My sediments exactly.
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This thread rocks
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Folks, sporadic trapdraw listener and professional geologist here. Also happy to provide my services to the boys.
@rocksforbrains is the real deal though, thatās the guy we all thought weād be when picking our major. Iām just a dude with a bachelors degree who works as an environmental consultant. You got any pollution in the ground you need help with Iām your guy.
Letās talk depositional environments if we ever wind up at the same refuge event @rocksforbrains 
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Since the earth is cooling does the crust continually get thicker?
Also a licensed geologist here to answer any Earth related questions.
There are dozens of us!
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Nope. The crust is constantly being recycled via plate tectonics. Crustal thickness has probably varied throughout geologic time during periods of tectonic quiescence, but there are a variety of forces in play that keep it relatively stable.
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Have any of you geologists answered whether we can drop a small nuke in a volcano? The people demand answers
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I donāt remember much from my 8th grade Geology class, but I do remember that the teacher enjoyed to throw out terms like cleavage and thin-skinned thrusting.
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Iām pretty sure we āCANā but as a layperson I would guess that nothing really would happen besides throwing radioactive shit everywhere.
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Not a doctor geologist but I would think that since volcano eruptions are caused by magma stuff happening inside the crust blowing up a nuke above the ground probably wouldnāt do much
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Iām pretty sure putting a nuke into a volcano is Dr Evilās master plan in Austin Powers 3
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I also have a geology degree and worked in the industry for a bit but eventually switched careers. If you guys ever want to talk rocks (or minerals) hit me up
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For all the geology bois out there, Iāve wondered something for a long time. Half dome in Yosemite is a big ass granite formation. Was that once part of a strato volcano? I vaguely remember learning that granite is cooled magma I think? Idk.
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I actually did a project on this in college. Half dome and many of the features in Yosemite are batholiths. Theyāre basically giant cooled bubbles of magma that get pushed to the surface, giving it the unique shape.
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Noted for their ability to destroy horcruxes
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As we say, itās all about the basins.
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Donāt stare into their crystals
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While the interior of the Earth is cooling, it happening very slowly. Decay of radioactive elements keeps things warm, without it the interior would have cooled not too long after the Earth formed.
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