Plasma Catastrophism Geology Tour
Dates: 2012-07-29 - 2012-08-11 9.9 (1 decade 1 year ago)
Where: Albuquerque, NM, United States Venue: The great outdoors, man
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Hopi Lake, one of several post-catastrophe lakes not to be forgotten.
1 decade 1 year ago
[2012-07-29 11:58:18]
Rather than send three separate emails to the participants, i am posting this
here in the hope that you all keep your eyes open while driving through
where stood deep water. 3dzp
There is much evidence for the presence of several immense lakes rinvaling and adjacent to the Great Basin. It is said that that basin was filled by glacial
run-off but that view emerges from gradualism and over-looks catastrophic
causes. Consideration of the great basin lake as a post catastrophe lake opens a number of possible avenues of thought for the typography and formations of
all the adjacent areas and reveals an incredible inland body of water.
From Hopi lake to Mono lake we might better understand what remains
today by contemplating that the existence of Grand Lake and Hopi Lake offers
us a glimpse at the size of a former body that occupied (temporarily) areeas
west of the continental divide. That water was trapped there when the crust
folded up through it. The mechanism behind that folding is multi-faceted but
it happened quickly by human standards. So as you look at the remains of
such a large body of saltwater that got capped over by fresh water, then
rapidly drained to the level of Grand and Hopi Lakes, keep your eyes open for
the high falls, conduits, and sacred places where survivors recorded the
events of the catastrophic period, and while you are driving across the
Wasatch Mountains keep your eyes open for a south west facing alcove off the
road from Spanish Forks Rt (6/89). It is a telling feature that should not be
missed. A dried up water fall from before valley drainage was established.
dzp
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