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From: dreemz, [DNS_Address]
Subject: New Fault on seafloor and McYoung dream GOM ongoing trouble
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http://enenews.com/nbc-new-fault-on-seafloor-may-have-opened-up-after-bp-disaster-in-gulf-says-oceanographer-potential-for-an-indefinite-release-of-oil NBC: New fault on seafloor may have opened up from BP disaster in Gulf, says oceanographer — “Potential for an indefinite release of oil”? Published: February 18th, 2013 at 10:17 am ET By ENENews Title: Mystery ‘oil sheen’ grows near site of BP Gulf disaster, says researcher Source: NBC News Author: John Roach Date: Jan 31, 2013 h/t Anonymous tip Emphasis Added A persistent, mysterious “oil sheen” in the Gulf of Mexico near the site of BP’s Deepwater Horizon disaster grew to more than seven-miles long and one-mile wide during a recent stretch of calm seas, based on aerial observations made by a former NASA physicist turned environmental activist. [...] According to [Bonny Schumaker, the physicist who now runs the non-profit On Wings of Care], scientists who have sampled the sheen on several occasions “have consistently found the presence of alpha olefiens, which is a chemical bond signature of a man-made chemical you would not find in pure crude form.” That suggests, she explained, that the source of the sheen is “residual material coming from the wreckage.” [...] Ian MacDonald is an oceanographer and oil spill expert at Florida State University. Another possibility, he explained to NBC News, is that the sheen is from a “natural seep that somehow became more active than it was before because prior to 2011 or so we had not seen abundant oil slicks at that location.” [...] The concern, he noted, is trying to sort out its source. “The chemical data are a bit ambiguous.” Some analyses he’s seen suggest the presence of drilling fluid, which is consistent with what Schumaker has heard. But other analyses, from other sources that he said he’s privy to, find no drilling fluid. In that case, it’s possible that the wreckage in 2010 somehow opened up a new fault on the seafloor. That possibility is inconsistent with BP’s findings, but would nevertheless indicate potential for an indefinite release of oil. [...] |
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From: horst graben, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: don't know if you've seen this ... i found it interesting
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as it turns out ... Jack Reed's theory coincides with my own at several points ... and ... like his ... my theory is based on "well-defined earthquake trend[s]" Re: GOM & THE COMING MADRID EARTHQUAKE The New Madrid seismic zone in Missouri has long intrigued scientists because, according to conventional geologic theory, large earthquakes clustered in a tectonically quiet region are difficult to understand. But at least one AAPG member is challenging the crowd. New Orleans independent geologist Jack M. Reed believes the origin of the earthquakes lies beneath the Gulf of Mexico. That's not all. Reed, a retired Texaco geologist-geophysicist who has been studying the region's geology for over 40 years, says the accepted theory of a quiet geologic evolution of the Gulf of Mexico Basin is fundamentally flawed and needs to be revised. According to him, the Gulf was and is tectonically active -- and it is the likely origin for not only the New Madrid seismic activity, but also for the Middleton Place-Summerville seismic zone near Charleston, S.C. "For all the years I have worked the Gulf of Mexico Basin I have been forced to accept the 'passive' Gulf formation theory, which holds that the only movement in the basin is updip sedimentary loading that moved the salt southward," Reed said. "But there is little evidence to support this theory, and it doesn't fit what is observed geologically or geophysically. "As Hugh Wilson said (1993), 'It would be geologically unusual for such a large basin as the Gulf of Mexico to remain almost tectonically undisturbed for 170 million years while major orogenic disturbances repeatedly struck bordering areas.'" Reed, over the years, has gathered evidence that supports plate motion in the Gulf basin. Thick salt and sedimentary sequences in the basin mask this tectonic motion, but there is enough basin and peripheral evidence to show plate readjustment is occurring -- evidence, he says, in the form of volcanics, earthquakes and rift zones that are accompanied by magnetic, refraction, seismic and gravity data. Questions? Answers! One piece of this evidence, according to Reed, is the apparent connection of the New Madrid seismic zone with the Gulf rift features to the south. "This northeast trending earthquake zone appears to connect with the northeast trending Monroe Uplift, the LaSalle Arch and, possibly, to an active seismic zone located in and around Sabine Lake on the Texas-Louisiana border," he said. This complex of doming and seismic centers is similar to another Cretaceous age triple juncture located in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico Basin. Doming of the DeSoto Canyon High during the Jurassic to Cretaceous created this triple juncture, which includes the Cretaceous Shelf Edge, the Suwannee Strait and the West Florida Escarpment. If the New Madrid seismic zone is indeed part of a triple juncture, he continued, there should be an expression of this limb trending along a line in a northeast direction. So Reed conducted a study using data from the U.S. Geological Survey's National Earthquake Information Center and the USGS map "Earthquakes in the Conterminous United States." He only studied earthquakes measuring at least magnitude 5, and found that while most of the earthquake centers are random with no alignment, there is a well-defined earthquake trend extending northeastward from the New Madrid seismic zone across the United States to Canada, where it joins with the St. Lawrence River seismic zone. Within the boundaries of this earthquake alignment there are: Sixty-one seismic points that have a magnitude of 5 and greater. Several large earthquakes dating to the early 1800s, all measuring over magnitude 8, all occurring within a couple of months of each other, all centered in a northeast trending line. The two 5+ earthquakes that occurred earlier this year in northern New York state and southern Indiana. "There is definitely some form of movement occurring along this trend," Reed said, "and it appears to be active today." As he continued that trend south of New Madrid he found that it was in line with the Monroe Uplift. "Suddenly I could see that this area had doming much like I had seen at the Desoto Canyon in the Gulf," he said. "This entire zone through the United States is suffering some type of tectonic activity that I believe is tied to the deeply buried tectonics in the Gulf of Mexico." |
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From: horst graben, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: two better sources with more information on Jack Reed's theories
URL: http://www.aapg.org/explorer/2002/11nov/earthquake_map2_r3_c1.jpg
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Gulf's Evolution Makes the Shakes Gulf of Mexico Petroleum Geologist Says Tectonic Plates Actively Moving South |
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From: horst graben, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: and ... speaking of Edgar Cayce ... well why not
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As to conditions in the geography of the world, of the country -- changes here are gradually coming about ... For, many portions of the east coast will be disturbed, as well as many portions of the west coast, as well as the central portion of the U.S. In the next few years land will appear in the Atlantic as well as in the Pacific. And what is the coast line now of many a land will be the bed of the ocean. Even many battle fields of the present will be ocean, will be the seas, the bays, the lands over which The New World Order will carry on their trade as one with another. ... The Earth will be broken up in the western portion of America. The greater portion of Japan must go into the sea. The upper portion of Europe will be changed as in the twinkling of an eye. Land will appear off the east coast of America. When there is the first breaking up of some conditions in the South Sea and those as apparent in the sinking or rising of that that's almost opposite same, or in the Mediterranean, and the Etna area, then we many know it has begun. ... Portions of the now east coast of New York, or New York City itself, will in the main disappear. This will be another generation, though, here; while the southern portions of Carolina, Georgia -- these will disappear. This will be much sooner. The waters of the lakes will empty into the Gulf, rather than the waterway over which such discussions have been recently made. It would be well if the waterway were prepared, but not for that purpose for which it is at present being considered. Then the area where the entity is now located (Virginia Beach) will be among the safety lands, as will be portions of what is now Ohio, Indiana and Illinois, and much of the southern portion of Canada and the eastern portion of Canada; while the western land -- much of that is to be disturbed as, of course much in other lands. -- Edgar Cayce |
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From: horst graben, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: if you would be so kind ... define the word "GOM" please (NT)
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From: Karen in IL, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Horst - Gulf Of Mexico! - (NT)
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From: horst graben, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: doh ...!...
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From: burnedmyrrh, [DNS_Address]
Subject: New Fault on seafloor and McYoung dream GOM ongoing trouble
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Hi Dreemz! Good to see you posting again. Her same series of dreams came to mind when I saw this GoM floor article ... OY! Is all I can say on this! |
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From: pamela, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: New Fault on seafloor and McYoung dream GOM ongoing trouble
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Horst posted this link on envirowatchers in Dec 2012 Date: December 09, 2012 at 12:25:01 From: horst graben Subject: the truth about Deepwater Horizon spill "leaking out" URL: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2245173/New-evidence-suggests-BP-knowingly-downplayed-huge-scale-oil-leak-2010-Deepwater-Horizon-disaster.html not as fast or not with the volume of that gusher ... but ... leaking still New evidence suggests BP knowingly downplayed huge scale of oil leak in 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster Thousands of previously unread emails will be presented to court in February 2013 BP claim they always provided full disclosure on worst oil spill in history, new information seems to show otherwise |
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