Re: Geology Question (KRS related)

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On Sat, 04 Feb 2006 10:49:24 +1300, Eric Stevens
<eric.stevens@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:


All of this started when you wrote

"The KRS was discovered buried in soil that one might safely
predicate was a bit "swampy" or "boggy";"

The KRS was found near the top of a hill and I have never
previously heard the point of discovery discovered as either
swampy or boggy. I then suggested that you might be jumping to a
conclusion here and gave my reasons why. (see above)

If I may interject (without taking sides): whether the KRS was
on a hill or in a swamp doesn't really matter. What matters is
that it was embedded in soil, and this I know, there was this
tree grown over it. Soils in this area are largely acidic. Maybe
not as acidic as a fully developed swamp, but certainly not
basic and far from neutral.

The KRS was found close to a knoll it was in an area that had not
been swampy in 100s of years. Soil acidy in the northern climate is
quite high, alkalinity occurs proximal to continental areas with
ancient reefs and limestone. We have swamps along the coast that have
alkaline soil at the base of the guadalupe river. There are swamps in
florida and mexico with alkaline soil. There are highland areas all
across the northeastern US with acidic soils. Many of the mountainous
soils of Japan are acidic. Soil acidity is often more governed by
distribution of limestone deposits and annual rainfall rates (and in
modern times proximity to coal burning plants) versus proximity to
swamps.
.

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