This is most interesting! Presumably, the hot basalt must have covered
the (still-growing) trees. I wonder how a leaf could leave an imprint on
liquid basalt. Recent basalt flows in Hawaii should be able to tell us
if this can indeed happen. Remember, we're talking here not of volcanic
ash (like Pompeii) but basalt lava flow.
Any ideas, anyone?
T.T. Vandergraaf
Geochemistry Research Branch
Whiteshell Laboratories
Pinawa, MB R0E 1L0
Canada
*vandergraaft@aecl.ca
((204) 753-2311 xt. 2592
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>From: Adrian Teo[SMTP:AdrianTeo@mailhost.net]
>Sent: December 10, 1997 11:52 AM
>To: American Scientific Affliation
>Subject: [Fwd:More radiometric dating problems!]
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>Here's one more from the YEC camp:
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