Freelancer
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Correct. J. Tuzo Wilson. UofT Professor for nearly 30 years, one time Director of the Ontario Science Centre, and the first principal of Erindale College, now University Of Toronto at Mississauga. When I was a student at Erindale my email address (and you could hardly call it email, at the time I was the only one I knew with an email address) was @tuzo.erin.ca. Thanks for the link to the cache... I had no idea it existed, it is on my to do list now. On to you TOMTEC.
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Ahh.. I knew that BSc in Physical Geography would come in handy one day!! Okay, to continue with the same theme:
Name the Canadian geophysicist / earth scientist who first popularized the concept of "hot spots" in the Pacific Plate? He was a follower of early plate tectonic gurus Alfred Wegner and Harry Hess and was also the first principal of the "college" where I received my B.Sc.
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2) What is the geologic feature to which this motion is referenced to?
This is a good question! If all the land mass is moving, then what frame of reference are the measurements taken from?
The only thing I can think of is the poles.
Oops... forgot to mention how fast it is moving. Considering most plates move about 2-3 cm each year. My guess is that the Pacific plate is close to 10 cm per year.
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2) What is the geologic feature to which this motion is referenced to?
This is a good question! If all the land mass is moving, then what frame of reference are the measurements taken from?
The only thing I can think of is the poles.
My guess.. the fastest moving plate is the Pacific Plate
The reference point I would think would be hot spots in the oceanic crust, most notably the Hawaiian Islands.
Waypoints for La Cloche trail in Killarney provincial park
in Canada
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Once you have done the hike and collected some GPS data.. be sure to add it to the La Cloche Trailpeak entry, as no one has yet. Then you get 3 free downloads of someone else's GPS data.