California saved from catastrophe by baby powder's clinically proven mildness!

Tref · 08-16-2007, 11:38 PM

Country's Geologists and mothers put aside past animosities and thank Johnson and Johnson!

The same soft powder used to prevent painful chafing between the thighs of marathoners, on babies' bottoms and in new hiking boots may also be easing friction along the San Andreas fault.
Geologists at the U.S. Geological Survey in Menlo Park discovered talc, the softest known natural mineral, in a two-mile-deep hole drilled into the fault near Parkfield in Central California.
The discovery could explain one of the fault's most puzzling features — a 100-mile long zone that slowly creeps along rather than sticking for years and then slipping suddenly as other sections of the fault do.
The research by USGS geologists Diane Moore and Michael Rymer, which appears today in the journal Nature, is part of a project called the San Andreas Fault Observatory at Depth, which has been drilling into the fault near Parkfield for four years with the aim of better understanding what causes earthquakes.

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Cadaverous Pallor · 08-17-2007, 07:52 AM

When Mother Earth's ass crack needs soothing, she turns to Talc.

Capt Jack · 08-17-2007, 08:33 AM

hmm....

drilling holes into a known major fault line in one end of the world.
7.8 earthquakes along the same coast on the other end of the world

coincidence??????

yeah, probably

alphabassettgrrl · 08-17-2007, 09:31 AM

That's really quite funny.

RStar · 08-17-2007, 12:49 PM

Maybe if we squirted KY Jelly along the entire fault line we could cure earthquakes all together?

Hey, it's an idea!

Morrigoon · 08-17-2007, 01:24 PM

Not often you see this in a geology article:

Quote:

"It's sort-of this self-forming lubricant," Burgmann said.

RStar · 08-18-2007, 01:11 PM

Yes, but at least it's inorganic!

Organic self lubricants are kind of discusting......

08-16-2007, 11:38 PM	#1
Tref Not Tref Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 2,188	California saved from catastrophe by baby powder's clinically proven mildness! Country's Geologists and mothers put aside past animosities and thank Johnson and Johnson! The same soft powder used to prevent painful chafing between the thighs of marathoners, on babies' bottoms and in new hiking boots may also be easing friction along the San Andreas fault. Geologists at the U.S. Geological Survey in Menlo Park discovered talc, the softest known natural mineral, in a two-mile-deep hole drilled into the fault near Parkfield in Central California. The discovery could explain one of the fault's most puzzling features — a 100-mile long zone that slowly creeps along rather than sticking for years and then slipping suddenly as other sections of the fault do. The research by USGS geologists Diane Moore and Michael Rymer, which appears today in the journal Nature, is part of a project called the San Andreas Fault Observatory at Depth, which has been drilling into the fault near Parkfield for four years with the aim of better understanding what causes earthquakes. To read story, click here To see Geologist & actual baby, Michael Rymer, click here To see a photo of baby powder, click here __________________ Tref3.0 Listen in aural 3-D to Pop's muzak! (New songs added semi-bi-daily) j & j Did you know that Emas eht yltcaxe is exactly the same spelled backwards?! Last edited by Tref : 08-16-2007 at 11:48 PM. Reason: The Most Trusted Name in Surgical Dressings
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Cadaverous Pallor ohhhh baby Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Parental Bliss Posts: 12,364	When Mother Earth's ass crack needs soothing, she turns to Talc. __________________ The second star to the right shines in the night for you
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Capt Jack check your head Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 4,174	hmm.... drilling holes into a known major fault line in one end of the world. 7.8 earthquakes along the same coast on the other end of the world coincidence?????? yeah, probably __________________ a clear conscience is a sure sign of a fuzzy memory
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RStar Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Me & Manyard hangin out! Posts: 5,433	Maybe if we squirted KY Jelly along the entire fault line we could cure earthquakes all together? Hey, it's an idea! __________________ Meddle not in the affairs of Dragons, for you are crunchy and good with ketchup! www.StarTownGifts.com
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RStar Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Me & Manyard hangin out! Posts: 5,433	Yes, but at least it's inorganic! Organic self lubricants are kind of discusting...... __________________ Meddle not in the affairs of Dragons, for you are crunchy and good with ketchup! www.StarTownGifts.com
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