Words beginning graduate students don't know

[Dan Goncharoff]

I seem to recall that the Hudson Palisades were so named because the strata
were vertical, at least in some sections.

DanG


On Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 10:31 AM, Baker, John <JBAKER at stradley.com> wrote:

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> I think many of us are more familiar with the meaning "a line of steep
> cliffs especially along a river or ocean" than with the meaning "a fence of
> stakes especially for defense," although the latter is the older meaning.
>  In my case, I think first of the Kentucky River Palisades.  Apparently the
> Hudson Palisades were the original.
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> Torbert is correct:
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> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palisade
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> > I thought palisades were a bunch of vertical bis-ass logs. Correct me
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> > I'm wrong.
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> > On Thu, Oct 10, 2013 at 11:29 PM, W Brewer <brewerwa at gmail.com>
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> > > Postdoctorally, I resided at the Hoffleit house for a year or so in
> > > Pacific
> > > Palisades CA, so I think palisades must be cliffs. But I don't know
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