Re: Geologists witness 'ocean birth'


"Dave Gerecke" <dave.gerecke@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:181220051518166702%dave.gerecke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> In article <PeWof.627039$x96.157925@attbi_s72>, George
> <george@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> "Dave Gerecke" <dave.gerecke@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:171220052143568378%dave.gerecke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > In article <VA.00000b3c.34af0ecf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
>> > Aidan Karley <doIlookDAFTenoughTOpost@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> >> In article <111220050024062249%dave.gerecke@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, Dave
>> >> Gerecke
>> >> wrote:
>> >> > How long before we see ocean water down Kenya way?
>> >> >
>> >> pROBABLY A FEW MILLIONS OF YEARS. (Bloody CapsLock key!) Were you
>> >> thinking of holding your breath?
>> >
>> > I was thinking that once it - the rift - got so far then you would
>> > have
>> > a wall of water heading down range.
>> > The photos I have seen show the rift valley as being below sea level.
>> > Sort of like the Black Sea when it opened.
>> > dave
>>
>> In fact, there is a place in Ethiopia where the red sea is seeping into
>> the
>> rift (I don't remember the name or location, but I remember it being
>> mentioned on a program about the rift valley a while back.
>>
>> George
> That's what I was remembering!
> So... When is the big splash or rather will there be a a big splash?
> dave

I think we've answered that question. Look at the above.

George


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