Re: Greeting from Japan

[djsmith@ccnet.com (Derek Smith)]

Hi, all.
I was wondering if somebody (somebodies?) could clear up a point for me:

>Japanese newspaper reported nodosaurid dinosaur and 
>plesiosaur fossil found from Hokkaido, the north island of the four 
>major islands in Japan.  

The Japanese islands are mostly volcanic, aren't they?  I was under the
impression that
one doesn't find too many fossils in volcanic rocks - pretty much only in
sedimentary
rocks.  So, are these fossils unusual in this respect?  Or do I just plain
have the wrong impression?

Showing my Geologic Ignorance,

Derek Smith
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