| From: | Sommers <sommers@*****.UMICH.EDU> |
|---|---|
| Subject: | Re: Petrolia? (Re: Considering things from St. Dunkhelzahn's |
| Date: | Wed, 20 May 1998 08:30:40 -0400 |
>In a message dated 98-05-19 16:10:21 EDT, you write:
>
><< The statement is 301 KM's west of Petrolia...big Volcanic Eruption....and
>the
> "land and mineral rites" are being given to Federated Boeing. That last
> statement led me to believe that the "land" might not exist yet, hence
we're
> doing this in the Pacific Ocean. >>
>
>K, you're being an American again <g>. How do we know its not going to be in
>the middle of the Atlantic, 301 km west of something in Europe (or Africa...
>hell, even India)
>
>
For one thing, the Pacific Rim is very geologically active (that whole Ring
of Fire thing). IIRC, neither the Atlantic nor Indian Oceans have very much
difficulty with volcanoes/earthquakes. Not saying that they can't have
some, its just much more likely in the Pacific.
And I thought for land masses, whoever plants on it first gets it. That's
what they do in Hawaii, for example, when a lava flow cools enough to
create for land.
Sommers
