[Geysers] Possible sources of Oblong info

[Michael Goldberg]

Thanks, Scott and Jeff, for the information and corrections!

Michael Goldberg
Michael.Goldberg at uc.edu

On Thu, 9 Jul 2015, TSBryan at aol.com wrote:

> Yep, I have it, Transactions v. 1, pages 84-85. Interesting recollections.
> The first known Oblong series were in 1986, not 1988.
>
> In July 1988 (the only month for which I had detailed info), Oblong's
> intervals ranged from a short of 15h 54m to 47h 30m; these intervals are known
> singles from the use of runoff channel markers. The mean interval (which was
> all-but-meaningless given the range) was 30h 58m.
>
> During that month, there were six recorded cases where an Oblong eruption
> was followed by a short-interval follow-up eruption. These six intervals
> were 2h  14m, 2h 14m [yes, two identical values], 2h 04m, ~2h 05m, and <3h.
> There was  one recorded case of a second follow-up eruption, when the second of
> those 2h  14m intervals saw a third eruption just 33 minutes later.
>
> In the text, I wrote: "As first seen during 1986, Oblong may have a series
> of eruptions rather than a single isolated play." Then, after listing the
> follow-up eruptions of July 1988, I stated: "These values in each case are
> entirely in accord with the observations of 1986-87."
>
> Scott Bryan
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>
> In a message dated 7/8/2015 11:11:55 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time,
> goldbeml at ucmail.uc.edu writes:
>
> As far  as I know, the first reports of Oblong series were in 1988, when
> Oblong  was only erupting every day or so.  There is probably a good
> summary  in Phil Landis' annual report.
>
> Scott Bryan's article on the  Grotto-Giant Complex in Transactions 1
> may also discuss Oblong's behavior  that year.
>
> Does anyone have these volumes on hand who can look up the  details?
> I think I know where our family's copies are, but I do not have  ready
> access to them at the  moment.
>
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