Re: Kensington runestone Vegetation)in the Scandinavian press

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On 14 Jun 2005 15:19:28 GMT, Philip Deitiker <Nopdeitik@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Eric Stevens wrote: 67msa1db9tsd478omd0n8l7765p5vjkvjc@ 

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You don't seem to know that the Ohman land consisted of 

hills rising

from an existing swamp. Why else do you think they called 

it

'Runestone Hill'?

Because there was a runestone found, allegedly 

Runestone hill rises from flat land with adjacent lakes. Along
the lakes are bogs in some areas, the general area of the
runestone is characterized by isolated lakes, some of which
have been dried up. The land itself was elevated with regard
to the red river.

[Here's how we do it, Eric]

http://www.state.nd.us/ndgs/pembina/Pembina.htm
http://www.state.nd.us/ndgs/pembina/images/agassiz0.jpg
http://www.geo.umn.edu/mgs/srtm_15in.jpg



... and here is how I do it http://tinyurl.com/cmf7c

(Close the advertisement if it pops up in the middle of everything).
Note that the water levels are modern and lower than the 19th century
levels which are now being restored by the construction of dams.



Please observe that when there was a lake and not a swamp around the
Runestone Hill, which wasn't as long ago as some of you think, it didn't
take much to have that lake emptied out. Start by looking at this url, a
redirected view of the url Eric sent + added information
http://mapserver.maptech.com/homepage/index.cfm?lat=45.81111&lon=-95.6700408
&scale=24000&zoom=100&type=1&height=498&width=498&icon=0&searchscope=dom&CFI
D=3501781&CFTOKEN=68274516&scriptfile=http://mapserver.maptech.com/homepage/
index.cfm&bpid=MAP0060030900%2C1%2C1%2C0&latlontype=DMS


	For the love of God! Use shorter url-makers! Like this:

	http://tinyurl.com/dbl4j




Now while it's less then 44 ft eviation between the highest point = Runesone
Hill and the lakes west and east of the Hill, you also can see that it took
less than 10ft change with or without landrise over time to empty the lake
with the impact of large swamps around and two small lakes west-south-west
of the Runestone hill. This is the area you have to look at. Not only for
changes after the draination started and for what will be when the area is
restored. You will also have to realise that landrise is a retarding
movement and while it's close to none today it still was rising two hundred
years ago in the area northeast of the Runestone Hill, which means that you
will get a better view of how the area looked like 700 years ago if you
follow 1370 or 1380 'line' on the map. That's not entirely correct but will
give you a better understanding of the past's terrain then present days'
maps but also better understanding than if you were looking on 1880's maps.

And that would make it even more the case that the Kensington area was not drained by the Red River system. IOW, not lots of help for a band on the run who'd been navigating the Red.

--
Tom McDonald
http://ahwhatdoiknow.blogspot.com/
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