Got that? From this I am guessing that there is also a sill in this structure that seems to be at a geometric angle to the dyke.
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Monday, 2 June 2008
On what a time to be alive
There was an interesting rock formation in the wall of the Lafarge quarry yesterday. Well, at least interesting to me. Then again, I was raised by a geologist which meant a certain amount of interest in rocks rubbed off. Anyway, I took the following image with my digital camera and later sent a copy of it to Papicito (a.k.a. my father) to ask what the diagonal structure was.
 He sent back the image with his interpretation of the structure added to the image!!!
He sent back the image with his interpretation of the structure added to the image!!!
 I had to ask both my father and Wikipedia to understand what a Diabase dyke was, but at least I will go to bed less stupid than I got up. "A dyke or dike is an  intrusive igneous rock that cuts across the pre-existing structures, in this  case the horizontally stratified limestone. A sill would have followed the  stratification."
I had to ask both my father and Wikipedia to understand what a Diabase dyke was, but at least I will go to bed less stupid than I got up. "A dyke or dike is an  intrusive igneous rock that cuts across the pre-existing structures, in this  case the horizontally stratified limestone. A sill would have followed the  stratification."
Got that? From this I am guessing that there is also a sill in this structure that seems to be at a geometric angle to the dyke.
 What a time to be alive when we can toss around information like this!
What a time to be alive when we can toss around information like this!
Got that? From this I am guessing that there is also a sill in this structure that seems to be at a geometric angle to the dyke.
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