Re: Why was Earth a fiery hell 55 million years ago?

[Dora Smith <villandra@austin.rr.com>]

There is a clue here.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/science/article1711887.ece

It says that the volcanoes in question were along the eastern edge of 
Greenland and gave birth to the Atlantic Ocean.   There has to be more to 
that.    That is rather a far cry from Earth covered in volcanoes.    Was 
this enough volcanic activity?

Yours,
Dora Smith
Austin, TX
tiggernut24@yahoo.com

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Garth Godsman" <maniraptor@yahoo.com>
To: "Dinosaur Mailing List" <dinosaur@usc.edu>
Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2008 12:48 AM
Subject: RE: Why was Earth a fiery hell 55 million years ago?


> But a "firey hell"? But I suppose that's the kind of stupid hyperbole 
> you'd expect from tabloid television.
>
>  Okay, it was quite hot, but what is the evidence for such widespread 
> volcanic activity at the time. It strikes me that these are two possibly 
> different things.
>
>
>  regards
>
>  Garth


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