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Do you have any pictures of old-ish rocks from Alaska? </p> </dd> <dd class="comment-footer"> <span class="comment-timestamp"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20231123010957/https://thrustacline.blogspot.com/2008/10/little-geology-in-news.html?showComment=1224547320000#c979768701614779892" title="comment permalink"> October 20, 2008 at 5:02 PM </a> <span class="item-control blog-admin pid-2067434483"> <a class="comment-delete" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20231123010957/https://www.blogger.com/delete-comment.g?blogID=8774555105590352481&postID=979768701614779892" title="Delete Comment"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20231123010957im_/https://resources.blogblog.com/img/icon_delete13.gif"/> </a> </span> </span> </dd> <dt class="comment-author blog-author" id="c7088678184401970878"> <a name="c7088678184401970878"></a> <div class="avatar-image-container vcard"><span dir="ltr"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20231123010957/https://www.blogger.com/profile/04101983288030345291" target="" rel="nofollow" onclick="" class="avatar-hovercard" id="av-7088678184401970878-04101983288030345291"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20231123010957im_/https://resources.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif" width="35" height="35" class="delayLoad" style="display: none;" longdesc="//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSOAsGB25dLLnKLy5jclawXy0coSog_dcidHPkSMAI4pp5j2k1iZ-m0MFM6_tB5BzWPvxGym_sLlg_si8mGeYVkaPGt8uPRBulLMz0QQa4kpRx8_-k2BFbyd3RrLT-Sw/s45-c/P8230110.JPG" alt="" title="Anna"> <noscript><img src="//web.archive.org/web/20231123010957im_/https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSOAsGB25dLLnKLy5jclawXy0coSog_dcidHPkSMAI4pp5j2k1iZ-m0MFM6_tB5BzWPvxGym_sLlg_si8mGeYVkaPGt8uPRBulLMz0QQa4kpRx8_-k2BFbyd3RrLT-Sw/s45-c/P8230110.JPG" width="35" height="35" class="photo" alt=""></noscript></a></span></div> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20231123010957/https://www.blogger.com/profile/04101983288030345291" rel="nofollow">Anna</a> said... </dt> <dd class="comment-body" id="Blog1_cmt-7088678184401970878"> <p> hmmm I have some of Denali, I am not familiar enough with the geology to know where the oldest rocks in Alaska are yet!<br/><br/>http://www.flickr.com/photos/zwingll/sets/72157607413560154/<br/><br/>those are my Denali pictures! </p> </dd> <dd class="comment-footer"> <span class="comment-timestamp"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20231123010957/https://thrustacline.blogspot.com/2008/10/little-geology-in-news.html?showComment=1225351380000#c7088678184401970878" title="comment permalink"> October 30, 2008 at 12:23 AM </a> <span class="item-control blog-admin pid-1597624535"> <a class="comment-delete" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20231123010957/https://www.blogger.com/delete-comment.g?blogID=8774555105590352481&postID=7088678184401970878" title="Delete Comment"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20231123010957im_/https://resources.blogblog.com/img/icon_delete13.gif"/> </a> </span> </span> </dd> </dl> </div> <p class="comment-footer"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20231123010957/https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8774555105590352481&postID=6291383126885773072" onclick="">Post a Comment</a> </p> </div> </div> </div></div> </div> <div class="blog-pager" id="blog-pager"> <span id="blog-pager-newer-link"> <a class="blog-pager-newer-link" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20231123010957/https://thrustacline.blogspot.com/2008/10/b-values.html" id="Blog1_blog-pager-newer-link" title="Newer Post">Newer Post</a> </span> <span id="blog-pager-older-link"> <a class="blog-pager-older-link" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20231123010957/https://thrustacline.blogspot.com/2008/10/cross-section-madness.html" id="Blog1_blog-pager-older-link" title="Older Post">Older Post</a> </span> <a class="home-link" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20231123010957/https://thrustacline.blogspot.com/">Home</a> </div> <div class="clear"></div> <div class="post-feeds"> <div class="feed-links"> Subscribe to: <a class="feed-link" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20231123010957/https://thrustacline.blogspot.com/feeds/6291383126885773072/comments/default" target="_blank" type="application/atom+xml">Post Comments (Atom)</a> </div> </div> </div></div> </div> </div> <div class="column-left-outer"> <div class="column-left-inner"> <aside> </aside> </div> </div> <div class="column-right-outer"> <div class="column-right-inner"> <aside> <div class="sidebar section" id="sidebar-right-1"><div class="widget Image" data-version="1" id="Image1"> <div class="widget-content"> <img alt="" height="170" id="Image1_img" src="//web.archive.org/web/20231123010957im_/https://2.bp.blogspot.com/_21rodewjXy0/RvM7OCzYCPI/AAAAAAAAAAs/EjzUuLC5eQI/S226/P8230110.JPG" width="226"/> <br/> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div><div class="widget Text" data-version="1" id="Text1"> <div class="widget-content"> <p class="MsoNormal">Hello and welcome! </p><p class="MsoNormal">I moved again! 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