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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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| diamond. | 10/29/2009 | C. Robert Reszka, Jr. |
Q: please tell the diamond is hardest mineral in moh's hardness scale then what other mineral can cut ...
A: Good question. So far the only substance that we have that will cut a diamond is another diamond. ...
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| volcanoes | 10/29/2009 | Keith Patton |
Q: what are the factors that influence the characteristics of volcanic eruptions
A: Magma type primarily. Shield volcanoes, have low angle cones due to the fact that their magma is ...
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| paleontology | 10/28/2009 | Keith Patton |
Q: please giv me every bit of details about what and how microfossils help in petroleum ...
A: Maria: Microfossils are abundant in marine sediments and marine sediments are the prevalent ...
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| Land-Type Associations | 10/28/2009 | Fraser Hamilton |
Q: Hamilton, I was wondering if you could please assist me in finding information on Geology and its ...
A: Brianna: Sorry for taking so long to get back to you. Hopefully, it is not too late. Geology is ...
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| rock | 10/27/2009 | George Ardies |
Q: I found a strange looking rock on a old rock wall in southern Quebec,along the U.S. border.It's a ...
A: It sounds like it is Hematite, except for the light green lines. Hematite is magnetic and rusty ...
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| software help | 10/27/2009 | Keith Patton |
Q: Can you please explain these? Seismic Processing Software Spatial data and asset data
A: Seismic Processing Software is software specifically written to process seismic data for stacking, ...
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| help | 10/27/2009 | Farrukh Qayyum |
Q: Aslam Alekum, Sir, for years i was really interested in computer and now i am also computer's ...
A: Yes you can certainly enter in to geology. Most of the computer scientist takes geology/geophysics ...
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| strange rock | 10/26/2009 | C. Robert Reszka, Jr. |
Q: I found a rock in a field in southern Quebec that is different than anything I have ever seen ...
A: I'm really going to need to see a picture to get a better idea of what you have. Not too many rocks ...
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| rock classification | 10/25/2009 | George Ardies |
Q: i am having great difficulty classifying rocks... i have a rock that resembles marble and is ...
A: It sounds like it might be Quartz. Quartz comes is many varieties/colors and will scratch steel and ...
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| Where does "new water" come from | 10/25/2009 | C. Robert Reszka, Jr. |
Q: Is there a geophysical/chemical process that creates "new water" or is all water simply reprocessed ...
A: Interesting question. All the water, or most of it, that is on the Earth today was here since the ...
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| Where does "new water" come from? | 10/25/2009 | Dr Thomas Bell |
Q: Is there a geophysical/chemical process that creates "new water" or is all water simply reprocessed ...
A: Steve, In the early days of this solar system, comets and asteroids collided with each other and ...
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| Where does "new water" come from? | 10/25/2009 | Keith Patton |
Q: Is there a geophysical/chemical process that creates "new water" or is all water simply reprocessed ...
A: Reprocessed. However, there is new water vapor released during volcanic eruptions, but it too could ...
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| please help me with the answer | 10/23/2009 | Fraser Hamilton |
Q: using seismic wave, explain the interior of the earth?
A: Bernard: Sorry for taking so long to get back to you..... There are three types of seismic waves, ...
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| Oil | 10/21/2009 | Keith Patton |
Q: What funtion does crude oil fulfill before it is removed from the earth? Does it serve at all to ...
A: I don't know of any purpose other than to provide a food source for hydrocarbon consuming microbes. ...
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| Geology vs. Geophysics | 10/21/2009 | Farrukh Qayyum |
Q: Would a degree in Geology and Geophysics be the same thing? If so why and if not why not?
A: Certainly not. Now a days people are not distinugishing but in reality, a geologist is a person who ...
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| sedimentary rocks | 10/20/2009 | Keith Patton |
Q: please give me the classification %26 environments of sedimentary rocks? in PDF file?
A: I assume you mean depostiional environments? There are numerous ones and some are shades of gray, ...
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| remotesensing/geology | 10/20/2009 | Keith Patton |
Q: Respected Sir, I would like to know whether we can identify manganese ore bodies through ASTER ...
A: Anoop: I know from past experience that manganese and other elements found in soil at higher ...
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| why is the Colarado River green? | 10/19/2009 | Keith Patton |
Q: why is the Colorado River green?
A: It is probably due to algae. Not sure what part of the river you are speaking about, but most green ...
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| What's this rock? | 10/18/2009 | Fraser Hamilton |
Q: I live in Minnesota. While taking a walk in the woods we noticed this rock, in attached image. It ...
A: Tom: First my apologies in taking so long to get back to you. You certainly have an interesting ...
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| software | 10/18/2009 | George Ardies |
Q: Sir as you know oil/gas companies use heavy and costly softwares for their production, and as well ...
A: Absolutely. However, usually the software cost thousands of dollars, so it is difficult for most ...
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| origin and sedimentation on different basin of pakista | 10/17/2009 | Farrukh Qayyum |
Q: sir please if you can tell me about the origin and sedimentation on different basins of Pakistan?
A: Hope you are doing great. I am glad that you are heading towards buliding an understanding about the ...
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