Before or after dinner?
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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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...
Thanks, yefragetuwrabrumuy. The earth sure is an amazing creation.
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.
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.
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.
I’m not sure you could even call it “water” at that depth
and pressure.
Now that’s pretty interesting.
That said, I am now going to blame the Himalayas the next time I miss a straight in.
The fountains of the deep.
ocean of.... water?
seriously?
I’d never believe it
It’s not. It Hydroxide ions, chemically bonded within rock. Terribly misleading headline.
(Hydroxide, of course, is the primary constituent chemical of creme-filled chocolate cookies.)
> 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
I wanna be the first person to surf in Hell!
Before or after dinner?
and in the shade......great pic
Note: this topic is from 6/16/2014. Thanks blueplum.
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