cm0002@lemmy.world to Funny@sh.itjust.works · 21 days agoThe Geology Shelflemmy.mlimagemessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up1604arrow-down13
arrow-up1601arrow-down1imageThe Geology Shelflemmy.mlcm0002@lemmy.world to Funny@sh.itjust.works · 21 days agomessage-square6fedilink
minus-squaredysprosium@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·21 days agoAre the shelves to represent the platonic plates?
minus-squareblockheadjt@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up17·21 days agoPlatonic? You mean tectonic? No. The shelves represent color banding of minerals that shift with tectonic activity… in other words, this is a side view of one fault, which may or may not be at the edge of a tectonic plate.
minus-squareMonkderVierte@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up6·edit-221 days agoSomething like this: Edit: why does lemmy.zip do image proxy? It fails sometimes.
minus-squareVelypso@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up12·21 days agoYes these shelves are very good friends. As far as plates are concerned I’m not sure where you’re seeing those.
Are the shelves to represent the platonic plates?
Platonic?
You mean tectonic?
No. The shelves represent color banding of minerals that shift with tectonic activity… in other words, this is a side view of one fault, which may or may not be at the edge of a tectonic plate.
Something like this:
Edit: why does lemmy.zip do image proxy? It fails sometimes.
Ohhh right. Tectonic
Yes these shelves are very good friends.
As far as plates are concerned I’m not sure where you’re seeing those.