Comments on: Aaand, the rest of AGU http://greengabbro.net/2007/12/17/aaand-the-rest-of-agu/ rock out to the apparatus Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:30:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Belize http://greengabbro.net/2007/12/17/aaand-the-rest-of-agu/#comment-27343 Belize Tue, 29 Jan 2008 22:30:47 +0000 http://greengabbro.net/2007/12/17/aaand-the-rest-of-agu/#comment-27343 No, nothing to do with Kippers Beatrice. Andy has the right idea above. I've heard he is a world expert on this stuff. No, nothing to do with Kippers Beatrice. Andy has the right idea above. I’ve heard he is a world expert on this stuff.

]]> By: Beatrice http://greengabbro.net/2007/12/17/aaand-the-rest-of-agu/#comment-27342 Beatrice Tue, 29 Jan 2008 22:20:46 +0000 http://greengabbro.net/2007/12/17/aaand-the-rest-of-agu/#comment-27342 Does foundering have anything to do with the discovery of kippers in the ocean off the coast of the W USA near the Sierra Nevada? Does foundering have anything to do with the discovery of kippers in the ocean off the coast of the W USA near the Sierra Nevada?

]]> By: Andy Frassetto http://greengabbro.net/2007/12/17/aaand-the-rest-of-agu/#comment-25326 Andy Frassetto Mon, 07 Jan 2008 20:52:58 +0000 http://greengabbro.net/2007/12/17/aaand-the-rest-of-agu/#comment-25326 We like to think of delamination as a more brittle or seismogenic process (e.g. the deep crustal earthquakes under the western Sierra foothills or the Vrancea zone in Romania). An R-T instability, in addition to having different morphology criteria for initiation, is considered a lot more ductile. I like this blog! We like to think of delamination as a more brittle or seismogenic process (e.g. the deep crustal earthquakes under the western Sierra foothills or the Vrancea zone in Romania). An R-T instability, in addition to having different morphology criteria for initiation, is considered a lot more ductile.

I like this blog!

]]> By: Lab Lemming http://greengabbro.net/2007/12/17/aaand-the-rest-of-agu/#comment-23996 Lab Lemming Thu, 20 Dec 2007 04:23:02 +0000 http://greengabbro.net/2007/12/17/aaand-the-rest-of-agu/#comment-23996 I thought delamination was the loss of strength in between the two layers, and foundering was the sinking that happens once the lower one realizes that nothing is holding it up anymore (a.k.a. Wile E. Coyote) I thought delamination was the loss of strength in between the two layers, and foundering was the sinking that happens once the lower one realizes that nothing is holding it up anymore (a.k.a. Wile E. Coyote)

]]> By: yami http://greengabbro.net/2007/12/17/aaand-the-rest-of-agu/#comment-23955 yami Wed, 19 Dec 2007 07:02:32 +0000 http://greengabbro.net/2007/12/17/aaand-the-rest-of-agu/#comment-23955 I always think of foundering as the generic process of falling off, and delamination as a particular way of doing it where the lower lithosphere peels off as a coherent sheet - which is different from, say, foundering via Rayleigh-Taylor instability ("deblobbing"). I think some people also use delamination as a generic term, but I am so fond of the word "deblobbing" that I prefer to maintain the distinction. I always think of foundering as the generic process of falling off, and delamination as a particular way of doing it where the lower lithosphere peels off as a coherent sheet - which is different from, say, foundering via Rayleigh-Taylor instability (”deblobbing”). I think some people also use delamination as a generic term, but I am so fond of the word “deblobbing” that I prefer to maintain the distinction.

]]> By: Andrew Alden http://greengabbro.net/2007/12/17/aaand-the-rest-of-agu/#comment-23952 Andrew Alden Wed, 19 Dec 2007 04:00:01 +0000 http://greengabbro.net/2007/12/17/aaand-the-rest-of-agu/#comment-23952 Yes, they're the same process. The lithosphere has to delaminate first before it can founder, though. Yes, they’re the same process. The lithosphere has to delaminate first before it can founder, though.

]]> By: Kim http://greengabbro.net/2007/12/17/aaand-the-rest-of-agu/#comment-23907 Kim Tue, 18 Dec 2007 14:21:20 +0000 http://greengabbro.net/2007/12/17/aaand-the-rest-of-agu/#comment-23907 Is lithospheric foundering essentially the same thing as lithospheric delamination? (When I've seen talks discussing one or the other, I tend to equate them, but maybe I shouldn't.) Is lithospheric foundering essentially the same thing as lithospheric delamination? (When I’ve seen talks discussing one or the other, I tend to equate them, but maybe I shouldn’t.)

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