Re: Mesozoic snow - refined

["James R. Cunningham" <jrccea@bellsouth.net>]

Phil Bigelow wrote:

> The currents and the temperature flux of the Interior Seaway can only be
> hypothesized.  There was a paper published a few years ago on this very
> subject (using computer modeling, as I recall).

Two papers actually.  One of them is available electronically on the
internet.  You might wish to contact Rudy directly for the other one.

>  Today's Gulf Stream does strange things to northern Europe.  Palm trees
> grow in western Ireland.  Citizens of Narvik, Norway bring picnic lunches
> to the beach on New Year's Day.

I hang out some in western Ireland.  I promise you that there isn't a strong
resemblance to Florida, palm trees or no..

> There are no modern analogs to the Maastrictian hydrosphere.  The only
> large tropical epieric seas that exist today are found in the Indonesian
> Archipelago and the waters between Australia and New Guinea, but neither
> of these seas have the correct geometry and boundaries of the late
> Mesozoic Interior Seaway.

Hudson Bay may come closest, and it isn't very close.

> IMHO, Atlanta, GA is only comfortable during the winter.  But I come from
> the Pacific Northwet, so take my opinion with a grain of salt.

IMHO, Atlanta is most comfortable when seen in one's rear view mirror, but
I'm not from there, and I digress.

All the best,
JimC