RE: "T-rex&theCommetofDoom", plus some Science!

[Stanley Friesen <sarima@ix.netcom.com>]

At 09:19 AM 9/22/98 -0400, Thomas R. Holtz, Jr. wrote:
>Now, to some science:
>
>...
>Well, some minor similarities, but the events going on in the 
>Galapagos Archipelago are extremely limited in scope, ..
>  The last big event on that scale (and still smaller than the 
>Deccan) were the Columbia Flood Basalts in the Neogene.  Of 
>course, if Yellowstone turns out to be generated by a mantle 
>plume, and it were to finally erupt on a big scale, we could get
>a pretty good understanding of flood basalts... :-(

Actually, there is good reason to suspect that the Columbia Basalts formed
during the initial eruptions of the Yellowstone Hotspot.  Similarly, the
Deccans seem to be associated with the initial phase of the Seychelles
Hotspot.

It seems unlikely to me that the Yellowstone Hotspot will be rejuvenated to
that extent.

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