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Giant Blob Found Deep Beneath Nevada
« on: May 28, 2009, 05:35:27 AM »
I wonder what this is really about?



Giant Blob Found Deep Beneath Nevada

Wednesday, May 27, 2009

By Jeanna Bryner
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Hidden beneath the U.S. West's Great Basin, scientists have spied a giant blob of rocky material dripping like honey.

The Great Basin consists of small mountain ranges separated by valleys and includes most of Nevada, the western half of Utah and portions of other nearby states.

While studying the area, John West of Arizona State University (ASU) and his colleagues found evidence of a large cylindrical blob of cold material far below the surface of central Nevada.

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Comparison of the results with CAT scans of the inside of Earth taken by ASU's Jeff Roth suggested they had found a so-called lithospheric drip. (Earth's lithosphere comprises the crust or outer layer of Earth and the uppermost mantle.)

Here's how it works: "The Earth's mantle, which lies below the thin outer crust we live on, consists of rock which deforms plastically on very long time scales due to the heat and pressure at depth," West said. "In any material which can flow (including the mantle), a heavy object will tend to sink through lighter material."

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Re: Giant Blob Found Deep Beneath Nevada
« Reply #1 on: May 28, 2009, 05:41:27 AM »
Quote from: Heather on May 28, 2009, 05:35:27 AM
Hidden beneath the U.S. West's Great Basin, scientists have spied a giant blob...

Rosie O'Donnell out for a walk and the mantle just couldn't take the strain?
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Re: Giant Blob Found Deep Beneath Nevada
« Reply #2 on: May 28, 2009, 05:51:35 AM »
Quote from: Skunk on May 28, 2009, 05:41:27 AM
Quote from: Heather on May 28, 2009, 05:35:27 AM
Hidden beneath the U.S. West's Great Basin, scientists have spied a giant blob...

Rosie O'Donnell out for a walk and the mantle just couldn't take the strain?
I was thinking of a variety of SA comments, but after that capper...I got nothin'
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Re: Giant Blob Found Deep Beneath Nevada
« Reply #3 on: May 28, 2009, 06:30:23 AM »
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Rosie O'Donnell out for a walk and the mantle just couldn't take the strain?


LMAO!  I dont think we could get that lucky :)
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Re: Giant Blob Found Deep Beneath Nevada
« Reply #4 on: May 28, 2009, 06:37:25 AM »
Quote from: Skunk on May 28, 2009, 05:41:27 AM
Rosie O'Donnell out for a walk and the mantle just couldn't take the strain?
Ha..ha..ha........ Just (censored word) spit up drink all over my keyboard!
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Re: Giant Blob Found Deep Beneath Nevada
« Reply #5 on: May 28, 2009, 06:52:06 AM »
I read that too, and had never heard of the lithospheric drip before. It would be nice to see some examples of what they're talking about.
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Re: Giant Blob Found Deep Beneath Nevada
« Reply #6 on: May 28, 2009, 07:23:14 AM »
Having driven through the Great Basin numerous times I now consider myself lucky not to have been swallowed up. ;D
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Re: Giant Blob Found Deep Beneath Nevada
« Reply #7 on: May 28, 2009, 07:31:11 AM »
My word people! Haven't y'all seen 2001 A Space Odessey?

What?

Oh wait, that was an obelisk not a cylinder. Never mind then. ;D
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Re: Giant Blob Found Deep Beneath Nevada
« Reply #8 on: May 28, 2009, 12:22:19 PM »
Having worked in prisons and seen "buired cylinders removed from sinking holes" I think we should let the liberals handel this one. ::) ::) ;D
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