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To: Boot Hill
"The Caroline Islands are volcanic in origin, but I'm unaware of any current volcanic activity"

That's because there isn't any. I was in the Carolines not long ago- not an active volcano to be found.

From NASA:

"Studies of the Eastern Caroline Islands in the western Pacific indicate that the islands were formed by a hot spot located near the paleoequator between 1 and 11 Ma. The islands show a linear progression by mean ages from 1 Ma in the east (Kusaie) to 11 Ma in the west (Truk). The results of volumetric measurements and geochemical studies suggest that the hot spot source is waning and perhaps was slowly dying during the time Truk, Ponape, and Kusaie were being formed".

597 posted on 01/08/2005 4:30:56 PM PST by daylate-dollarshort (s/v Musashi I)
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To: daylate-dollarshort

Kind of suspected that, thanks for posting the information. When, where, why, how long were you there, and how did you get to, from and around the Carolines? I'm already jealous as hell, so you can't make it any worse by sharing the details.

--Boot Hill


604 posted on 01/08/2005 4:56:11 PM PST by Boot Hill (Candy-gram for Osama bin Mongo, candy-gram for Osama bin Mongo!!!)
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