[Artemisia] You know you've been in Artemisia when...

[Brent Larsen]

What typo????



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> >From: drchelm <no1home at onewest.net>
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> >Subject: [Artemisia] You know you've been in Artemisia when...
> >Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2004 00:09:47 -0700
> >
> >
> >There's a place on the Snake River, not too far from where Coronation was
> >at, called Thousand Springs.  It's where the Snake River Aquifer
discharges
> >out of the basalt-sided cliffs in the canyon of the Snake River near
> >Hagerman, west of Twin Falls.  Let me digress briefly on this aquifer.
It
> >is the largest basalt-hosted aquifer in the world, and also the most
> >prolific.  The bulk of the snowpac that falls on the Beaverheads, Tetons,
> >Grand Targhees and Yellowstone melts and gets sucked out of the forks of
> >the Snake River and into the aquifer.  That's a lot of water, folks, and
> >since most of the world's french fries are grown using this resource, the
> >aquifer is pretty important, not just to folks in Idaho, but to fast-food
> >lovers everywhere.
> >
> >So what does this have to do with Artemisia?  Well, I'm getting there.
> >Patience, bubula, patience...
> >
> >As you may or may not know, I spend most of my days at work thinking deep
> >meaningful thoughts about the rocks that host the Snake River Aquifer.
> >That's a lot of rocks, all of the East Snake River Plain, in fact.  You
may
> >find it hard to believe that a big boring pile of basalt with some water
in
> >it captivates my days, but hey, it beats working for a living...   ;-)
> >
> >So what does this have to do with Artemisia?  Well, I'm getting there.
> >Patience, bubula, patience...
> >
> >Now, lately, things have been looking kinda glum around our house.  There
> >was a death in my family recently, and though it was not a great surprise
> >at the end of a long illness, it still managed to throw me for a loop,
> >enough so that I was not able to get to Denver last week to give a paper
on
> >that big boring pile of basalt.  I really wanted to give that paper.  It
> >would have been a show stopper.  I have evidence that not too long ago,
the
> >Big Lost River had an entirely different route than the one it has today.
> >Now, this route I've found cuts south across the plain, UNDER the Craters
> >of the Moon, where there is no water today, and then southwest to the
Snake
> >River.  The place where this abandoned river channel meets up  with the
> >Snake River is at Thousand Springs, where the modern aquifer cascades out
> >of the cliffs and into the river.
> >
> >So what does this have to do with Artemisia?  Well, I'm getting there.
> >Patience, bubula, patience...
> >
> >If the hypothesized abandoned river channel is real, it has the potential
> >of rewriting the geologic history of the East Snake River Plain.  I
really
> >wanted to give this paper at the meeting in Denver.  I won't have another
> >opportunity to present this research until next May.  To stay productive
> >until then, I need to churn out my results and get them published.  Since
> >last Wednesday, I've taken my presentation materials and converted them
> >into 50 pages of a draft journal article.  I gave my collaborators
copies,
> >which most have read.
> >
> >So what does this have to do with Artemisia?  Well, we're finally there.
> >Here's a quote that everyone noticed from the draft article:
> >
> >"...there may be channel deposits in the subsurface extending from the
town
> >of Arco, under the Craters of the Moon, and westward towards the
discharge
> >area of the Snake River Aquifer at Thousand Eyes."
> >
> >I'm never going to hear the end of this at work...
> >
> >ttfn
> >Therasia von AwesomeTypos
> >
> >
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