From:	Sommers <sommers@*****.UMICH.EDU>
Subject:	Re: Petrolia? (Re: Considering things from St. Dunkhelzahn's
Date:	Wed, 20 May 1998 10:24:55 -0400

At 09:57 AM 5/20/98 EDT, you wrote:
>In a message dated 5/20/98 7:31:16 AM US Eastern Standard Time,
>sommers@*****.UMICH.EDU writes:
>
>> 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.
>>
>I don't think you should ever visit the nice, balmy, North Atlantic there
guy.
>Volcanic activity there is a commonplace thing in some areas....
>
>-K
>
That's true. I forgot about Iceland, for example, being created out of some
lava flows. But overall is there nearly as much activity there as in the
Pacific? Its been about 10-12 years since I had a lot of geography, so I'm
trying to remember. I know that one of the plates runs through the
Atlantic, but that it was a more stable meeting than the Pacific one.

Sommers