<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <STYLE> .hmmessage P { margin:0px; padding:0px } body.hmmessage { font-size: 10pt; font-family:Verdana } </STYLE> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16850" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY class=hmmessage> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=378321313-11062009><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#0000ff>I had similar thoughts regarding what is being referred to as a "series".  Geysers are awash in undefined or vague terminology, some of it purposefully.  Don't we just love all the gray areas?</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=378321313-11062009><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#0000ff></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=378321313-11062009><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#0000ff>One definition for the word series is "a group or number of similar or related things arranged in a row" and "applies to a number of similar, more or less related things following one another in time or place".  Since "similar" is part of this definition I'd like to exclude the word series when describing eruptions that significantly differ, such as majors vs. minors.  Other than coming out of the same hole I do not consider them to be similar or we wouldn't apply the terms major or minor to them.  Just my opinion.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=378321313-11062009><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#0000ff></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=378321313-11062009><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#0000ff>Synonyms to series <FONT color=#0000ff>include set, string, chain, sequence, group, progression, suite, array, and several others.  Since so many words exist perhaps different types of eruption sequences deserve specific "official" (hopefully non-interchangeable) terms.  Personally, I like the words set, string, sequence and progression and would like to see them used instead of the word series for differing eruption types.  I prefer a more scholarly person than myself to make the choices.</FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=378321313-11062009><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#0000ff></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=378321313-11062009><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#0000ff>I offer a few things to consider.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=378321313-11062009><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#0000ff>1) Eruptions wherein durations are shorter than the pause between two or more bursts.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=378321313-11062009><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#0000ff>2) Eruptions wherein durations are longer than the pause between two or more bursts.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=378321313-11062009><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#0000ff>3) Eruptions wherein pauses or durations progressively lengthen or shorten (two types).</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=378321313-11062009><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#0000ff>4) Eruptions wherein pauses and durations progress inversely (two opposing types?).</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=378321313-11062009><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#0000ff></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=378321313-11062009><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#0000ff>Maybe this is all too complicated and we should just foggettabouttit.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#0000ff></FONT> </DIV> <P><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#007600>Thanks,</FONT></SPAN> <BR><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face="Script MT Bold" color=#007600 size=4>Udo Freund</FONT></SPAN> <BR><SPAN lang=en-us><I><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#ff0000 size=1>The difficult we do immediately, the impossible takes us a little longer, but performing magic is best left to professional magicians.</FONT></I></SPAN></P> <P><SPAN lang=en-us><B><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#008000 size=2>I will be on vacation 6/19 - 6/29</FONT></B></SPAN> </P> <DIV> </DIV><BR> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left> <HR tabIndex=-1> <FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> geysers-bounces@lists.wallawalla.edu [mailto:geysers-bounces@lists.wallawalla.edu] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Lynn Stephens<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, June 09, 2009 5:38 PM<BR><B>To:</B> geysers@lists.wallawalla.edu<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: [Geysers] Geysers that Erupt in Series<BR></FONT><BR></DIV> <DIV></DIV>In order to answer this, I would have to know what you consider "series".  It appears to me there are at least two definitions of "series" in your list.  What would you consider Atomizer, Till, and Lone Pine eruptions for example where Atomizer has minor eruptions leading up to the major and Till and Lone Pine have minor eruptions after the main eruption.  How also would you handle Narcissus, with its long-short-long-short pattern?  Do you consider that a "series"?<BR> <BR>> From: Jeff.Cross@wallawalla.edu<BR>> To: geysers@lists.wallawalla.edu<BR>> Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2009 16:34:06 -0700<BR>> Subject: [Geysers] Geysers that Erupt in Series<BR>> <BR>> I would like to know what percent of geysers in Yellowstone erupt in series.<BR>> <BR>> I would like to solicit the opinions of everyone on this list. Do you agree<BR>> with my assessment of whether the following large, well-known geysers<BR>> erupt in series?<BR>> <BR>> Old Faithful (no)<BR>> Beehive (no)<BR>> Lion (yes)<BR>> Giantess (yes)<BR>> Castle (yes, it has minors)<BR>> Grand (yes, though we call them bursts)<BR>> Giant (no)<BR>> Daisy (no)<BR>> Splendid (yes)<BR>> Riverside (no)<BR>> Fan and Mortar (yes, the eruption pauses after about the 10 minute mark)<BR>> Artemisia (no, usually)<BR>> Great Fountain (yes)<BR>> Fountain (no)<BR>> Morning (no)<BR>> Steamboat (no)<BR>> Echinus (no, not usually?)<BR>> <BR>> Jeff Cross<BR>> jeff.cross@wallawalla.edu_______________________________________________<BR>> Geysers mailing list<BR>> Geysers@lists.wallawalla.edu<BR>> https://lists.wallawalla.edu/mailman/listinfo/geysers<BR><BR> <HR> Hotmail® has ever-growing storage! 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