[meteorite-list] fractal craters on .34 km thick Oregon lava flow plateaus -- Google Earth has 2 ground photos: Rich Murray 2011.07.12

From: Rich Murray <rmforall_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2011 19:29:12 -0700
Message-ID: <CAHqJ8paZ7sqo5hFN7pPOJP32dZdpqzVChn9gzaASgL=0rue0Mg_at_mail.gmail.com>

fractal craters on .34 km thick Oregon lava flow plateaus -- Google
Earth has 2 ground photos: Rich Murray 2011.07.12

Very complex lava flows exist 65 km from W rim by Summer Lake E to the
steep edge of a long NS high lava plateau boundary.

42.833656 -119.887915 1.667 km el local top

The fractal distribution of similar white mineral salt filled craters
on top of this rumpled terrain occurs at various lava flow elevations,
colors, and typography, indicating that they were formed at the same
time, after many of the lava flows.

Blasts of this magnitude probably trigger lava flows in susceptible terrains.

The central dark area, about 13 km N-S, may be a record of several
huge geoablative bursts, over a short period of time, complexly
excavating, melting, and moving huge masses of lava layers already in
place.

As well as conventional lava flows, huge geoablative blasts,
pyroclastic flows, and water floods may have all played parts in
carving and layering this terrain.

Can the sink hole in karst terrain paradigm be sustained in the face
of this obvious, awesome evidence?

It is high time to rejoice and enjoy this marvelous, generous scientific buffet.

ground photo at 42.903627 -119.992330 1.334 km el Hwy 395,
342 m lower than steep lava plateau edge at 1.666 km el to the E

"All the different layers of lava flows along the hwy in the Oregon Outback."
[ view to the E ]


42.874342 -119.996964 1.372 km el Hwy 395

"The old lava flows get right up next to Hwy 395 in the Oregon Outback."
[ view to the NE ]

In mutual service, Rich Murray
rmforall at gmail.com 505-819-7388


On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 8:03 PM, Rich Murray <rmforall at gmail.com> wrote:

> This seems to be a single geoablative air burst feature, starting at
> Summer Lake and extending NE as a vast sheet of blast melted and blown
> rock, with a fractal distribution of craters from denser, smaller,
> slower, (later arriving) components -- includes Fire Lake...
>
> The white salts may be from the impacting ice comet fragments, or from
> sea water blown away en masse from Pacific, Sea of Cortez, Gulf of
> Mexico...
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