Sharing bits of Canada 'eh🇨🇦Feb 4

Forillon: Land's End of the Appalachians

Forillon National Park marks the northern terminus of the Appalachian Mountains. The dramatic cliffs plunging into the Gulf of St. Lawrence are the very end of this ancient mountain chain. The park showcases a unique blend of marine and terrestrial ecosystems, where whales swim at the feet of forested peaks. #Canada #Forillon #Quebec #Appalachians 🇨🇦

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forillon_National_Park

Nate ShivarJan 22

Wildlife clearing atop Allison Ridge in North Georgia, USA.

These "balds" were common across the Appalachians for centuries. Most are actively maintained as wildlife openings by wildlife & forest agencies. The density of bird species on these is incredible.

#Appalachians #Forests #Mountains

Knowledge ZoneDec 25

What #Scientists Found Moving Under The #Appalachians : Medium

#Scientists #Discover ‘#BlackWidow’ #Exoplanet That Defies Explanation: Misc

Long live the #Aeonophiles! : Misc

Latest #KnowledgeLinks

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Hacker NewsDec 18

The Scottish Highlands, the Appalachians, Atlas are the same mountain range

https://vividmaps.com/central-pangean-mountains/

#HackerNews #ScottishHighlands #Appalachians #Atlas #MountainRange #Pangea #Geography

The Scottish Highlands, the Appalachians, and the Atlas are the same mountain range, once connected as the Central Pangean Mountains - Vivid Maps

The Central Pangean Mountains were a great mountain chain in the middle part of the supercontinent Pangaea that stretches across the continent from northeast to southwest during the Carboniferous, Permian Triassic periods.

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Sharing bits of Canada 'eh🇨🇦Nov 29

Forillon: Land's End of the Appalachians

Forillon National Park marks the northern terminus of the Appalachian Mountains. The dramatic cliffs plunging into the Gulf of St. Lawrence are the very end of this ancient mountain chain. The park showcases a unique blend of marine and terrestrial ecosystems, where whales swim at the feet of forested peaks. #Canada #Forillon #Quebec #Appalachians 🇨🇦

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forillon_National_Park

Sharing bits of Canada 'eh🇨🇦Nov 5

Forillon: Land's End of the Appalachians

Forillon National Park marks the northern terminus of the Appalachian Mountains. The dramatic cliffs plunging into the Gulf of St. Lawrence are the very end of this ancient mountain chain. The park showcases a unique blend of marine and terrestrial ecosystems, where whales swim at the feet of forested peaks. #Canada #Forillon #Quebec #Appalachians 🇨🇦

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forillon_National_Park

AppalachianMtnBungalowOct 27
There’s something special about rainy days in the #Appalachians. It brings a quiet within you if you let it. The small world around you stops spinning and begs you to take a break.🌧️🍂


People and wildlife seek shelter while the sound of the drops tapping on the new tin roof, the smell of wet earth and pine, and the way the mist rolls across the ridges and down in the hollers brings October to a close. It feels like time slows down here.

The Yorkies curl up on the porch beside me, watching the world go by as puddles form in the gravel. Not much activity for them while on Porch Patrol duty today. Even Cali the cat has sought refuge from the rain.

The only thing to do is to embrace the quietness with a warm cup of tea in hand. And suddenly the whole mountain feels like it’s breathing with you. ☕🐾⛰️


Reminds me of a song: Rainy Days and Mondays https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PjFoQxjgbrs

#Appalachia #AppalachianRain #PorchLife #PorchPatrol #BlueRidgeMountains #MountainDiaries #YorkieLife #CozyInTheMountains #RainyDay #Appalachia
Bill MinarikSep 29

Repost: Kyanite isn't just a fetching blue mineral that documents the experience of sediments under extreme duress.
It's an ore: Virginia alone mined 83,000 tonnes in 2023. Kyanite in furnace insulation transforms to mullite when heated, expanding to reduce porosity and shrinkage.

Virginia Kyanite (photo: J. Wyman) from:
https://energy.virginia.gov/geology/Kyanite.shtml

#MinCup25 #Kyanite #Mullite #Virginia #Appalachians

Show threadBill MinarikSep 28
This is one of the dykes found near Ayer's Cliff, just SE of Magog, Quebec. It's a set of three dykes, one of which has the deep-derived xenoliths. That one dyke (not photogenic) has weathered much faster, perhaps due to a higher carbonate content.
#kyanite #MinCup25 #Quebec #Xenolith #Grenville #Appalachians
Bill MinarikSep 27

A photo of a Cretaceous dyke intruding into Appalachian-deformed sedimentary rocks deposited in the lower Paleozoic: Earth history from 110 to almost 500 million years ago.

But #kyanite records more of the story: it's part of xenoliths brought to the surface by these dykes that document Grenville crust (1.1 billion years old) at depth.

See: Trzcienski: Kyanite-garnet-bearing Cambrian rocks and Grenville granulites from the Ayer's Cliff, Quebec... Geology (1989)
#MinCup25 #Quebec #Appalachians