Is Mexico Safe?

[rockymountainoyster]

Originally Posted by acejones

Alfred Wegener proposed the theory of continental drift in 1915. This gave birth to plate tectonics.

True enough but I don't remember hearing about it until the seventies when I started making science programs for PBS. I will have to refresh my memory on this one. My recollection is that Continental Drift was considered a theory, sort of like Global Climate Change and you will have to ask the New Yorker's about that one.

[tricepilot]

Originally Posted by acejones

Alfred Wegener proposed the theory of continental drift in 1915. This gave birth to plate tectonics.

A much lesser known factoid is that Alfred Wegener also coined the phrase "you get my drift?"

This was revived in the '60s and gave birth to the hippie movement.

[SchizzMan]

Originally Posted by tricepilot

A much lesser known factoid is that Alfred Wegener also coined the phrase "you get my drift?"

This was revived in the '60s and gave birth to the hippie movement.

That saying has since been shelved on most continents.

[SR]

Originally Posted by MikeMike

One of the best emails I ever got was from SR when he sent me a geological service map for my favorite areas south southwest of Orizaba. That was damn near "map porn" it was so good to look at!

Those SGM (Servicios Geologicos Mexicanos) maps are public domain but I have them for most of Mexico already downloaded if anyone is interested. Plenty of evidence for Plate Tectonics there.

[tricepilot]

Originally Posted by SchizzMan

That saying has since been shelved on most continents.

Only by the incontinent

[SchizzMan]

Originally Posted by tricepilot

Only by the incontinent

Had to look that up on Wikileaks

[MikeMike]

Ha, ha, laugh it up boys! It's so funny...until someone loses an AirHawk.

[rockymountainoyster]

Good stuff guys... what are you smokin' These comedy violations prove that this thread is not safe. These posts are not gneiss and you guys are full of schist and take way too much for granite.

[BobLoblaw]

Originally Posted by rockymountainoyster

Good stuff guys... what are you smokin' These comedy violations prove that this thread is not safe. These posts are not gneiss and you guys are full of schist and take way too much for granite.

I know it's not your fault, but keep it up and the thread will metamorphic into a total loess

[rockymountainoyster]

[rockymountainoyster]

You guys rock!

[Turkeycreek]

Though some of you may take this forum for granite, being fairly new here I'm not sure about this some of this schist. I'm just here to relax and have a gneiss time.

[jimmex]

Geology meets scatology.

[rockymountainoyster]

Scatology being the study of scat. Refer to Trice's post on turds.

[SR]

Lots of Geology enthusiasts out there. Thats good to see.

Someone just asked me for the link to the SGM Geological maps and it made me realize that I should have posted it earlier.

You have to click on the product that you want first, then it will give you a map index (Map of Mexico) to locate the area you want. They download in .PDF format. The Geological maps are free. They charge for other data like geochemical surveys.

http://mapserver.sgm.gob.mx/cartas_i...os/cartas.html

This data has not always been this well organized. Only in the last year or so has it been this easy to access this data. There is a beautiful geological map of all of Mexico. I'd like to put it in my GPS as a basemap.