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Scientists discover massive ocean of water 400 miles underground
The Verge ^ | June 14, 2014 2:20am | Kwame Opam

Posted on 06/16/2014 1:51:37 PM PDT by blueplum

Researchers at Northwestern University have found evidence for a massive reservoir of water deep within the Earth's mantle. The reservoir, which is said to be three times the volume of the oceans on the surface, is contained within highly-pressurized rock known as ringwoodite. The scientists hope that their findings, recently published in the journal Science, can shed light on where Earth's oceans came from.

THREE TIMES THE VOLUME OF THE OCEANS ON EARTH'S SURFACE

The team, led by mineralogist Steven Jacobsen, used an array of 2000 seismometers to study how seismic waves generated by earthquakes move through the Earth's interior. The waves' speed changed depending on the type of rock they pass through, and wet ringwoodite has a particular effect on wave velocity. Jacobsen was able to reproduce

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TOPICS: Science
KEYWORDS: alreadyposted; beijinganomaly; catastrophism; diamonds; massiveocean; northwesternu; ntsa; originoftheoceans; ringwoodite; stevenjacobsen; subduction; tethysocean; wadatibenioffzone
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To: blueplum
Liberals are crying over this one...

After the 'global warming' scams fall apart - the next one was going to be 'water shortages'. This ruins that fear mongering 'next' cause.... Democrats are not happy campers...

61 posted on 06/16/2014 2:48:03 PM PDT by GOPJ (#2 reply spot RESERVED for Tokyo Rose comments: "nothing works - give up - it's all hopeless".)
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To: yefragetuwrabrumuy

Thanks, yefragetuwrabrumuy. The earth sure is an amazing creation.


62 posted on 06/16/2014 3:04:23 PM PDT by blueplum
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To: SampleMan

Not really. The mass of the oceans is trivial to the thickness of the Earth. With the Marianas trench and Mount Everest, the surface of the Earth is smoother than a brand-new cue ball.


63 posted on 06/16/2014 3:04:49 PM PDT by dangus
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To: dangus

Buckminster Fuller compared it to the thickness of the
ink on a 16” globe of the earth.
Glad I had a chance to hear him.


64 posted on 06/16/2014 3:08:30 PM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: blueplum

Don’t worry the anti-fracking folks are probably tooling up a campaign that drilling wells and fracking will cause that entire water source to be polluted.


65 posted on 06/16/2014 3:10:47 PM PDT by GreyFriar (Spearhead - 3rd Armored Division 75-78 & 83-87)
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To: dangus

I’m not sure you could even call it “water” at that depth
and pressure.


66 posted on 06/16/2014 3:13:27 PM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: blueplum

Now that’s pretty interesting.


67 posted on 06/16/2014 3:22:08 PM PDT by OldNewYork
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To: dangus
I just did the math, and sure enough, its a much smaller factor than I at first assumed.

That said, I am now going to blame the Himalayas the next time I miss a straight in.

68 posted on 06/16/2014 3:22:11 PM PDT by SampleMan (Feral Humans are the refuse of socialism.)
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To: Oliviaforever

The fountains of the deep.


69 posted on 06/16/2014 3:24:27 PM PDT by WorkingClassFilth
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To: a fool in paradise

ocean of.... water?

seriously?

I’d never believe it


70 posted on 06/16/2014 6:02:50 PM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: tet68

It’s not. It Hydroxide ions, chemically bonded within rock. Terribly misleading headline.


71 posted on 06/17/2014 5:20:40 AM PDT by dangus
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To: dangus

(Hydroxide, of course, is the primary constituent chemical of creme-filled chocolate cookies.)


72 posted on 06/17/2014 5:22:23 AM PDT by dangus
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To: blueplum

> The earth sure is an amazing creation.

That’s an understatement. Check out:

The Crystal Cave of Giants, Naica, Mexico.

http://www.stormchaser.ca/caves/naica/naica.html

The Danxia landform, Zhangye, Province of Gansu, China. The color is the result of an accumulation for millions of years of red sandstone and other rocks.

http://www.unc.edu/~cpringle/Pringle%27s%20Webpage/img/CrazyColors.jpg

The Richat Structure, found in Maur Adar Desert in Mauritania, the Richat Structure formed when a volcanic dome hardened and then gradually eroded. What resulted was strange concentric rings of rock.

http://eoimages.gsfc.nasa.gov/images/imagerecords/2000/2861/landsat_art_richat.jpg

Fly Geyser in the Black Rock Desert, Nevada.

http://cdn.all-that-is-interesting.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/fly-geyser-green.jpg


73 posted on 06/17/2014 6:11:41 AM PDT by yefragetuwrabrumuy ("Don't compare me to the almighty, compare me to the alternative." -Obama, 09-24-11)
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To: blueplum

I wanna be the first person to surf in Hell!


74 posted on 06/17/2014 6:23:37 AM PDT by wxgesr (I wanna be the first person to surf on another planet......)
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To: wxgesr
I wanna be the first person to surf in Hell!

Before or after dinner?


75 posted on 06/17/2014 6:52:13 AM PDT by JRios1968 (I'm guttery and trashy, with a hint of lemon. - Laz)
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To: JRios1968

and in the shade......great pic


76 posted on 06/17/2014 9:00:45 AM PDT by wxgesr (I wanna be the first person to surf on another planet......)
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To: blueplum
Note: this topic is from 6/16/2014. Thanks blueplum.

77 posted on 12/15/2014 8:31:37 AM PST by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/ _____________________ Celebrate the Polls, Ignore the Trolls)
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Amazingly, the earths water is really a miniscule amount | 5/15/2012 | thanks central_va.

Amazingly, the earths water is really a miniscule amount
The Louis Frank keyword:
78 posted on 12/21/2014 7:55:37 AM PST by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/ _____________________ Celebrate the Polls, Ignore the Trolls)
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To: SampleMan
If this is true, then something down there has to be a lot denser than we thought...

It's full of liberals.

79 posted on 12/21/2014 7:56:47 AM PST by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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