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A web page of Eric Twelker's interests |
| I am a geologist, attorney, and web
business owner. This web site is serves as a place
to put papers, presentations and other miscellaneous
material related to various projects. Right now there
isn't much here and most of what is here isn't linked. I
hope to change that soon. It is pretty much all geology
of one sort or another. My geological background is in mining exploration and I approach the science from that perspective. That said, when I push the origin of ore deposits to an understanding based on first principles, almost every aspect of geology is included. My Greens Creek Mine work has lead me to suggest some changes in volcanic evolution and metamorphic geology. My consideration of the origin of gold deposits in the Seward Peninsula has lead me to a new way of looking at mantle-crust interaction. (It's not completely new as it has been suggested in other contexts.) The Hawaii Hot Spot page is a simple corollary that came out of the work that is still underway. Having practiced law for about 20 years, I have come back to geology as an outsider. And I have to say that my ideas have often received a frosty welcome. That has led me to another interesting topic. Outsiders are responsible for many revolutionary developments in science. For example, Albert Einstein, who was working as a patent clerk at the time, revolutionized modern physics. John Dalton, who was primarily a teacher and in fact an amateur scientist on the side, invented atomic chemistry. And Alfred Wegener, a meteorologist, wrote the first paper comprehensively supporting the idea of continental drift. Wegener's case is interesting to me because his ideas were "discredited" by the geological establishment and more or less suppressed for 40 years. Of course, today they are accepted. How many more cases are like this? A lot I suspect. An aside here on Einstein. I just finished the Isaacson biography and noted the early advocacy of Einstein's ideas by Max Planck. I expect that without the support of the most prominent person in the field at the time, it could have taken much longer for Einstein's revolutionary ideas to take hold. The web is changing opportunities for outsiders to contribute. An example that intrigues me is Steve McIntyre's ClimateAudit blog. McIntyre, a mining investment analyst, has begun to lift the veil on the politics masquerading as the science of global warming. The so-called scientists have circled the wagons against this outsider and are so far succeeding with the help of the popular press. But I expect it is only a matter of time until the tide turns. The efforts here aren't in the league of these folks, but I do see this site as a place where this outsider can put some ideas up for people to comment on. Here is a picture of my family. And visit my web business: The Meteorite Market
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 Comment on my Hawaii Hot Spot Page! This is my first attempt at raising interest in one of my ideas. |
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| A New Global Tectonic
Paradigm
(Under construction--I have an Abstract up)
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2007 GSA Poster Penecontemporaneous Foliation as a Continuum from Soft Sediment Deformation
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| Greens Creek Mine Geology
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| Links: An article that suggests I am not the only crazy person . . . http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1590440,00.html My father--someone who will be remembered for his original mind: http://www.legacy.com/NWclassifieds/DeathNotices.asp?Page=LifeStory&PersonId=18686286 An editorial I wrote on the Kensington Mine: http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/011007/opi_20070110008.shtml The Pebble Mine is suffering a most unfair attack. This page on that topic is of interest: http://www.bob-gillam-cant-buy-alaska.com |
Pressure
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