<HTML><HEAD> <META charset=US-ASCII http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1491" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff"> <DIV>In a message dated 3/20/2005 19:57:40 PM Pacific Standard Time, jacross@lamar.ColoState.EDU writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT face=Arial>I think that a study of the seasons' effects on geysers would be much more<BR>informative.  Aurum Geyser responds to groundwater levels, </FONT></BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT face=Arial>-snip- and I am sure there are quite a<BR>few other examples.</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV>Yes, such as the Disturbance (a.k.a, the Seasonal Disturbance) at Norris. I still contend that a similar, though more subdued process takes place in the Upper Basin... As for the tidal business, difficult for sure -- but let us not forget that negative results can yield strongly positive conclusions.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Scott Bryan</DIV></BODY></HTML>