[general_re]

It seems like a likely way of forming similar 'berries' on Mars.

I had some coffee this morning and realized that this was more or less your point, but thanks for clarifying. Anyway, whenever someone talks about manganese nodules on the ocean bed, I get sidetracked into thinking about Project Jennifer for some reason ;)

[XBob]

I remember that, but forgot about the nodules.

It seems to me there were 3 'glomar' ships built, and several trips (mostly successful finally) to raise the soviet submarine.

They also worked in the South China sea, just off the coast of Vietnam for some reason, which I never heard revealed.