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SheilaT

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27. From what I think I know about plate tectonics,

Tue Apr 28, 2015, 06:34 PM

Apr 2015

I find it hard to believe that global warming can possibly affect it. Maybe if we get a runaway greenhouse effect such as exists on Venus, and the surface temperature here gets above 800 degrees Fahrenheit. . . .

Meanwhile, the forces that move the plates on this planet are vast and slow.

I'm being reminded of the nonsense going around after the Boxing Day earthquake and tsunami in 2004, where many people, even some posters here, were absolutely convinced that somehow humans had caused the earthquake. Once again, a lack of understanding of how very large this planet really is.

For my money the very best book on earthquakes ever written is On Shaky Ground by John Nance.

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Question to you smart people in this group re: Nepal earthquake [View all] marym625 Apr 2015 OP

No. Plate tectonics NV Whino Apr 2015 #1

so plate tectonics marym625 Apr 2015 #5

Correct OKIsItJustMe Apr 2015 #45

Thank you for the answer marym625 Apr 2015 #46

Yes, I read them OKIsItJustMe Apr 2015 #47

Thank you marym625 Apr 2015 #48

You’re welcome OKIsItJustMe Apr 2015 #49

Sorry, I am really behind on responding to things marym625 May 2015 #58

Now if they had been fracking in the area.... daleanime Apr 2015 #2

I actually was wondering just that marym625 Apr 2015 #6

yes there is fracking questionseverything Apr 2015 #28

Well shit! marym625 Apr 2015 #35

No. Earthquakes in that area have been common for... TreasonousBastard Apr 2015 #3

I do understand that earthquakes are natural events marym625 Apr 2015 #7

Yes, changes in storm intensity and sea level affect plate tectonics. bananas Apr 2015 #4

Thank you marym625 Apr 2015 #8

And this is why that's no such thing..... daleanime Apr 2015 #9

I'm glad I am not the only one educated here. marym625 Apr 2015 #10

Geological time scales are SheilaT Apr 2015 #26

Yes, I get that marym625 Apr 2015 #31

Nepal is located on a major tectonic plate Travis_0004 Apr 2015 #38

I'm waiting for the earthquake in Chicago marym625 Apr 2015 #39

You make a good point. SheilaT Apr 2015 #42

Thank you! marym625 May 2015 #59

The quake that made the Mississippi run backward SheilaT May 2015 #65

I haven't visited, yet marym625 May 2015 #66

There was just a quake epicenter Galesburg Michigan marym625 May 2015 #62

Nepal is so far from the nearest sea that sea level rise contributed ZERO Binkie The Clown Apr 2015 #15

But, marym625 Apr 2015 #36

Fracking Earthquakes are usually around 3.0. Nepal was a 7.8 Travis_0004 Apr 2015 #40

I don't think it's all humans marym625 Apr 2015 #41

I spent six years studying subduction zone magma production and mantle melting processes. Maedhros Apr 2015 #51

ya know, i asked a similar question in this forum a few years ago. mopinko Apr 2015 #11

I hope we learn it marym625 Apr 2015 #12

What physics lessons would that be? dbackjon Apr 2015 #19

that at a certain point a heating planet mopinko Apr 2015 #20

The atmosphere would have to get awfully hot dbackjon Apr 2015 #21

the heating of the oceans would mopinko Apr 2015 #23

No - the oceans warming a degree or two will do ZERO to the crust dbackjon Apr 2015 #24

Our understanding of plate tectonics doesn't go back very far.. kristopher Apr 2015 #13

K&R marym625 Apr 2015 #14

No! Absolutely not. Binkie The Clown Apr 2015 #16

Upon further researhc, I may have overstated my case... Binkie The Clown Apr 2015 #18

I appreciate this marym625 Apr 2015 #29

I have occasionaly fits of close-mindedness, but I usually recover. n/t Binkie The Clown Apr 2015 #30

Same here! marym625 Apr 2015 #37

Newsweek: More Fatal Earthquakes to Come, Warn Climate Change Scientists mackdaddy Apr 2015 #17

Dr. Vivek Kumar Srivastava agrees Optical.Catalyst Apr 2015 #22

Thank you Boomer Apr 2015 #25

and how much does it have to rise marym625 Apr 2015 #33

"10cm or 15cm rise in sea level...." bloom Apr 2015 #53

Thank you very much marym625 Apr 2015 #34

From what I think I know about plate tectonics, SheilaT Apr 2015 #27

I can see both sides of it marym625 Apr 2015 #32

We do know that fracking can cause small earthquakes. SheilaT Apr 2015 #43

No, not directly but indirectly it becomes a "Possibly". Nihil Apr 2015 #44

Thank you marym625 May 2015 #60

I would think that the melting of all of that heavy ice MAY have an impact.. truebrit71 Apr 2015 #50

Me too marym625 May 2015 #55

I wouldn't discount it, but will leave it to the scientists. Cleita Apr 2015 #52

I agree marym625 May 2015 #56

Found a reference article Boomer May 2015 #54

That's quite a move! marym625 May 2015 #57

And now article specifically about Nepal's earthquake! Boomer May 2015 #61

This explains a lot.. cilla4progress May 2015 #63

That is interesting in itself marym625 May 2015 #64

My experience was there is no one cilla4progress May 2015 #67

Thank you marym625 May 2015 #68