神秘的地球圈与宝石矿床的分布.pptVIP

* Side by side images of N. America. Black Hills and Adirondacks Control on regional geology (selected 1/4° sheets) * Air France; not really the Gobi ??Gobi?? About same size as Wisc. Circle. Light yellow circle added. Map projection is important. ?Conformal projections? are best. * Cover Of Science (20 May 2005) * How perfect is the Himalayan arc? Himalayan Circle - altitudes * Europe Depends on choice of map colors. -artists’ trick: increase contrast by closing eyes slightly. Adriatic as fossé; Italy: Appenines as outer rim Europe with large circle shown Alabashka-Mursinka gemfield * SE Kenya, just inside Tsavo West N.P. False color - the Red is water; clouds cloud shadows [Credit Alain and Brigitte Mercier] Gold color * Mgama Ridge fault shown; several major tsavorite deposits * Parallel fault following Mwatate River Fault, well-known. No mineralization so far * Two faults easy to see. False color gold. The gold color is mine waste in the process of oxidizing. * Now see where the mines are located. * 17 km diameter * End of river valley; Curve in Mwatate River Adapted from: Y. Dechamps et al. ??Geology and Gemstone Deposits of East Africa?? 1: 4 million (May 2004); BRGM. Only crystalline Colored Grems shown in this adaptation. * Picture found on web: oil gas, volcanos, major earthquakes a b c d e f c Colored gem deposits, coastal districts of Kenya and Tanzania Key geological concept Deep fractures -- permiability During the brief history of meteorite impact geology, all past predictions about the importance of impacts and the range of their effects have turned out to be inaccurate and unimaginative underestimates. - Bevan French, Terrestrial Meteorite Impact Structures. Lunar and Planetary Institute (LPI - 翻译此页 ) Contribution, No.954 (1998) THE END Lunar craters; very few, if any, are volcanic. * Hidden face of Moon * Mars 42,283… or 200,000+; it depends who counts. * Paul Lowman My scientist friends laugh at this, but my ar