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| KRL @ 2010-12-02 08:08:09 | |
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Appear to be old "oxbows" of alluvial formations.
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| kjfitz @ 2010-12-02 08:24:15 | |
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They are a bit small for oxbows / meanders. And I'd expect to see them all around the area if they were. They seem local to this small patch though.
I think the story becomes clearer when you look in Bing. There has been a lot of earth moving in the area to deal with flooding and draining. See the area just to the NW. The plain just to the east has a few of the trenches and they look like they are the result of earth removal, probably to build the mounds and mini-dams in the channel to the NW. |
| kjfitz @ 2010-12-02 08:25:58 | |
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The sweeping canal that someone has obviously been trying to block with the 'mini-dams' IS most definitely an oxbow though.
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| kjfitz @ 2010-12-02 08:28:03 | |
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OK, counter argument in favor of KRL's oxbow theory is this site to the south. Now I'm not convinced it is earth moving.
http://www.bing.com/maps/default.aspx?v=2&cp=34.532338168854814~-92.16950202088984&lvl=18&dir=0&sty=h |
| kjfitz @ 2010-12-02 08:30:08 | |
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BUT... this definitely is earth moving. It may be a mix of both?
http://www.bing.com/maps/default.aspx?v=2&cp=34.57874935910931~-92.19624900918436&lvl=17&dir=0&sty=h |
| Anonymous @ 2010-12-02 09:26:05 | |
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A trip through the Google Earth timeline might be helpful?
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| kjfitz @ 2010-12-02 09:41:15 | |
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Anonymous is right. The March 2003 imagery clearly shows tracks going from the excavations to the mini-dams. Thanks anonymous.
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