[Geysers] Research on Tidal effects

[Ron Keam]

Dear Scott Kronholm:

There was a flurry of items on this topic posted on this list in 
mid-September 1999, and Katherine Luketina and I subsequently wrote a 
short item which was published in Sput Vol.13, No.6, Dec 1999 pages 5 
-7. Some points made there just might be of use.  However, I would be 
very cautious about taking on this subject as a senior research topic 
because of the large and unresolved uncertainties surrounding it.  Of 
course, if the study were centred on demonstrating how difficult 
topics such as this can result in widely different opinions existing, 
then these items could provide quite a number of references, but 
incontrovertible evidence to provide a demonstrable link between 
tidal influences and geyser behaviour will be very hard to prove 
without a lot of statistical investigation.

Ron Keam

>Hey everybody,
>      This isn't directly geyser related, but I thought
>I would ask anyway.  If anyone had an answer for me I
>knew this would be the best place to ask.
>
>      I'm a college student who has been on the server
>for a few years now.  My senior research project is
>due next year, but I am trying to get a head start on
>it.  So, I was wondering if it would be a good project
>to look at the effects of tidal forces (caused by the
>moons gravity) on a geysers interval and/or duration?
>Does anyone know if this would be a possible project
>for me to do?  If so, is there anyone who would know
>where I could find some information relating to it.  I
>figured I would use Old Faithful as the subject of my
>study because I could use the old data logger info
>that is still online. 
>
>      I would like any comments that anyone has to say.
>  Thanks for your time. 
>
>Scott Kronholm
>St. Paul, Minnesota
>
>
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