Re: Clinton Iron ore

On Tue, 2 Dec 2003 21:15:27 -0600 "Glenn Morton"
<glennmorton@entouch.net> writes:

> While doing research on something else, I ran into this which
> explains the Clinton:
>
> "An unconsolidated submarine deposit of iron ooids and pisoids, located
> offshore the volcanic island Mahengetang, Indonesia, is described
herein.
> The deposit occurs in a shallow-marine setting, in an area
characterized by
> venting of hydrothermal fluids and expulsion of gas across the
> sediment-water interface.

Thanks Glenn, this is very interesting. I'll try to find the reference
my next trip to the library. In the meantime, if you see anything
linking this venting to marine blooms I'd appreciate that info also.

Looks like those "noxious chemicals that come out of volcanoes" may not
be so bad after all, at least in some instances.

Bill

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Received on Wed Dec 3 22:11:54 2003