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December 9, 2009

December 9, 2009. Firefighters rescue boy with tongue stuck to post. Reading Ch. 15 (Cenozoic History) Final Exam date: TU, Dec. 15 Material covered: Ch. 13, 14, 15, 16(?) + movie .

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December 9, 2009

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  1. December 9, 2009 Firefighters rescue boy with tongue stuck to post • Reading Ch. 15 (Cenozoic History) • Final Exam date: TU, Dec. 15 • Material covered: Ch. 13, 14, 15, 16(?) + movie BOISE, Idaho — It’s become an annual winter tale: A young boy gets his tongue stuck to a metal pole, perhaps as the result of a dare. This year, the scene straight out of the movie “A Christmas Story” unfolded Tuesday morning in Boise with a boy of about 10. Boise firefighters used a glass of warm water to free the unidentified boy from the metal fence pole, according to the Idaho Statesman newspaper. Fire Capt. Bill Tinsley says the boy’s tongue was bleeding a little, but he was OK and allowed to continue walking to school. Rescue workers responded after a woman driving by saw the boy and called police dispatchers. Last year, the unlucky boy was a 10-year-old from Hammond, Indiana — especially apt, since the 1983 movie is set in a fictional city based on Hammond.

  2. Cenozoic Era • Remaining 65 my • Only 1.5% of time • Better fossil record • More divisions http://www.bgs.ac.uk/Education/britstrat/cenozoic.html http://hoopermuseum.earthsci.carleton.ca/evolution/equidae/cenozoicera.html

  3. Early Cenozoic (Paleocene & Eocene) • Laramide orogeny (#3 of Cordilleran) • Formed intermontane basins • Coal swamps (Ex: Powder River Basin) • Limestones (Ex: Bryce Canyon, UT) • Shales (Ex: Green River Fmn, WY) Bryce Canyon sec.edgar-online.com/.../05/10/Section5.aspx http://geoinfo.nmt.edu/tour/state/storrie_lake/home.html http://from50000feet.wordpress.com/2007/12/17/dolan-media-pre-christmas-rush/ Green River Fmn

  4. Mid-Late Cenozoic(Oligocene & Miocene) Badlands, SD • Change of subduction angle • Volcanism intensified again • Ash deposits prevalent • Ex: San Juan Mtns, CO • Ex: Badlands, SD • Meanwhile, Rockies getting buried by basin filling San Juan Mtns, CO http://www.scenicusa.net/010906.html

  5. Late Cenozoic (Miocene & Pliocene) • Change in plate motion • Convergent to transform • San Andreas fault • Basin and Range province formed • Rifting due to hot spot • Columbia R. basalts • Uplifting • Colorado Plateau • Rocky Mtns uncovered http://www.fas.org/irp/imint/docs/rst/Sect6/Sect6_8.html http://www.naturalphotos.com/sekercioglu/colorado_plateau/pages/ARZ1-Clrd-Horseshoe.htm

  6. Cenozoic Events on other Continents • Europe-Africa collision • Closing of Tethys ocean • Alps & Pyrenees Mtns • East Africa rifts • India-Asia collision • Himalayan Mtns • Antarctica chilled http://www.travelpod.com/travel-photo/zenpeace/leh_ladakh/1184149500/100_3860.jpg/tpod.html

  7. Eocene warm peak • Evidence • Oxygen isotopes • Leaf features • Cold water extinctions • Cause • Methane hydrates Cenozoic Climate • Early greenhouse climate http://www.geo.arizona.edu/Antevs/ecol438/lect07.html http://www.nist.gov/public_affairs/colloquia/20050121.htm http://www7430.nrlssc.navy.mil/7432/hydrates/background.htm

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