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A fact from Hesperian appeared on Wikipedia's
Main Page in the Did you know column on 16 July 2011 (
check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that during the Hesperian,
Mars changed from a wet, warm world to today's dry, cold, and dusty planet?
"characterized by widespread volcanic activity and catastrophic flooding" - can something be a catastrophe if there is no-one around to be adversely affected by it? (AFAWK.) I thought that 'catastrophe' specifically meant 'bad' rather than just 'had a significant effect', but perhaps geologists use it differently. --
86.150.60.188 (
talk) 07:57, 16 July 2011 (UTC)reply
In geology the word usually means sudden and rapid as opposed to slow and gradual (i.e., happening in a geologic instant rather than over very long periods of time). I think the use goes back to the early days of the science when the primary debate was
catastrophism vs.
gradualism.
Schaffman (
talk) 10:22, 8 August 2011 (UTC)reply
Can we factor out the timeline diagram for easier sharing
The timeline graphics is drawn here and in the other two articles Noachian and Amazonian - How should we make it a shareable resource ? -
Rod57 (
talk) 10:33, 20 February 2019 (UTC)reply
This article is within the scope of WikiProject Astronomy, which collaborates on articles related to
Astronomy on Wikipedia.AstronomyWikipedia:WikiProject AstronomyTemplate:WikiProject AstronomyAstronomy articles
Talk:Hesperian is part of WikiProject Geology, an attempt at creating a standardized, informative, comprehensive and easy-to-use
geology resource. If you would like to participate, you can choose to edit this article, or visit the
project page for more information.GeologyWikipedia:WikiProject GeologyTemplate:WikiProject GeologyGeology articles
A fact from Hesperian appeared on Wikipedia's
Main Page in the Did you know column on 16 July 2011 (
check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that during the Hesperian,
Mars changed from a wet, warm world to today's dry, cold, and dusty planet?
"characterized by widespread volcanic activity and catastrophic flooding" - can something be a catastrophe if there is no-one around to be adversely affected by it? (AFAWK.) I thought that 'catastrophe' specifically meant 'bad' rather than just 'had a significant effect', but perhaps geologists use it differently. --
86.150.60.188 (
talk) 07:57, 16 July 2011 (UTC)reply
In geology the word usually means sudden and rapid as opposed to slow and gradual (i.e., happening in a geologic instant rather than over very long periods of time). I think the use goes back to the early days of the science when the primary debate was
catastrophism vs.
gradualism.
Schaffman (
talk) 10:22, 8 August 2011 (UTC)reply
Can we factor out the timeline diagram for easier sharing
The timeline graphics is drawn here and in the other two articles Noachian and Amazonian - How should we make it a shareable resource ? -
Rod57 (
talk) 10:33, 20 February 2019 (UTC)reply