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<DIV>I am very uncertain as to the use of the term "dormancy" for these groups.
In the case of the Giant Group, there has essentially always been activity among
those geysers, mostly by Bijou but spritzing by Catfish, boiling in Mastiff and
even surging (yes, down inside the vent but still present) in Giant. Attached is
a photo of Bijou taken in October (yes, October) 1978. I think you can see the
colored bacteria on the cone as well as on the platform, the result of constant
wetting by the Bijou and other activity. Although I have no photo proof of it, I
can certainly remember plants (if not flowers) on the platform. But I also know
that annual wildflowers can sprout in a minimum of soil and do so...
well... annually. This in the middle of the "dormancy."</DIV>
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<DIV>Much the same can be said of the Daisy Group. Comet never quit, there was
action by Bonita and Radiator, as well as by numerous sputs on the "platform"
near Splendid. </DIV>
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<DIV>I guess maybe this business of group dormancy can be said of the other
places cited but, overall, I think Jeff's proposed paper might be doomed from
the start.</DIV>
<DIV><BR>Scott Bryan</DIV>
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<DIV>In a message dated 8/2/2011 7:32:35 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time,
jeff.cross@utah.edu writes:</DIV>
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style="BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px"><FONT
style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial>I recall
overhearing once that during the period of Giant Geyser's dormancy from 1959
through the gradual reactivation in the mid-1980s, wildflowers and grasses
grew on the Giant platform. Is this indeed true?<BR><BR>How many other
groups of geysers have gone dormant all at once, as the Giant Group did during
this period? I can think of three:<BR><BR>Orion Group, Shoshone Geyser
Basin, late 1970s and ongoing<BR>Lower Group, Heart Lake Geyser Basin, between
2008 and 2010 and ongoing<BR>Daisy Group, Upper Geyser Basin, during the 1960s
and recovered in the 1970s</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>