>What John Morris saw in the paper that dissuaded him of it's use was that
>the not all of the data was being reported by the YEC's (by him either, at
>the time) and therefore was not representative of the papers intent. It was
>clear to him after reading the paper that it had been misrepresented and he
>told me personally that he would not use it again.
On the other hand for samples of undetermined eruptive strategies, this
should always be a consideration. The Columbia River flood basalts are a
fine example of basalts which probably were erupted at depth (pillowing
evident and interbedded marine microfossils) and the Grand canyon basalts we
have heard so much about are others (columnar features), although the depth
was probably not that great.
Art
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