Re[2]: [at-l] Earthquake in Georgia

[nealb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (William Neal)]

I should have made myself clearer.  What I was refering to (and could not
think of a better way to ask) was a place where you can see a major of
violent earthquake's results.  Sometimes one side of a split is much higher
than the other side.

Alsok, the Appalachians are the oldest chain of mountains in the world.  And
they extended from around Alabama to Norway.  Today they are wore down to
the point that some places are, more or less, flat, and some places are
under the ocean.  Once they towered up to 50,000 to 60,000 feet.

WOW!  Imagine hiking the AT if they were still that tall!  Of course there
were times, it felt like they were that tall.

William, The "Don't tell me it's only a foothill, it's the *E.D.* Mt.
Everest." Turtle
-- ED Expletive Deleted.

-----Original Message-----
From: Bob C. [mailto:ellen@clinic.net]
Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2003 3:16 PM
To: William Neal
Cc: 'Steve Landis'; AT-L List (E-mail)
Subject: Re[2]: [at-l] Earthquake in Georgia


>"...does anyone know if there are any MAJOR uplifts along the AT?"

I understand the entire Appalachian system is the result of continents
colliding
creating the mountains, and separating again. In fact the International
Appalachian Trail has been extended into Laborador, thus requiring a boat
trip
from Nova Scotia. Research indicates the same chain of mountains once
continued
into Scotland -- and maybe further. When the theory of colliding continents
first gains support 50+ years ago, some of the evidence was the similarity
between the rocks along the northeastern Coast of Maine and rock formations
in
north Africa.

 Some of the basic research was by an amateur geologist who never went to
 college, but ended up teaching at the University of Maine for years.

 Weary