depositional verses erosional

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podrock — 12/13/2021 4:50:12 PM (archived)

I used to have an extra credit question on geology tests: You want to be fossilized. What environments would be the best to preserve your remains for the longest possible time?

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Yo, Pod--Re Catastrophism Nostalgia - ER - 12/12/2021 7:01:57 PM
- Excellent question. - podrock - 12/12/2021 7:51:50 PM
  - Musings - podrock - 12/13/2021 12:37:31 AM
    - Sedimentary, my dear Watson. - ER - 12/13/2021 4:48:42 AM
      - Humanite - podrock - 12/13/2021 5:08:22 AM
        
        Perhaps I greatly underestimate the power of time's eraser - RL - 12/13/2021 4:29:38 PM
        
        depositional verses erosional - podrock - 12/13/2021 4:50:12 PM
        
        Right- and I remember exactly when that was discussed in the geology camp... - RL - 12/13/2021 4:53:25 PM
        
        Additionally... we identified a nuclear reactor that formed naturally 2 billion years ago - RL - 12/13/2021 4:59:29 PM
        
        Time and place - podrock - 12/13/2021 5:07:31 PM
        
        As a minor sub-plot point, in the Arthur C. Clarke book "Light of other days" - RL - 12/14/2021 2:06:16 AM
        
        However, there are other opinions - podrock - 12/14/2021 2:46:14 AM
        
        Yes. - podrock - 12/14/2021 2:38:47 AM
        
        What do you think would happen with objects like ceramics? - RL - 12/15/2021 4:47:17 PM
        
        I'm still thinking about that - podrock - 12/16/2021 3:54:47 AM
        
        Dinosaurs, as far as we know, didn't have mass production... - RL - 12/17/2021 6:36:05 PM
        
        100 ma? - podrock - 12/17/2021 10:55:26 PM
        
        Civilization does not necessarily mean technology. - ER - 12/14/2021 5:31:28 AM
        
        Excellent point - podrock - 12/14/2021 7:23:14 PM

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