Message #81304

[Cassandra]

Captain_Haggis

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Rate Member   posted 10-18-2006 07:52 AM                       
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Pictures of jointed bedrock excavated in terraces aren't evidence of a man-made pyramid.
Spheres, tunnels, walls or symbols scratched in stone don't prove the existance of pyramids either.

Other interesting natural formations:

Pdf on cross joints:
Bai, T., Maertn, L., Gross, M. R., and Aydin, A., 2002, Orthogonal cross joints: Do they imply a regional stress rotation? Journal of Structural Geology. vol. 24, pp. 77-88.
http://pangea.stanford.edu/research/geomech/Software/publications/Bai_JSG_2002.pdf

Tasmanian Tesselated Pavement:
http://www.australienbilder.de/serien/seiten/e-tas21.htm

http://images.statelibrary.tas.gov.au/Fullimage.asp?Letter=T&Title=Tesselated+pavement%2C+Tasmans+peninsula&ID=AUTAS001126183516

Eaglehawk Neck tesselated pavements:
Letter=E&Title=Eaglehawk+Neck+tesselated+pavements%3A+collection+of+postcards&ID=au-7-0016-125142836
http://images.statelibrary.tas.gov.au/tasimg/postcards/Eaglehawknecktesselatedpavements/12514283.jpg

Tesselated pavement:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikelowe/5346384/in/set-134851/

Unsaturated Cross-Fold Fractures:
http://www.pe.utexas.edu/~jolson/utig-talk_files/v3_slide0227_image014.jpg

Saturated Strike Joints:
http://www.pe.utexas.edu/~jolson/utig-talk_files/v3_slide0229_image011.jpg

"Spatial organization of natural fractures: A geomechanics approach" by Jon Olson, University of Texas (Austin):
http://www.pe.utexas.edu/~jolson/utig-talk_files/v3_document.htm

Natural pavement:
http://www.pe.utexas.edu/~jolson/cedar-mesa.JPEG
http://www.pe.utexas.edu/~jolson/nat.frac.html

Ancient floor a work of nature, not nurture:
http://www.gjsentinel.com/news/content/news/stories/2005/08/15/8_15_1A_tiled_floor_natural_WWW.html

Liesegang banding:
http://www.bosnianpyramid.com/images/BosnianPyramid_circlesSlabs.jpg
http://www.aapg.org/slide_bank/grand_canyon/72.cfm

Fracture-controlled Liesegang banding in siltstone:
http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~millerm/7LM20.jpeg

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Arrr, where's my Haggis Whistle ..

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