[Geysers] April 09 Sput correction

[Lynn Stephens]

I haven't received the April 09 Sput yet, but I do have the file I sent to Tom and Genean.  Actually, I made two typographical errors--the first is the -292 that should have been -282, as Scott noted.  The second is a topographical error in the depth of the Salton Sea, which should have been -227 according to the Death Valley nps.gov website.  Placement of the Salton Sea in the table is correct, but the depth listed was incorrect.

 

Lynn Stephens
 


From: TSBryan at aol.com
Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2009 18:12:24 -0500
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Subject: [Geysers] April 09 Sput correction


In receipt of the April 09 Sput (on March 4, for Udo's record -- and what? you want me to pay... again?), I'm afraid another correction is necessary. In this case, I'm sure this is correcting a typo, but nonetheless:
 
-- The lowest __official__ elevation is Death Valley is -282 feet (not the -292 as given in the Sput, page 18)
 
-- Several people have reported obtaining GPS values of -289 feet out on the salt flat west of Badwater. This I find perfectly reasonable, given that Death Valley is an active, evolving place and has, west-up versus east-down, tilted by as much as 20 feet in less than 2,000 years. Nevertheless, the NPS officially accepts -282, calling reports of -289 "popular misinformation."
    The -282 is from the USGS, and that survey was many years ago. Therefore......
 
-- I guess that table on page 18 also needs to move Salton Sea above Vpadina Akchanaya in the list.
 
Scott Bryan
 
P.S. Like the fact that the Spring 2009 issue of Sierra magazine notes locations with geysers as prime candidates for geothermal power plants? Yes, indeed.


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