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smartmart · Unfettered Joined: 26 Jul 2007 Posts: 351

(spec) Deep sea drilling sation emplacements

**Posted:** Fri Oct 12, 2007 11:06 am

Melampus · Unfettered Joined: 25 Jul 2007 Posts: 653

Good find! Curioser and curioser...

**Posted:** Fri Oct 12, 2007 11:16 am

dalphx

Those plate's disrupted by the drilling stations, Could be why the news cast said "earthquake" from those plates being messed with.

**Posted:** Fri Oct 12, 2007 12:13 pm

smartmart · Unfettered Joined: 26 Jul 2007 Posts: 351

**Posted:** Fri Oct 12, 2007 12:21 pm

dalphx

**Posted:** Fri Oct 12, 2007 12:22 pm

smartmart · Unfettered Joined: 26 Jul 2007 Posts: 351

maybe just a side effect of the intense drilling, this is what i think about the monster :http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=21427&start=15

**Posted:** Fri Oct 12, 2007 12:28 pm

Fehdman_Kassad · Boot Joined: 10 Oct 2007 Posts: 58

Can we tell if they are subduction or divergent fault lines?

Subduction faults are more likely to house a creature that once lived on the surface while divergent fault lines are bringing up new material from the earth's core.

**Posted:** Fri Oct 12, 2007 12:33 pm

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smartmart · Unfettered Joined: 26 Jul 2007 Posts: 351

**Posted:** Fri Oct 12, 2007 12:39 pm

Fehdman_Kassad · Boot Joined: 10 Oct 2007 Posts: 58

Has anyone noticed that the Chuai Station (nestled on the picturesque Mid-Atlantic Ridge) would appear right in the centre of the globe that is the background for the ParafFun! logo?

I checked it out in Google Earth and the placement fits damn near perfectly. Now THAT is a pretty weird coincidence since the positioning of the globe behind the ParafFun! logo is a very weird projection of the earth.

**Posted:** Fri Oct 12, 2007 1:12 pm

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rhesusmonkeyboy · Decorated Joined: 11 Oct 2007 Posts: 183 Location: SEARCH

Fault lines

**Posted:** Fri Oct 12, 2007 1:34 pm

smartmart · Unfettered Joined: 26 Jul 2007 Posts: 351

Re: Fault lines

**Posted:** Fri Oct 12, 2007 1:39 pm

rhesusmonkeyboy · Decorated Joined: 11 Oct 2007 Posts: 183 Location: SEARCH

Tectonic plates is trickier

**Posted:** Fri Oct 12, 2007 2:18 pm

dalphx

Re: Tectonic plates is trickier

**Posted:** Fri Oct 12, 2007 2:24 pm

smartmart · Unfettered Joined: 26 Jul 2007 Posts: 351

Re: Tectonic plates is trickier

**Posted:** Fri Oct 12, 2007 2:25 pm

Euchre · uF Game Warden Joined: 29 Aug 2007 Posts: 3342

Fehdman_Kassad brings up a good point about divergent or convergent locations. Divergent locations, where sea floor spreading occurs, is of course where volcanic activity happens and new seafloor is made, and drives the motion of the tectonic plates. Volcanism and the thermal vents also mentioned mean heat - and we know that DSN does not do well unless it's nearly freezing. You don't have to go too far from these rifts in the plates to cool off quickly. If the Chuai station is on the warmest portion of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, then it's less likely DSN is what they are drilling for there. If it's just off of it where it's cold enough for the DSN, perhaps the warmth nearby plays an important role. I'm of the school of thought that suggests the prospecting for DSN is what creates the activity that causes the monster to emerge, but that DSN is not necessarily directly involved. The location being in an area that could be too warm for DSN makes it seem that such prospecting isn't the impetus for the monster to emerge. If that's the case, DSN would be the biggest red herring around - but why is it the glue that has tied our trail of clues together?

I'm going to do some of my own work with the maps. I'd like to ask smartmart - what did you use to do the graphics work?

**Posted:** Fri Oct 12, 2007 10:53 pm

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