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I believe it's a shame that the drippings do not create the basis of a mantle-stalagmite. That would be a neat feature to study. 'Our continent keeps on dripp
by imchillyb 2y ago
I believe it's a shame that the drippings do not create the basis of a mantle-stalagmite. That would be a neat feature to study.
'Our continent keeps on dripping, dripping, dripping, into the mantle...'
Doo-doo dah doo-doo.
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Is there currently any type of ground penetrating radar or other device which could physically confirm the model's output?
- mnky9800n 2y agoIt is not just model output. The paper uses seismic tomography to image it: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-025-01671-x https://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-025-01671-x
- eigenform 2y agoThe abstract mentions: > Here we present a full-waveform seismic tomographic model So presumably, you would actually do the seismic tomography (if they haven't already). Instead of radar, you use the waves from earthquakes!
- ggm 2y agoSteve Miller song at the speed of continental drift.
- zerealshadowban 2y agoit usually starts with a stalactite, then a stalagmite; by the way is there a mnemonic for the two words in English? something like t for tumbling and m for mounting...
- xattt 2y agoStalactites hold “tight” to the ceiling. Courtesy of a 30-year-old Bill Nye episode.
- kazinator 2y agoI also heard this lame one: stalagmites might hang, but they don't.
- danwills 2y agoThe one I've heard is 'just remember ants in pants: the mites go up, the tites come down'
- level3 2y agoI memorized it as "c" for "ceiling" and "g" for "ground."
- sritchie 2y agoI always remember it with “g” for ground and “c” for ceiling… haha but I do like the mites and tites one too in a neighbor comment :)
- dec0dedab0de 2y agoT from the top
- tejtm 2y agohope it holds tight...
- kazinator 2y agoIf I needed a mnemonic today, just remember that drops slowly drip from stalactites, like drops in a chemical titration procedure.
- thebruce87m 2y agoTights go down and mites go up.