tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20092824.post6194819553907003784..comments2024-01-30T19:45:36.648+11:00Comments on Lounge of the Lab Lemming: Where on (Google) Earth #18C W Mageehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09706100504739548720noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20092824.post-34618412502006927622007-06-22T07:08:00.000+10:002007-06-22T07:08:00.000+10:00Well, I wasn't the one who figured out it was in N...Well, I wasn't the one who figured out it was in NW China - sagan was. I just typed his (?) lat/long into Google Maps and backed out until I could see the Tarim Basin and the border with Mongolia.<BR/><BR/>But I guess there were some clues - it's tectonically active, it's dry, and the structures strike E-W. That would make me look at the Alpine-Himalayan chain rather than in Andes. But I'm not Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07738706550175991130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20092824.post-33174071450249427452007-06-22T05:47:00.000+10:002007-06-22T05:47:00.000+10:00Tectonite, do you want to post number 19? If so, ...Tectonite, do you want to post number 19? If so, just link it from here when you get it up.<BR/><BR/>You can wait a few days to find a good spot, if you like. There is no hurry.<BR/><BR/>And if you get a chance to look around, you should see that there are nearby areas where the valley floor is uplifting, but the erosion hasn't yet cut into the anticlines.<BR/><BR/>How do you know to look in NWC W Mageehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09706100504739548720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20092824.post-29603168949216424452007-06-22T00:40:00.000+10:002007-06-22T00:40:00.000+10:00I'm not Sagan, and I wouldn't have figured it out ...I'm not Sagan, and I wouldn't have figured it out without his lat/long. But here's what I see (especially zooming out)...<BR/><BR/>The area is in northern China, a little south of the Mongolian border, northeast of the Tarim Basin. It's in a valley between a number of WNW-ESE trending mountain ranges. The big alluvial fans in the northern part of the photo drain one of those ranges.<BR/><BR/>The Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07738706550175991130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20092824.post-52828754958892866552007-06-21T21:53:00.000+10:002007-06-21T21:53:00.000+10:00Mind sharing, or at least describing the geology a...Mind sharing, or at least describing the geology a bit?C W Mageehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09706100504739548720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20092824.post-74353948753135312822007-06-21T19:14:00.000+10:002007-06-21T19:14:00.000+10:0042°57'N 89°40'Enow I retire from the fray.42°57'N 89°40'E<BR/><BR/>now I retire from the fray.saganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08945063966994388559noreply@blogger.com