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The Geology Shelf (lemmy.ml)

submitted 3 days ago by cm0002@lemmy.world to c/funny@sh.itjust.works

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[–] dysprosium@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Are the shelves to represent the platonic plates?

[–] blockheadjt@sh.itjust.works 17 points 3 days ago (2 children)

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.

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 6 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Something like this:

Edit: why does lemmy.zip do image proxy? It fails sometimes.

[–] dysprosium@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 days ago

Ohhh right. Tectonic

[–] Velypso@sh.itjust.works 12 points 3 days ago

Yes these shelves are very good friends.

As far as plates are concerned I'm not sure where you're seeing those.

[–] huppakee@feddit.nl 4 points 3 days ago

I really want to see the shelves on other topics now