Oxytropidoceras Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 Mystery Solved: “Sailing Stones” of Death Valley Seen in Action for the First Time (Thin sheets of ice push rocks across the desert when conditions are just right. Scripps Institution of Oceanography https://scripps.ucsd.edu/news/mystery-solved-sailing-stones-death-valley-seen-action-first-time?hash=3f42fa4a60340630b1fde436c4f177fe Mystery Of Death Valley's 'Sailing Stones' Has Finally Been Solved by Ryan Grenoble The Huffington Post, August 27, 2014 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/27/death-valley-sailing-stones-solved_n_5718827.html Mystery solved: The sailing stones of Death Valley by Michelle Starr, CNET, August 27, 2014 http://www.cnet.com/news/mystery-solved-the-sailing-stones-of-death-valley/ Finally! Secret of Death Valley’s ‘Sailing Stones’ Is Solved by Carl Engelking, Discover Magazine, Aug. 27, 2014 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/2014/08/27/secret-behind-death-valleys-sailing-stones-revealed/ The paper is: Norris, J. D., J. M. Norris, R. D. Lorenz, J. Ray, and B. Jackson, 2014, Sliding Rocks on Racetrack Playa, Death Valley National Park: First Observation of Rocks in Motion. PLOS ONE. 9(8): e105948. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0105948 http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0105948 Yours, Paul H. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 Very interesting. I guess that blows the theory of outerspace aliens moving them? Ha! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beneficent Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 Wow. That's all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carcharodontosaurus Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 Very interesting. I guess that blows the theory of outerspace aliens moving them? Ha! That's what they want you to believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plantguy Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 I saw that update in the press and was intrigued. The entire Death Valley area is great to see rocks and geology in action! I miss the heat, hot springs, the fossils and tequila! Not necessarily in that order! Regards, Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 Rocks that do anything other than sit there, or occasionally fall, do get a lot of attention! "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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