Researchers Discover Ancient Massive Landslide 44
sciencehabit writes For decades, geologists have noted the signs of ancient landslides in southwestern Utah. Although many parts of the landscape don't look that odd at first glance, certain layers include jumbled masses of fractured rock sandwiched among thick veins of lava, ash, and mud. Now, new fieldwork suggests that many of those ancient debris flows are the result of one of Earth's largest known landslides, which covered an area nearly 39 times the size of Manhattan.
UOM conversion help, please (Score:5, Funny)
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American or Metric football?
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Neither. Canadian.
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http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=39+times+the+area+manhattan+divided+by+area+of+a+football+field [wolframalpha.com]
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Gee, I don't know, maybe ... football fields ?
As in, 39 times the size of Manhattan is equal to 634100 football fields.
Re:UOM conversion help, please (Score:4, Funny)
For European readers: it is about 5% of the area of Bavaria
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For European readers: it is about 5% of the area of Bavaria
How many Liechtenstein is that?
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Wolfram Alpha and Google equate 39 Manhattans to the following:
- 1,310 square miles
- 3,393 square kilometers
- 634,079.63 American football fields
- 475,193.28 Association football fields
- 0.85 Rhode Islands
- 1.7 Area Flattened By The Tunguska Event(s)
- 1.0 Acres Designated and Managed As Wilderness In The Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks
- 1.0 Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
- 1.0 Non-tidal watershed below Waterville on the Kennebec River, ME
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And in Library of Congress?
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Neither, arena football field size..
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Anybody know what "39 times the size of Manhattan" is in football fields?
One Manhattan is:
12,292.12 Football Fields
16,344.68 US Football Fields
10,728.82 Canadian Football Fields
So 39 Manhattans are:
479,392.68 Football Fields
637,442.52 US Football Fields
418,423.98 Canadian Football Fields
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Knowing the geology is good; but I'd like to see us work on effective ways to use that knowledge [wikipedia.org].
It always comes down to money, especially when the area is already built.
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Knowing the geology is good; but I'd like to see us work on effective ways to use that knowledge.
In this case, it's easy. Don't build (or buy a building) on or immediately beneath a slippery slope.
Gave us the bird. (Score:2)
Lots of things have happened since the dinosaurs flew away
I love that formulation.
(And just coined a related one: "... since the dinosaurs gave us the bird" B-) )
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Many years ago I took a geomorphology class in college. Geomorphology is the study of the landscape and the geologic processes that shape the contours of the land. We had a lab where we identified landslides using aerial photos and a stereoscope. I already had some experience looking through a stereoscope and identifying landslides so I was finding lots of them. The professor walked by and noticed. He said "OK Robert, now look for larger landslides." They were harder to see because they were older. B