tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9052050523351394.post8843826944855331286..comments2023-10-03T20:58:22.216-05:00Comments on Peni Griffin - Idea Garage Sale: Upcoming Events, Literary and ArcheologicalPeni R. Griffinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01781761011389542245noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9052050523351394.post-63693078598338414222011-04-02T09:46:27.194-05:002011-04-02T09:46:27.194-05:00I actually have a campaign/book idea based on geol...I actually have a campaign/book idea based on geology at the end of the Pleistocene, but that'll wait till Sunday.Peni R. Griffinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01781761011389542245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9052050523351394.post-91833765303445738972011-04-01T16:18:58.112-05:002011-04-01T16:18:58.112-05:00If a geological catastrophe should happen to appea...If a geological catastrophe should happen to appeal to you, though, I can think of no better than the Missoula Glacial Floods that transferred the topsoil of eastern Washington into the Willamette Valley.<br /><br />The Valley was not inhabited by humans at all at the time, according to current archaeology, but current archaeology could be in error. The Valley might even be the sight of an Atlantis-like lost civilization. Or it could be time travellers.<br /><br />The dramatic sweep of events, though: the breaking of the glacial dam, the washing away of entire counties of soil (turning fertile grassland and forest into desert overnight), the flooding of the Valley with a short-lived inland sea, the receding of the waters to reveal a strange, Kansas-flat new landscape....<br /><br />Anyone who survived the disaster along any part of the Columbia's path would return home to find the world changed beyond recognition -- if only because the gorge now has an immense river flowing through it all the way to the sea.Dr. Psychohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05674134879261502504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9052050523351394.post-12813340076725265132011-04-01T14:57:32.896-05:002011-04-01T14:57:32.896-05:00Ah, well, clearly there are characters and drama i...Ah, well, clearly there are characters and drama in the history of the science of geology, but I was referring to the things the science of geology reveals to us, which tend to happen on scales far too vast for human stories. With rare exceptions, involving catastrophic events, you'd have to tell a family saga in order to get at the story in the rock formations; whereas you can touch hands with an individual across millenia by picking up a sidescraper and recognizing it as something made and used by someone like yourself.<br /><br />However, in order to understand the archeology you've got to have the geological data, and a well-informed geologist can give you a landscape that your imagination can then populate. So this one's still on the list of possibles.Peni R. Griffinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01781761011389542245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9052050523351394.post-80440132726778234342011-04-01T13:18:54.709-05:002011-04-01T13:18:54.709-05:00Not sure how sweeping your statement "there&#...Not sure how sweeping your statement "there's no characters in geology" was meant to be, but I couldn't let it go without a comment! I know it's a long way from Texas, but in my part of the world one of the local heroes was Mary Anning (1799 - 1847), who was a geologist and a great character -- Tracy Chevalier wrote a novel about her!<br /><br />AndrewAndrew Mayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17073306343984931484noreply@blogger.com