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Molybdenum. Gotta love geology terms.

Did you know there's a glacially-formed land depression called

Monadnocks!

Sounds painful. I'd have that looked at.

Keith
 
Originally posted by Ferrous Wheel
Molybdenum. Gotta love geology terms.

Did you know there's a glacially-formed land depression called

Monadnocks!

Sounds painful. I'd have that looked at.

Keith
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Actually, Keith, to a serious bicyclist, molybdenum is not a geological term. It's the steel some of us prefer for our bike frames.

And a monadnock is actually the opposite of a "depression". It's an
isolated hill of bedrock standing conspicuously above the general level of the surrounding area (that flat area would be sometimes called a "peneplain" if you want yet another weird word). Monadnocks are left as erosional remnants because of their more resistant rock composition; So that strange little mountain sticking up in the middle of desert is probably made out of granite, or some such hard rock, and didn't get worn down as fast as the surrounding rock.

I'm not a geologist, simply ran into "monadnock" in college Physical Geology classes and it became one of my favorite words. Even tho' it's sometimes kinda hard to work into everyday comversation.

:cool:
 
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