tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5192250381057989170.post6211752043277811208..comments2024-03-29T02:36:17.560-06:00Comments on In the Company of Plants and Rocks: The sandstone that fooled the great geologists (but the younger generation needs to understand)Hollishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10788942181934895493noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5192250381057989170.post-20072669501785550132015-01-25T18:37:02.436-07:002015-01-25T18:37:02.436-07:00Thanks, Dan, I appreciate the visit and comment.Thanks, Dan, I appreciate the visit and comment.Hollishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10788942181934895493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5192250381057989170.post-50561867748235649952015-01-25T16:05:37.464-07:002015-01-25T16:05:37.464-07:00Very much enjoyed this.Very much enjoyed this.Dan McShanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17044037213245602667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5192250381057989170.post-58668620859939185562015-01-17T10:04:38.774-07:002015-01-17T10:04:38.774-07:00Thanks, Suvrat, much appreciated!Thanks, Suvrat, much appreciated!Hollishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10788942181934895493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5192250381057989170.post-75224606435642969702015-01-17T02:53:04.731-07:002015-01-17T02:53:04.731-07:00superb history lesson along with some cool geolo...superb history lesson along with some cool geology.. thanks Hollis..Suvrat Kherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18281172632784780810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5192250381057989170.post-20663877369888908572015-01-16T20:43:01.469-07:002015-01-16T20:43:01.469-07:00Thanks, Nina! Yeah, their work was incredible. J...Thanks, Nina! Yeah, their work was incredible. Just thinking about those topographers and geologists climbing all those peaks for their surveys boggles my mind.Hollishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10788942181934895493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5192250381057989170.post-58237182251105282552015-01-16T17:20:34.239-07:002015-01-16T17:20:34.239-07:0015,000 square miles in a single field season...I n...15,000 square miles in a single field season...I never stop being amazed at how those early expeditions did what they did, in attempting to figure out the geology. This, together with Clarence Dutton's description of the Great Basin ranges as 'an army of caterpillars," I stand humbled. Thanks for helping to put things into even more perspective. Excellent post.Nina Fhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08965179274125274725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5192250381057989170.post-67504129356404229572015-01-16T16:35:14.284-07:002015-01-16T16:35:14.284-07:00Thank you very much, Richard. I appreciate your e...Thank you very much, Richard. I appreciate your encouraging comment. For some time now I've been thinking about doing longer, more involved posts like this one ... lots of work but so interesting.Hollishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10788942181934895493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5192250381057989170.post-77989487780907360462015-01-16T11:56:20.650-07:002015-01-16T11:56:20.650-07:00I'd call this a "wow" post . In a re...I'd call this a "wow" post . In a really good way. Thanks!Richard Gibsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03330538991049552829noreply@blogger.com