Prehistoric Tree Molds as Dangerous Geohazrds

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What is the reason behind Mt. Baldy sand dune's mysterious

holes? By Karen Graham, Digital journal, Jun 27, 2016

http://www.digitaljournal.com/science/what-is-the-reason-behind-mt-baldy-sand-dune-s-mysterious-holes/article/468694

 

Research continues as Indiana’s Mount Baldy reveals

secrets of dune dynamics, Indiana University, June 28, 2016

http://viewpoints.iu.edu/policy-briefings/2016/06/28/research-continues-as-indianas-mount-baldy-reveals-secrets-of-dune-dynamics/

 

The Paper is:

 

Argyilan, E. P., P. G. Avis, M. P.S. Krekeler, and C. C. Morris,

2015, The origin of collapse features appearing in a migrating

parabolic dune along the southern coast of Lake Michigan.

Aeolian Research. Volume 19, Part A, pp. 137–149.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aeolia.2015.09.008

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1875963715000890

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/283579976_The_origin_of_collapse_features_appearing_in_a_migrating_parabolic_dune_along_the_southern_coast_of_Lake_Michigan

https://www.journals.elsevier.com/aeolian-research/open-access-articles

 

Argyilan, E. P., M. P.S. Krekeler, P. G. Avis, T. A. Thompson,

G. W. Monaghan, and C. C. Morris, 2016, The formation of

dune decomposition chimneys in a migrating coastal dune,

Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore: Geological Society of

America Abstracts with Programs. v. 48, no. 5,

doi: 10.1130/abs/2016NC-275637

https://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2016NC/webprogram/Paper275637.html

https://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2016NC/webprogram/Session39355.html

 

A similar mechanism involving tree molds trapped

Carboniferous vertebrates in the coal forests of Joggins,

Nova Scotia.

 

Go see:

 

Dawson, J.W., 1896, Additional report on erect trees

containing animal remains in the Coal- Formation of Nova

Scotia. Proceedings of the Royal Society, 59, 362-366.

 

Ferguson, L., 1988b. The "fossil cliffs" at Joggins, Nova Scotia:

a Canadian case study. Special Papers in Palaeontology.

vol. 40, pp. 191-200. Go see Figure 3.

 

Ferguson, L., 1975, The Joggins Section. In I. McK. Harris

(editor), Ancient Sediments of Nova Scotia. Guidebook for

the 1975 field trip, Eastern Section, Society of Economic

Paleontologists and Mineralogists, 111-118 p. or Maritime

Sediments. vol. 11, 69.

 

Yours,

 

Paul H.

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Very interesting! So can the holes be considered fossils of both the trees and the fungi?