| Subject | Date Asked | Expert |
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| Geology--Earthquakes in Subduction Zones | 11/18/2009 | Joe Norris |
Q: Why do the deepest earthquakes occur on subduction zones?
A: Think of the surface of the earth as pieces of flexible foam (continental plates)floating in a ...
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| Is this a Geode | 11/17/2009 | Fraser Hamilton |
Q: ..I believe this came from Tennessee, see attached image. When you move it feels like a gyroscope ...
A: Lathrop, I think that what you have is more likely a concretion, which would be solid all the way ...
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| Black smokers | 11/16/2009 | Manoharan Kothandapani alias Manoharan |
Q: ANSWER: Dear Matt, Thanks for your question Underwater volcanoes are those which magma erupts from ...
A: Black smokers are chimney-like structure above a marine hydrothermal vent. It is an underwater ...
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| petroleum geology | 11/15/2009 | Syed Tariq Hasany |
Q: sir, Assalamu Alaikum, we know there are mainly 2 kinds of traps,structural and stratigraphic ...
A: It is really pleasure for me to answer a question to a student from beautiful Bangladeshi city of ...
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| petroleum geosciences | 11/14/2009 | Syed Tariq Hasany |
Q: i would like to know what is the job prospects of Petroleum Geoscience course?
A: Petroleum exploration activities directly related to oil price and global economic situation and so ...
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| lava and feather rock | 11/10/2009 | Dr Thomas Bell |
Q: I am planning to create some art using lavarock and featherock that I will drill a hole into. My ...
A: Eva, When water freezes, it expands by about 9%. Have you have ever tried to cool a bottle of wine ...
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| earthquakes - New Madrid fault line | 11/10/2009 | Keith Patton |
Q: I am insurance agent and am trying to make sure I advise my clients accurately with respect to ...
A: Kathie: Here are several maps showing possible building loss or damage due to a 7.7 level quake ...
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| scope of geology | 11/10/2009 | Farrukh Qayyum |
Q: gud afternoon. sir,actually my brother is in class 12 and he wanted to persue geology as a ...
A: Good afternoon as well although this is another day. My appologies for a late reply. I am worried ...
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| Question | 11/10/2009 | C. Robert Reszka, Jr. |
Q: ...sir can u tell me what do you think about 2012...is it real or not ANSWER: No Farrukh, it is NOT ...
A: It is the job of an entertainment business to "entertain". Youtube and National Geographic do just ...
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| geology | 11/10/2009 | Dr D.Venkat Reddy |
Q: what is the pebble.how made it,what is the diffinition???
A: A pebble is a rock fragment larget than a coarse sand grain and smaller than cobble,its size is in ...
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| Horizontal drilling | 11/10/2009 | George Ardies |
Q: Ardies My question is: In which geologic, reservoir conditions it is recommended to use ...
A: Horizontal drilling has opened up a whole new exploration game over the past couple of decades. ...
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| Horizontal drilling | 11/10/2009 | Manoharan Kothandapani alias Manoharan |
Q: Manoharan My question is: In which geologic, reservoir conditions it is recommended to use ...
A: hope the below mentioned details will meet your requirement Horizontal drilling is a type of ...
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| Question | 11/9/2009 | C. Robert Reszka, Jr. |
Q: ...sir can u tell me what do you think about 2012...is it real or not
A: No Farrukh, it is NOT real. At least not in the premise put forth in the movie. The Mayans were ...
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| Horizontal drilling | 11/8/2009 | Joe Norris |
Q: Norris My question is: In which geologic conditions it is recommended to use horizontal drilling? ...
A: Horizontal drilling has little or any geologic concern. Horizontal drilling is mostly if not ...
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| Hydrogeology and flooding | 11/8/2009 | Dr D.Venkat Reddy |
Q: What happens to ground water levels in the vicinity of a flooding stream? It a stream floods, does ...
A: You have to consult local geologist-USGS-in your region.Generally fooding stream influences for ...
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| petroleum geology | 11/8/2009 | Manoharan Kothandapani alias Manoharan |
Q: sir i m a student of b.sc 1st year geology major. Sir i want to know ABOUT THE application of ...
A: The field of geochemistry involves study of the chemical composition of the Earth and other planets, ...
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| Degree concerns | 11/8/2009 | C. Robert Reszka, Jr. |
Q: Sir, hope u r fine and in good health,i would like to know ur suggestion about this common issue now ...
A: This is just my personal opinion but I think that "practical" education is just as important as that ...
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| career prospects for women as geologists. | 11/6/2009 | Farrukh Qayyum |
Q: i just finished my a levels and now i have to decide a path, i find geology interesting, but could ...
A: I am sorry for being so late in reply. Actually, I forgot to put schedules on AllExperts. If you ...
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| The Poles | 11/6/2009 | Dr Thomas Bell |
Q: At one time or other, the north and south poles were in different positions (one at the Bermuda ...
A: Allan, Earth's geographic poles have remained more or less in the same place for the last 4 billion ...
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| Geothermal system & high electric bills | 11/5/2009 | Keith Patton |
Q: We live in the Chicago area and recently built a new 3800 sq.ft. home with a geothermal ...
A: I would run my system and see what it can bring your average indoor temperature down to. Set it at ...
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| resistivity log. | 11/5/2009 | George Ardies |
Q: I am petroleum engineering ctudent. I don't quite understand about resistivity log. As far as I ...
A: Resistivity logs: A log of the resistivity of the formation, expressed in ohm-m. The resistivity can ...
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| North Atlantic Current shutdown | 11/5/2009 | Keith Patton |
Q: How much ice would need to melt and flow into North Atlantic to shut down the North Atlantic ...
A: Actually, I think society in Medieval times would withstand it better than today since most people ...
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| School Project | 11/5/2009 | Dr Thomas Bell |
Q: Hey, I am a eight grader. We are doing a project in our science class about Continental Drift. I was ...
A: Robbie, My life as a geologist has been jam packed with cool stuff. Long ago, I saw a TV program ...
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| Exploration terminalogy | 11/5/2009 | Manoharan Kothandapani alias Manoharan |
Q: "Hi, At present I am involved in the exploration study of some prospects. I don't belong to G%26G ...
A: Lead and prospect are the terms used in petroleum evaluation Lead a structure which may contain ...
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| North Atlantic Current shutdown | 11/4/2009 | Keith Patton |
Q: How much ice would need to melt and flow into North Atlantic to shut down the North Atlantic ...
A: North East or Central. The drainage of Greenland appears to to to the east, but a large impact ...
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| Geothermal system & high electric bills | 11/4/2009 | Keith Patton |
Q: We live in the Chicago area and recently built a new 3800 sq.ft. home with a geothermal ...
A: What you are calling "geothermal" is what used to be called a heat pump. That is, it uses ground ...
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| Identify rock | 11/4/2009 | C. Robert Reszka, Jr. |
Q: I am looking to have this rock identified. I was under the assumption it was a selenite. Have my ...
A: This is an easy one. Yes it is selenite. It looks like a piece of a selenite rose, perhaps from ...
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| The Big One | 11/4/2009 | Dr Thomas Bell |
Q: Bell, Thank you for offering to answer our questions here. :-) I live in puerto Vallarta mexico and ...
A: Katelin, Pardon my math. The odds of dying in an earthquake between 1980 and 2001 are closer to 1 ...
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| identifying palaeochannels using ASTER image | 11/4/2009 | Keith Patton |
Q: Sir, I would like to know whether we can demarcate palaeochannels with help of ASTER or Landsat ...
A: Here are links to various studies of mapping paleochannels with Aster and Landsat. ...
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| OIL RESERVES IN PAKISTAN (BALOCHISTAN) | 11/3/2009 | Keith Patton |
Q: I will take your time on the following topic, well I am not a expert in Geology and therefore would ...
A: Abdulqader: First you need to understand a little about the politics of petroleum. It takes ...
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| exploration phase - terminalogy | 11/3/2009 | Farrukh Qayyum |
Q: At present I am involved in the exploration study of some prospects. I don't belong to G%26G ...
A: I summarize your questions here 1. Lead Any trap that exhibit a feature of exploration and ...
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| permo-triassic boundry | 11/3/2009 | Farrukh Qayyum |
Q: sir please if you can tell me about the origin and sedimentation on different basins of Pakistan? ...
A: I will be glad if you could find the answers to these questions in the same references that I ...
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| North Atlantic Current shutdown | 11/3/2009 | Keith Patton |
Q: How much ice would need to melt and flow into North Atlantic to shut down the North Atlantic ...
A: I don't know how much ice would have to melt, the mathmatics are beyond me. The current could be ...
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| Geology | 11/2/2009 | Dr D.Venkat Reddy |
Q: What is the importance of Geology in Civil Engineering Projects?
A: Geological inputs must be invcorporated for all civil engineering projects.Site selection for dams ...
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| Question about cratons? | 11/1/2009 | Keith Patton |
Q: Recently I came across an article in which it was stated that craton are part of mountains. Actually ...
A: They are the oldest rocks on Earth, and as such form the core of the continents. Newer rocks have ...
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| Rock or Meteorite | 10/31/2009 | C. Robert Reszka, Jr. |
Q: I found this rock that is black and is nothing close to being round it has little white spots that ...
A: In order to get an idea of what you have I am going to need a picture. There are too many rocks ...
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| GEOLOGY | 10/31/2009 | Farrukh Qayyum |
Q: SALLAM SIR I RECENTLY GOT ADDMISION IN GEOLOGY , AND ATTENDED SOME CLASSES, BUT I HAVE TO MAKE MY ...
A: I'll say use internet as much as you can. Go to the following websites. You will learn much more ...
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| microfossil in petroleum exploration | 10/31/2009 | Manoharan Kothandapani alias Manoharan |
Q: how does microfossil help in petroleum exploration,role of foraminifera,radiolaria,ostracodont ...
A: Microfossils are very much useful in hydrocarbon exploration. A detailed study of study from core ...
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| paleontology | 10/30/2009 | Keith Patton |
Q: how microfossil helps in petroleum exploration,role of foraminfera,radiolaria,ostracodontetc.
A: They are used as marker fossils for biostratigraphy and paleoeenvironmetal analyses. The various ...
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| obsidian | 10/30/2009 | Joe Norris |
Q: I am preparing a homework regarding obsidian rocks.An I would like to know if the obsidian rocks are ...
A: Obisidian was used by Aztecs for the sharp points of their weapons, mirrors, masks, and for ear ...
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