tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9188642669907788257.post4632684584093681881..comments2024-03-20T14:47:34.192-07:00Comments on Reading the Washington Landscape: Gopher Camp and Mima MoundsDan McShanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17044037213245602667noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9188642669907788257.post-41808892931115039932013-12-10T09:56:00.283-08:002013-12-10T09:56:00.283-08:00DT: Looking forward to that book and your take on ...DT: Looking forward to that book and your take on the matrix.<br />Susan: I am in the various explanations camp and strongly suspect part of the challenge is that multiple factors are at play for some mound sites. At the very least some thought must be given to other soil moving forces than simply one. One reason the gopher theory is appealing is it provides a counter force to soil moving processes that would destroy the mounds. But as you note, Texas is a lot different than say the high plains of eastern Washington which is in turn a lot different that the gravel prairies of southwest Washington.Dan McShanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17044037213245602667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9188642669907788257.post-66121162898086629222013-12-10T07:42:04.664-08:002013-12-10T07:42:04.664-08:00I wonder why there has to be only one origin for m...I wonder why there has to be only one origin for mima mounds. I like the seismic explanation for some of them. Maybe gophers for others. Perhaps peri-glacial where it might apply (not Texas, e.g.)susannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9188642669907788257.post-81471774033398860212013-12-09T19:39:09.020-08:002013-12-09T19:39:09.020-08:00Dan,
Yur post on the new 'gopherist' artic...Dan,<br />Yur post on the new 'gopherist' article is thought provoking. You conclude by calling for a renewed matrix of causes. I include such an updated matrix in the Mima Mounds chapter in my book, Geology Underfoot in Western Washington.<br />The book should be out in early fall 2014.<br />Dave Tuckermagmatisthttp://nwgeology.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com