Ken's Deputy 4,456 Posted November 9, 2020 Report Share Posted November 9, 2020 3 hours ago, jetro said: Keeping with the spirals and fossils. An Argonaut, one of the oldest animals on earth. 2 hours ago, king said: Ive never even heard of 1 of them mate.odd looking thing 4 hours ago, king said: Quite fascinating fossils are I think. My brother, Jason, finds them so fascinating, he fukking married one. Probably end his days coming home from work to wipe its arse and spoon feed the the fukking thing. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DIDO.1 20,831 Posted November 9, 2020 Report Share Posted November 9, 2020 8 hours ago, king said: What's AL stand for mate. It is mad.so my thinking is that if the coal is 200ft below the surface.then surely the rock above must of formed from airborne dust which has taken 100's millions of years to land and be compressed by even more dust etc.and the weight turned it into solid rock. It's crazy sitting down the hole and looking at all the seams of solid rock above the coal seam.and not just 1 coal seam there could be 3 or 4 etc...of varying thicknesses.. Anno lucis. Year of light. Beyond that I ain't got a clue. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TOMO 24,851 Posted November 9, 2020 Report Share Posted November 9, 2020 10 hours ago, king said: What's AL stand for mate. It is mad.so my thinking is that if the coal is 200ft below the surface.then surely the rock above must of formed from airborne dust which has taken 100's millions of years to land and be compressed by even more dust etc.and the weight turned it into solid rock. It's crazy sitting down the hole and looking at all the seams of solid rock above the coal seam.and not just 1 coal seam there could be 3 or 4 etc...of varying thicknesses.. i dont think thats the exact process king....the rock above the coal ...i think theres many ways it can get there....volcanic action mooving rock up from underneath and folding it over ...or molten rock just setteling on top....and the movement of plates causeing earth quakes ect... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Born Hunter 17,623 Posted November 9, 2020 Report Share Posted November 9, 2020 6 minutes ago, TOMO said: i dont think thats the exact process king....the rock above the coal ...i think theres many ways it can get there....volcanic action mooving rock up from underneath and folding it over ...or molten rock just setteling on top....and the movement of plates causeing earth quakes ect... I think it is mostly soil deposits though. But we're talking over millions of years. The face of the Earth completely changes over these periods causing the different layers/beds. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
king 11,664 Posted November 9, 2020 Author Report Share Posted November 9, 2020 32 minutes ago, TOMO said: i dont think thats the exact process king....the rock above the coal ...i think theres many ways it can get there....volcanic action mooving rock up from underneath and folding it over ...or molten rock just setteling on top....and the movement of plates causeing earth quakes ect... I don't think the rock could move up mate as the coal seams are flat even layers.the rock seams are in even flat layers aswell. When you look at the rock face you can see a few brownish coloured layers aswell varying in thickness between the Rock seams. I don't know I'm just guessing to be honest.ot is a head scratcher though Quote Link to post Share on other sites
king 11,664 Posted November 9, 2020 Author Report Share Posted November 9, 2020 A good pic of seams here.i can't understand how the rock layers have formed without damaging the coal seams.it looks so perfectly formed..they say coal seams were old peat bogs or jungle floor etc. So the bottom of the pic was bog or jungle then a layer of rock.and the process repeats in short time compared to higher up the face. Were there's larger coal seams and rock seams.i don't know.. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Born Hunter 17,623 Posted November 9, 2020 Report Share Posted November 9, 2020 1 hour ago, king said: A good pic of seams here.i can't understand how the rock layers have formed without damaging the coal seams.it looks so perfectly formed..they say coal seams were old peat bogs or jungle floor etc. So the bottom of the pic was bog or jungle then a layer of rock.and the process repeats in short time compared to higher up the face. Were there's larger coal seams and rock seams.i don't know.. That's exactly what it is and each coal seam will be named after the time period that the organic matter was from. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
king 11,664 Posted November 9, 2020 Author Report Share Posted November 9, 2020 3 minutes ago, Born Hunter said: That's exactly what it is and each coal seam will be named after the time period that the organic matter was from. Spot on.but how did the rock form that's what I can't get my head around.. The forest or bog must of been covered or died at some point.then the rock appeared and covered it.then the process started again bog or forest formed again. And the same cycle over and over.. Even the forest on top of the face if left to nature could become a coal seam millions of years in the future.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
king 11,664 Posted November 9, 2020 Author Report Share Posted November 9, 2020 This is some picture.. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Born Hunter 17,623 Posted November 9, 2020 Report Share Posted November 9, 2020 11 minutes ago, king said: Spot on.but how did the rock form that's what I can't get my head around.. "Sedimentary transport and deposition" over millions of years. Seas would likely have come and gone in that time and they deposit huge quantities of sediment. Hell, even my garden has all but eaten up an old patio with soil and grass! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sandymere 8,260 Posted November 9, 2020 Report Share Posted November 9, 2020 (edited) tectonic plates move or climate changes so seas rise and fall, a boggy wetland can survive for a few thousand years forming peat to many feet deep then as the seas rise it gets flooded and the peat gets covered in silt, this gets repeated over thousands of years then as the layer build the lower one get crushed and form rock...... https://www.scienceworld.ca/stories/patterns-nature-where-spot-spirals/ Edited November 9, 2020 by sandymere 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
king 11,664 Posted November 9, 2020 Author Report Share Posted November 9, 2020 Yea that's got to be it born hunter and sandy. It's the millions of years of time that throws the mind a bit I think.its hard to get your head around millions of years.and how the land can change.. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gnasher16 29,624 Posted November 9, 2020 Report Share Posted November 9, 2020 Im no rocket scientist granted....but what on earth is this topic even about Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jetro 5,349 Posted November 9, 2020 Report Share Posted November 9, 2020 10 minutes ago, gnasher16 said: Im no rocket scientist granted....but what on earth is this topic even about Good question Atb j Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ArchieHood 3,692 Posted November 9, 2020 Report Share Posted November 9, 2020 24 minutes ago, gnasher16 said: Im no rocket scientist granted....but what on earth is this topic even about If you have to ask , you will never understand. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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