John, what kind of rocks can you afford to date? Are we talking common
minerals, or are you more in the semi-precious to precious stone range now?
Sorry, couldn't resist the temptation.
Long time no see!
Take Care,
Corky
John P Brooks wrote:
But if the earth is only 8 to 10,000 years old...
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Show on Discovery Channel
Did anyone happen to
watch this show the other night?
Were you as horrified as
I was when the overly dramatic host and another scientist took a
chisel to an ~
3 foot by 4 inch stalagmite in order to break it fr
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Oh no you don't, I'm not responding to that one and starting another
meltdown.
All I have to say about that is that if you can only date a rock, you
need to get some pla
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Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2008 2:43 PM
To: Geary Schindel
Cc: mark.al...@l-3com.com; texascavers@texascavers.com
Subject: RE: [Texascavers] Caving Show on Discovery Channel
But if the earth is only 8 to 10,000 years old...why is the age of
speleothems important? Does dating them
of caves in Texas including Devils Sinkhole. The UT Geosciences Department
> has
> one of the better labs in the country and has published their results in a
> number of scientific publications.
>
> Geary
>
> -Original Message-
> From: mark.al...@l-3com.com
blications.
Geary
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Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2008 12:27 PM
To: Allan Cobb; Texascavers Mailing List
Subject: RE: [Texascavers] Caving Show on Discovery Channel
Did anyone happen to watch this show the o
Did anyone happen to watch this show the other night?
Were you as horrified as I was when the overly dramatic host and another
scientist took a chisel to an ~ 3 foot by 4 inch stalagmite in order to
break it free in order to count the rings?
Apparently, they were wanting to calculate the rate
