<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.5730.11" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV>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.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>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."</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Scott Bryan</DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>