports betting may be slightly more out in the open here, but how many office pools are there during March Madness and how many friendly wagers between buddies are made during the Super Bowl in places that have nothing to do with a casino, tribal or otherwise, hmmm?

Anyway, glad to hear you can travel to see family. Have fun next time you make it over here, and remind us about John Ensign and Sharon Angle every time someone over here brings up Michele Bachmann.

]]> By: NJ https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/05/16/thrust-fault/#comment-503072 Wed, 18 May 2011 02:07:52 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/05/16/thrust-fault/#comment-503072 Mal Adapted @ 5:

It’s remarkable how little deformed those cambrian strata are.

It’s a bit deceptive to take a long distance view and imagine there is little deformation. Get up close and personal with the fault itself and the rock will be sheared in the extreme, sometimes becoming a glass.

]]> By: raulsanger https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/05/16/thrust-fault/#comment-503071 Tue, 17 May 2011 21:29:53 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/05/16/thrust-fault/#comment-503071 I”ll run upstairs and look at it. Las Vegas is surrounded by geological delights, it is.

]]> By: Greg Laden https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/05/16/thrust-fault/#comment-503070 Tue, 17 May 2011 08:00:38 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/05/16/thrust-fault/#comment-503070 Shawn, I have relatives there, and we have the occasional family reunion. That, of course, and dancing girls and sports betting.

]]> By: Shawn Smith https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/05/16/thrust-fault/#comment-503069 Tue, 17 May 2011 06:23:47 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/05/16/thrust-fault/#comment-503069 When I first saw those pictures, I thought, “Oh, that looks like Red Rock, probably from somewhere near the scenic loop.” So, you made it to Las Vegas, eh, Greg? For TAM, probably. Everyone knows there’s not really anything else to interest you here. Hoover Dam, Lake Mead, and Mt. Charleston (peak = 11,900′) are farther.

]]> By: Mal Adapted https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/05/16/thrust-fault/#comment-503068 Tue, 17 May 2011 01:56:53 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/05/16/thrust-fault/#comment-503068 It’s remarkable how little deformed those cambrian strata are. Imagine the geometry of the force vectors that did the thrusting!

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