3162: Heart Mountain - Revision history

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Mtcv: /* Explanation */ link to 3210 for the sherlock reference

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216.221.83.168: I think we have all we need; in the absence of further discussion or edits, I am removing the incomplete tag (Despite the joke being really funny! You guys are awesome.)

2025-12-04T15:56:23Z

I think we have all we need; in the absence of further discussion or edits, I am removing the incomplete tag (Despite the joke being really funny! You guys are awesome.)

TheErgster: Removed "incomplete transcript" tag as transcript was complete

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216.221.83.168: /* Explanation */ Removed unnessary detail, subjective comments, and speculation.

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216.221.83.168: /* Explanation */ Updating date and wording. Reworked geologic background with more clarifications.

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216.221.83.168: /* Explanation */ Combined the explainations and combined the comic description up top.

2025-11-05T15:51:41Z

‎Explanation: Combined the explainations and combined the comic description up top.

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 [[File:Heart_Mountain_WY.jpg|thumb|Heart Mountain]]
-The structure of the {{w|Heart Mountain (Wyoming)#Geology|geology of Heart Mountain}}, in Wyoming, is a geological anomaly whose current best scientific explanation is highly unusual. This is humorously summarized as, "49 million years ago, Heart Mountain, Wyoming slid sideways 15 miles like a giant stone hovercraft", with a similarly oversimplified functional diagram. Those not following the evidence that leads to this unusual conclusion may decide those involved do not have a normal state of mind ('are not doing ok'), and potentially sliding into pseudoscience like that of {{w|Pyramidology}}. The geologists acknowledge this, but ask, "Hey, you come up with a better explanation!" - as all more 'reasonable' explanations have been eliminated, and only the [[3210:_Eliminating_the_Impossible|seemingly absurd remain]].
+The structure of the {{w|Heart Mountain (Wyoming)#Geology|geology of Heart Mountain}}, in Wyoming, is a geological anomaly whose current best scientific explanation is highly unusual. This is humorously summarized as, "49 million years ago, Heart Mountain, Wyoming slid sideways 15 miles like a giant stone hovercraft", with a similarly oversimplified functional diagram. Those not following the evidence that leads to this unusual conclusion may decide those involved do not have a normal state of mind ('are not doing ok'), and potentially sliding into pseudoscience like that of {{w|pyramidology}}. The geologists acknowledge this, but ask, "Hey, you come up with a better explanation!" - as all more 'reasonable' explanations have been eliminated, and only the [[3210:_Eliminating_the_Impossible|seemingly absurd remain]].
 The main anomaly is that the rock at the top of the mountain is far older than that of its base. There are {{w|Nappe|other processes}} that can result in such {{w|inverted stratigraphy}}, but in this case the evidence does indeed seem to suggest that sometime 48-50 million years ago (most likely 48.9 Mya) a massive landslide was rapidly (in parts at the quoted speed of 90 mph (145&nbsp;km/h), or more, lasting perhaps just ''half an hour'') forced to slide a significant distance over younger rocks, through the contribution of one or other volcanic processes on and above a near-horizontal {{w|Fault (geology)|geological fault}}.

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	The structure of the {{w\|Heart Mountain (Wyoming)#Geology\|geology of Heart Mountain}}, in Wyoming, is a geological anomaly whose current best scientific explanation is highly unusual. This is humorously summarized as, "49 million years ago, Heart Mountain, Wyoming slid sideways 15 miles like a giant stone hovercraft", with a similarly oversimplified functional diagram. Those not following the evidence that leads to this unusual conclusion may decide those involved do not have a normal state of mind ('are not doing ok'), and potentially sliding into pseudoscience like that of {{w\|Pyramidology}}. The geologists acknowledge this, but ask, "Hey, you come up with a better explanation!" - as all more 'reasonable' explanations have been eliminated, and only the [[3210:_Eliminating_the_Impossible\|seemingly absurd remain]].		The structure of the {{w\|Heart Mountain (Wyoming)#Geology\|geology of Heart Mountain}}, in Wyoming, is a geological anomaly whose current best scientific explanation is highly unusual. This is humorously summarized as, "49 million years ago, Heart Mountain, Wyoming slid sideways 15 miles like a giant stone hovercraft", with a similarly oversimplified functional diagram. Those not following the evidence that leads to this unusual conclusion may decide those involved do not have a normal state of mind ('are not doing ok'), and potentially sliding into pseudoscience like that of {{w\|Pyramidology}}. The geologists acknowledge this, but ask, "Hey, you come up with a better explanation!" - as all more 'reasonable' explanations have been eliminated, and only the [[3210:_Eliminating_the_Impossible\|seemingly absurd remain]].

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 ==Explanation==
-The structure of the {{w|Heart Mountain (Wyoming)#Geology|geology of Heart Mountain}}, in Wyoming, is a geological anomaly whose current best scientific explanation is highly unusual. This is humorously summarized as, "49 million years ago, Heart Mountain, Wyoming slid sideways 15 miles like a giant stone hovercraft", with a similarly oversimplified functional diagram. Those not following the evidence that leads to this unusual conclusion may decide those involved do not have a normal state of mind ('are not doing ok'), and potentially sliding into pseudoscience like that of {{w|Pyramidology}}. The geologists acknowledge this, but ask, "Hey, you come up with a better explanation!" - as all more 'reasonable' explanations have been eliminated, and only the seemingly absurd remain.
+The structure of the {{w|Heart Mountain (Wyoming)#Geology|geology of Heart Mountain}}, in Wyoming, is a geological anomaly whose current best scientific explanation is highly unusual. This is humorously summarized as, "49 million years ago, Heart Mountain, Wyoming slid sideways 15 miles like a giant stone hovercraft", with a similarly oversimplified functional diagram. Those not following the evidence that leads to this unusual conclusion may decide those involved do not have a normal state of mind ('are not doing ok'), and potentially sliding into pseudoscience like that of {{w|Pyramidology}}. The geologists acknowledge this, but ask, "Hey, you come up with a better explanation!" - as all more 'reasonable' explanations have been eliminated, and only the [[3210:_Eliminating_the_Impossible|seemingly absurd remain]].
 The main anomaly is that the rock at the top of the mountain is far older than that of its base. There are {{w|Nappe|other processes}} that can result in such {{w|inverted stratigraphy}}, but in this case the evidence does indeed seem to suggest that sometime 48-50 million years ago (most likely 48.9 Mya) a massive landslide was rapidly (in parts at the quoted speed of 90 mph (145&nbsp;km/h), or more, lasting perhaps just ''half an hour'') forced to slide a significant distance over younger rocks, through the contribution of one or other volcanic processes on and above a near-horizontal {{w|Fault (geology)|geological fault}}.

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 The structure of the {{w|Heart Mountain (Wyoming)#Geology|geology of Heart Mountain}}, in Wyoming, is a geological anomaly whose current best scientific explanation is highly unusual. This is humorously summarized as, "49 million years ago, Heart Mountain, Wyoming slid sideways 15 miles like a giant stone hovercraft", with a similarly oversimplified functional diagram. Those not following the evidence that leads to this unusual conclusion may decide those involved do not have a normal state of mind ('are not doing ok'), and potentially sliding into pseudoscience like that of {{w|Pyramidology}}. The geologists acknowledge this, but ask, "Hey, you come up with a better explanation!" - as all more 'reasonable' explanations have been eliminated, and only the seemingly absurd remain.

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	:[Cueball is on the left, Ponytail is facing him from the right.]		:[Cueball is on the left, Ponytail is facing him from the right.]

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 The main anomaly is that the rock at the top of the mountain is far older than that of its base. There are {{w|Nappe|other processes}} that can result in such {{w|inverted stratigraphy}}, but in this case the evidence does indeed seem to suggest that sometime 48-50 million years ago (most likely 48.9 Mya) a massive landslide was rapidly (in parts at the quoted speed of 90 mph (145&nbsp;km/h), or more, lasting perhaps just ''half an hour'') forced to slide a significant distance over younger rocks, through the contribution of one or other volcanic processes on and above a near-horizontal {{w|Fault (geology)|geological fault}}.
-While the comic implies the mountain by itself levitating on volcanic gasses as it moved across the ground, Heart Mountain is in reality 'just' a remnant closer to the leading edge of a massive landslide (the Heart Mountain Detachment) that covered several thousand square kilometers of the Absaroka basin. The landslide would probably have looked no different than a regular landslide (albeit much larger), not like a "hovercraft" floating over the ground{{Citation needed}}.  In this regard, this landslide is not significantly different than other major landslides such as the {{w|Storegga Slide}} or the {{w|Nuʻuanu Slide}}. Instead, the main uniqueness to this landslide is the mechanism, where volcanic activity may have produced gasses or liquids that initiated and or "lubricated" the slope the landslide moved down, resulting in a rare example of a megaslide happening on land.{{Actual citation needed}}
+While the comic implies the mountain by itself levitating on volcanic gasses as it moved across the ground, Heart Mountain is in reality a remnant closer to the leading edge of a massive landslide (the Heart Mountain Detachment) that covered several thousand square kilometers of the Absaroka basin. It would have accompanied and been partially or fully buried by other, looser debris before being uncovered by erosion. However, the remainder of the landslide debris over younger rocks either did not remain upright during the landslide or has been eroded away. Many of the other remaining upright formations did not slide nearly so far, still remaining above older rock formations. Therefore, Heart Mountain remains as the main rock formation with the anomalous inverted stratigraphy caused by the landslide.
 <!-- Maybe better reinserted, after the Transcript, as ==Trivia==? -->As an added bonus, the first 'European<!-- as distinct from anything that precolumbian natives might ever have already had, non-orally, hence feeling the necessity to have scare-quotes -->' maps of the mountain also {{w|Heart Mountain (Wyoming)#Hart Mountain|may have placed it}} in the wrong position, but this was purely human error and totally unconnected to the prehistoric rearrangement of material.

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 The main anomaly is that the rock at the top of the mountain is far older than that of its base. There are {{w|Nappe|other processes}} that can result in such {{w|inverted stratigraphy}}, but in this case the evidence does indeed seem to suggest that 50-75 million years ago a massive landslide was rapidly (in parts at the quoted speed of 90 mph (145&nbsp;km/h), or more, lasting perhaps just ''half an hour'') forced to slide a significant distance over younger rocks, through the action of one or other volcanic processes on and above a near-horizontal {{w|Fault (geology)|geological fault}}.
-While the comic implies the mountain by itself levitating on volcanic gasses as it moved across the ground, Heart Mountain is in reality 'just' a remnant of a massive landslide that covered several thousand square kilometers of the Absaroka basin.  The remainder of the landslide eroded away over tens of millions of years, leaving Heart Mountain as the main anomaly.  The landslide would probably have looked no different that a regular landslide (albeit much larger), not like a "hovercraft" floating over the ground.{{Citation needed}}  In this regard, this landslide is not significantly different than other major landslides such as the {{w|Storegga Slide}} or the {{w|Nuʻuanu Slide}}. Instead, the main uniqueness to this landslide is the mechanism, where volcanic activity may have produced gasses or liquids that initiated and or "lubricated" the slope the landslide moved down, resulting in a rare example of a megaslide happening on land.{{Actual citation needed}}
+While the comic implies the mountain by itself levitating on volcanic gasses as it moved across the ground, Heart Mountain is in reality 'just' a remnant of a massive landslide that covered several thousand square kilometers of the Absaroka basin.  The remainder of the landslide eroded away over tens of millions of years, leaving Heart Mountain as the main anomaly.  The landslide would probably have looked no different than a regular landslide (albeit much larger), not like a "hovercraft" floating over the ground.{{Citation needed}}  In this regard, this landslide is not significantly different than other major landslides such as the {{w|Storegga Slide}} or the {{w|Nuʻuanu Slide}}. Instead, the main uniqueness to this landslide is the mechanism, where volcanic activity may have produced gasses or liquids that initiated and or "lubricated" the slope the landslide moved down, resulting in a rare example of a megaslide happening on land.{{Actual citation needed}}
 <!-- Maybe better reinserted, after the Transcript, as ==Trivia==? -->As an added bonus, the first 'European<!-- as distinct from anything that precolumbian natives might ever have already had, non-orally, hence feeling the necessity to have scare-quotes -->' maps of the mountain also {{w|Heart Mountain (Wyoming)#Hart Mountain|may have placed it}} in the wrong position, but this was purely human error and totally unconnected to the prehistoric rearrangement of material.

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 This is humorously summarized as "49 million years ago, Heart Mountain, Wyoming slid sideways 15 miles like a giant stone hovercraft" with a similarly oversimplified functional diagram. Those not following the evidence that leads to this unusual conclusion may decide those involved do not have a normal state of mind ('are doing ok'), and potentially sliding into pseudoscience like that of {{w|Pyramidology}}. The geologists acknowledge this, but ask, "Hey, you come up with a better explanation!" - as all more 'reasonable' explanations have been eliminated, and only the seemingly absurd remain.
-Note that while the comic implies the mountain alone almost levitating on volcanic gasses as it moved across the ground, in reality Heart Mountain is just a remanent of a massive landslide that covered several thousand square kilometers of the Absaroka basin.  The remainder of the landslide eroded away over tens of millions of years, leaving Heart Mountain.  While volcanic activity may have produced gasses or liquids that initiated and or "lubricated" the slope the landslide moved down, the landslide would probably have looked no different that a regular landslide (albeit much larger) not like a "hovercraft" floating over the ground.  The Heart Mountain landslide in this regard is not significantly different than other major landslides such as {{w|Storegga Slide}} or the {{w|Nuʻuanu Slide}} with the difference that most such megaslides occur underwater, while the one that created Heart Mountain occurred on land.
+Note that while the comic implies the mountain by itself almost levitating on volcanic gasses as it moved across the ground, in reality Heart Mountain is just a remanent of a massive landslide that covered several thousand square kilometers of the Absaroka basin.  The remainder of the landslide eroded away over tens of millions of years, leaving Heart Mountain.  While volcanic activity may have produced gasses or liquids that initiated and or "lubricated" the slope the landslide moved down, the landslide would probably have looked no different that a regular landslide (albeit much larger) not like a "hovercraft" floating over the ground.  The Heart Mountain landslide in this regard is not significantly different than other major landslides such as the {{w|Storegga Slide}} or the {{w|Nuʻuanu Slide}} with the difference that most such megaslides occur underwater, while the one that created Heart Mountain occurred on land.
 <!-- Maybe better reinserted, after the Transcript, as ==Trivia==? -->As an added bonus, the first 'European<!-- as distinct from anything that precolumbian natives might ever have already had, non-orally, hence feeling the necessity to have scare-quotes -->' maps of the mountain also {{w|Heart Mountain (Wyoming)#Hart Mountain|may have placed it}} in the wrong position, but this was purely human error and totally unconnected to the prehistoric rearrangement of material.