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RAZD
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Message 4 of 67 (238444)
08-29-2005 10:38 PM
Reply to: Message 3 by Coragyps
08-29-2005 10:06 PM


there are fossils of marks scraped into the sand by grass-like plants which are identical to such formations visible today wherever you have windblown dune grass.
you do not get this underwater.

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Message 24 of 67 (238769)
08-31-2005 12:43 AM
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08-30-2005 7:58 AM


Re: delicate fossils imprints
Well, the grass-marks-on-dunes fossils I've never heard of before.
I can envision these types of delicate fossil imprints occuring only if the sand contained water and some sort of curing agent...sort of like how concrete works. Otherwise, it seems like the mark would quickly disappear.
Not necessary. They just need something to cover the sand (or whatever) without disturbing the marks, and then compression and heat to turn sand to sandstone and the covering material to another bit of rock.
You could have something like volcanic ash cover the site and then turn to rock above the sand while capturing the imprint even though the sand gets {washed\blown\eroded} away afterward.

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Message 25 of 67 (238771)
08-31-2005 12:46 AM
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08-30-2005 11:05 PM


Re: QED?
jar writes:
quod erat demonstrandum
latin for "that which was to be demonstrated" (loose translation)
usually used at the end of a mathematical or logical proof.

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Message 33 of 67 (240114)
09-02-2005 9:13 PM
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09-02-2005 1:56 AM


Re: QED?
and in some cases, Quite Easily Done

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