tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7832770981296510920.post384661014266096956..comments2011-10-27T07:01:20.624-07:00Comments on Indiana Meg: So Many Field Trips!meghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14888150447633425696noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7832770981296510920.post-26842358448548506672011-10-27T07:01:20.624-07:002011-10-27T07:01:20.624-07:00my contribution to science is that I think it look...my contribution to science is that I think it looks neat :DThe Lizard Lasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07617285152352941760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7832770981296510920.post-59018363485638905932011-10-07T16:57:17.886-07:002011-10-07T16:57:17.886-07:00Prof (Ed Taylor) once commented that phenomenon wa...Prof (Ed Taylor) once commented that phenomenon was "not well-understood" (Do geo-types have a lock on that phrase or what?) but that it was characteristic of particular flows. Once you learn to note it, he claimed, you could reliably recognize that particular flow across a wide area. He'd spent a lot of time in the CRB, so I presume he knew what he was talking about, but I've never heard this from anyone else.<br /><br />I've seen lots of examples of this, but never at that odd angle oblique to the columns... generally perpendicular.Lockwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05960762797349483760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7832770981296510920.post-33212799711096295982011-10-07T10:41:16.154-07:002011-10-07T10:41:16.154-07:00The only (and I mean only) reference I could find ...The only (and I mean only) reference I could find looks at the same outcrop, and it doesn't say much. Something about an "oscillatory instability" in the crack formation.<br /><br />http://www.lgoehring.com/Papers_files/GM_JGR08.pdfJessica Ballhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13117925212295349320noreply@blogger.com