To: TigerLikesRooster; Junior; VadeRetro; Ichneumon
10. Rafts of floating pumice-locally thick enough to support men, trees, and no doubt other biological passengers-crossed the Indian Ocean in 10 months. Others reached Melanesia, and were still afloat two years after the eruption. This is interesting as a method of spreading "local" species around. It wouldn't happen often, but apparently it does happen.
12 posted on
06/01/2004 6:59:09 AM PDT by
PatrickHenry
(Hic amor, haec patria est.)
To: PatrickHenry
One problem with the pumice raft. You don't want to catch it at the launch point.
To: PatrickHenry
Re #12
Yeah, that is an interesting way to look at it. I came across no one who mentioned it as a means to spread species.
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