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

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

Here's another eruption.   Massive Carribean volcano, this time!

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/horizon/sept98/sea.htm

It doesn't tell much detail about this massive Carribean volcano, nor why 
the Earth's environment was already on the edge.   Should I be researching 
the birth of the mid-Atlantic ridge?    But it does not say that the 
Carribean volcano was part of it.   However, I had the idea that the 
Atlantic Ocean was born off Texas, in the Gulf of Mexico.

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

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dora Smith" <villandra@austin.rr.com>
To: <dinosaur@usc.edu>
Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2008 8:41 AM
Subject: Re: Why was Earth a fiery hell 55 million years ago?


> 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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