<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
</head>
<body>
<p>As I think I remember it, I think the opening scenes to Tom Hanks
"News of the World" were shot in that vicinity... minor aside is
that the "wagon trail" he was on looked like a 2 track
modern-vehicle road... wear patterns/stance appropriate to a
pickup truck not a 19 century wagon trail.<br>
</p>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 6/21/24 11:40 AM, Frank Wimberly
wrote:<br>
</div>
<blockquote type="cite"
cite="mid:CAA5dAfoiER=xNknL_eiYOSEtae5f5_MMiFdiV6_MMvbJs6BVLg@mail.gmail.com">
<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
<div dir="auto">
<div><span style="font-size:12.8px">>The dike is dated to
26.55 million years ago</span><br>
</div>
<div dir="auto"><span style="font-size:12.8px"><br>
</span></div>
<div dir="auto"><span style="font-size:12.8px">No wonder it was
there when I was a child.</span></div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div data-smartmail="gmail_signature">---<br>
Frank C. Wimberly<br>
140 Calle Ojo Feliz, <br>
Santa Fe, NM 87505<br>
<br>
505 670-9918<br>
Santa Fe, NM</div>
</div>
<br>
<div class="gmail_quote">
<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Jun 21, 2024, 9:19 AM
Stephen Guerin <<a
href="mailto:stephen.guerin@simtable.com"
moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">stephen.guerin@simtable.com</a>>
wrote:<br>
</div>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0
.8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="auto">
<div dir="auto">
<div>Research last night on historical geologic maps got
the name of that as the "Galisteo Dike". composition and
description in attachment. There is one further with as
well. Also known as the Creston or Comanche Gap</div>
<div dir="auto"><br>
</div>
<div dir="auto"><a
href="https://galisteo.nmarchaeology.org/sites/creston.html"
target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"
moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://galisteo.nmarchaeology.org/sites/creston.html</a><br>
</div>
<div dir="auto"><br>
</div>
<div dir="auto"><br>
</div>
<div dir="auto">Basic formation given this description
(chatGPT): </div>
<div dir="auto"><br>
</div>
<div dir="auto"><br>
</div>
<div>
<div dir="auto">The Galisteo Dike is a geological
formation characterized by its composition and
physical properties, indicating its formation through
volcanic activity. Here’s a detailed interpretation of
its formation based on the description provided:</div>
<div dir="auto"><br>
</div>
<div dir="auto">1. **Composition Analysis**: The
Galisteo Dike consists of micro-monzonite, a
fine-grained igneous rock. It contains a mixture of
minerals including plagioclase, potassium feldspar,
titan-augite, titaniferous biotite, apatite, and
opaque grains in a glass groundmass. This mineral
composition suggests that the dike formed from magma
that cooled relatively quickly, preventing the
formation of large crystals.</div>
<div dir="auto"><br>
</div>
<div dir="auto">2. **Physical Description**: The dike
appears as a dark gray, fine-grained rock with a salt
and pepper texture. It weathers to dark brown or
grayish brown and forms a wall-like rampart. This
implies that the dike is resistant to weathering and
erosion, standing out in the landscape as a prominent
feature.</div>
<div dir="auto"><br>
</div>
<div dir="auto">3. **Structural Features**: The dike is
described as comprising many right echelon overlapping
segments varying in length from 200 to 1200 feet and
up to 18 feet thick. This pattern of overlapping
segments indicates that the magma was injected into
pre-existing fractures in the surrounding rock, likely
under significant pressure, causing the fractures to
open and propagate in an en echelon pattern.</div>
<div dir="auto"><br>
</div>
<div dir="auto">4. **Geological Age**: The dike is dated
to 26.55 million years ago, placing its formation in
the Oligocene epoch. This was a time of significant
tectonic activity in many parts of the world, often
associated with volcanic and plutonic intrusions.</div>
<div dir="auto"><br>
</div>
<div dir="auto">### Formation Process</div>
<div dir="auto">1. **Magma Intrusion**: The formation of
the Galisteo Dike began with the intrusion of magma
into fractures in the Earth's crust. The magma,
originating from deeper within the mantle, was rich in
the minerals described and had a high temperature,
allowing it to flow and penetrate the fractures.</div>
<div dir="auto"><br>
</div>
<div dir="auto">2. **Cooling and Crystallization**: As
the magma moved upward through the fractures, it began
to cool and solidify. The rapid cooling near the
surface resulted in the fine-grained texture of the
rock, with minerals crystallizing quickly in the
groundmass of glass.</div>
<div dir="auto"><br>
</div>
<div dir="auto">3. **Fracture Propagation**: The
injection of magma caused the fractures to propagate,
leading to the characteristic right echelon
overlapping segments. This suggests that the fractures
did not open uniformly but rather stepped along the
strike, with each segment forming as a discrete
intrusion event.</div>
<div dir="auto"><br>
</div>
<div dir="auto">4. **Weathering and Erosion**: Over
millions of years, the surrounding rock may have
eroded away, leaving the more resistant dike exposed
as a wall-like structure. The weathering of the dike
itself results in the observed dark brown or grayish
brown coloration.</div>
<div dir="auto"><br>
</div>
<div dir="auto">In summary, the Galisteo Dike was formed
by the intrusion of magma into fractures in the crust,
followed by rapid cooling and crystallization,
resulting in a fine-grained igneous rock with distinct
mineral composition and structural features indicative
of significant volcanic activity during the Oligocene
epoch.</div>
</div>
<div data-smartmail="gmail_signature">____________________________________________<br>
CEO Founder, Simtable.com<br>
<a href="mailto:stephen.guerin@simtable.com"
rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">stephen.guerin@simtable.com</a> <br>
<br>
Harvard Visualization Research and Teaching Lab<br>
<a href="mailto:stephenguerin@fas.harvard.edu"
rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">stephenguerin@fas.harvard.edu</a><br>
<br>
mobile: (505)577-5828</div>
</div>
<br>
<div class="gmail_quote">
<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Jun 21, 2024,
9:08 AM Nicholas Thompson <<a
href="mailto:thompnickson2@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer
noreferrer" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">thompnickson2@gmail.com</a>>
wrote:<br>
</div>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0
.8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="ltr">
<div>Dear Stephen, <br>
</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Thank you for prompting me to respond to this
inquiry. I was having some trouble getting the
image to behave on my computer, and so was reluctant
to wade in. </div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div> Indeed, just as nature abhors vacuums, she
abhors straight lines, and so any line as straight
as this one requires a special explanation. To me,
that the line points southwestward toward the radar
site NW of ABQ suggests a radar artifact, perhaps
the shadow or some distant hill. As we watched the
animated radar image, we could see a persistent
weakness in the radar echo along that line, even as
the clouds crossed it. <br>
</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Speaking of abhorrent straight lines, during our
conversation with Frank, we spent quite a lot of
time discussing another line, a berm of sand that
runs across the Galisteo Basin in roughly the same
orientation, perhaps 50' high?. I had noticed this
feature on topo maps and always assumed it was an
old railway embankment. Frank, who knows the area
well, thought that idea was absurd. So, we were
left with the puzzle of a highly linear geological
formation several miles long. <br>
</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Could it be that this geological straight line
accounts for the straight line cloud formation that
Mr. Kadlubek sees? As the dry line breaks down in
anticipation of the SW Monsoon, moist air does
indeed move northward, following the river valleys
up from TX. AT some point, it will be raised
enough that its moisture is condensed leading to the
release of latent heat and the further development
of clouds. If the structure that raises it is a
straight line, then the clouds themselves will be
arranged in a straight line. We can see this effect
often along linear coast lines as a sea breeze front
topped by (usually) fair weather cumulus. However,
given all the dramatic topography in the area, it's
hard for me to imagine that this low lying feature
would be determining very often.<br>
</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>I, too, live for the weather. I don't live for
Face Book, however. So if you have any way to put
in touch with Mr. Kadlubek, he and I could perhaps
have coffee when I get back to Santa Fe in the fall.
<br>
</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Yours faithfully,</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Nick Thompson</div>
<div>"Behavioral Meteorologist"<br>
</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<br>
<div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div> <br>
</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div><br>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<br>
<div class="gmail_quote">
<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Jun 19, 2024
at 7:06 PM Stephen Guerin <<a
href="mailto:stephen.guerin@simtable.com"
rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">stephen.guerin@simtable.com</a>>
wrote:<br>
</div>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px
0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid
rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="auto">
<div>Nick, </div>
<div dir="auto"><br>
</div>
<div dir="auto">It's your time to shine! Respond
to Vince.</div>
<div dir="auto"><br>
</div>
<div dir="auto">In the comments, local knowledge
refers to it as the "prison line" as weather is
different on either side of the prison on 14.</div>
<div dir="auto"><br>
</div>
<div dir="auto"><br>
</div>
</div>
</blockquote>
</div>
-. --- - / ...- .- .-.. .. -.. / -- --- .-. ... . / -.-.
--- -.. .<br>
FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv<br>
Fridays 9a-12p Friday St. Johns Cafe / Thursdays
9a-12p Zoom <a href="https://bit.ly/virtualfriam"
rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://bit.ly/virtualfriam</a><br>
to (un)subscribe <a
href="http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com"
rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com</a><br>
FRIAM-COMIC <a href="http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/"
rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/</a><br>
archives: 5/2017 thru present <a
href="https://redfish.com/pipermail/friam_redfish.com/"
rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://redfish.com/pipermail/friam_redfish.com/</a><br>
1/2003 thru 6/2021 <a
href="http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/" rel="noreferrer
noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/</a><br>
</blockquote>
</div>
</div>
-. --- - / ...- .- .-.. .. -.. / -- --- .-. ... . / -.-. ---
-.. .<br>
FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv<br>
Fridays 9a-12p Friday St. Johns Cafe / Thursdays 9a-12p
Zoom <a href="https://bit.ly/virtualfriam" rel="noreferrer
noreferrer" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://bit.ly/virtualfriam</a><br>
to (un)subscribe <a
href="http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com"
rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com</a><br>
FRIAM-COMIC <a href="http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/"
rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/</a><br>
archives: 5/2017 thru present <a
href="https://redfish.com/pipermail/friam_redfish.com/"
rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://redfish.com/pipermail/friam_redfish.com/</a><br>
1/2003 thru 6/2021 <a
href="http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/" rel="noreferrer
noreferrer" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/</a><br>
</blockquote>
</div>
<br>
<fieldset class="moz-mime-attachment-header"></fieldset>
<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">-. --- - / ...- .- .-.. .. -.. / -- --- .-. ... . / -.-. --- -.. .
FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv
Fridays 9a-12p Friday St. Johns Cafe / Thursdays 9a-12p Zoom <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://bit.ly/virtualfriam">https://bit.ly/virtualfriam</a>
to (un)subscribe <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com">http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com</a>
FRIAM-COMIC <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/">http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/</a>
archives: 5/2017 thru present <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://redfish.com/pipermail/friam_redfish.com/">https://redfish.com/pipermail/friam_redfish.com/</a>
1/2003 thru 6/2021 <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/">http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/</a>
</pre>
</blockquote>
</body>
</html>