[Geysers] Mud pot article

[TSBryan at aol.com]

For those with access to journals by the Geological Society of America, the  
January 2007 issue of _Geology_, p. 85-88, has "Processes controlling water 
and  hydrocarbon composition in seeps fromthe Salton Sea geothermal system,  
California, USA." The location involved is the Davis-Schrimpf [typically called  
by we gazers, "McDonald-Schrimpf"] mud pot field.
 
Note that the article does NOT significantly discuss mud pot activity, but  
focusses primarily of the non-organic formation of hydrocarbon compounds. Note  
also that the mud cones are referred to as "gryphons," and the slight ground  
depressions among them are called "calderas."
 
Scott Bryan
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