http://clasticdetritus.com/2008/07/13/sea-floor-sunday-24-west-african-continental-margin/ A blog about sedimentary geology. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 04:49:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://clasticdetritus.com/2008/07/13/sea-floor-sunday-24-west-african-continental-margin/#comment-3896 Tue, 15 Jul 2008 00:26:19 +0000 http://clasticdetritus.wordpress.com/?p=838#comment-3896 This is an interesting diagram — I like the vocano islands that are depicted in the area — slightly to the South. Also, down towards the bottom of the diagram is the coast of Namibia (South-West Africa) where methane gas plumes from the slope offshore have been reported and photographed from a space satellite.

]]> http://clasticdetritus.com/2008/07/13/sea-floor-sunday-24-west-african-continental-margin/#comment-3883 Sun, 13 Jul 2008 19:24:22 +0000 http://clasticdetritus.wordpress.com/?p=838#comment-3883 Andrew … thanks, I’ve added that info to the post.

]]> http://clasticdetritus.com/2008/07/13/sea-floor-sunday-24-west-african-continental-margin/#comment-3882 Sun, 13 Jul 2008 18:58:25 +0000 http://clasticdetritus.wordpress.com/?p=838#comment-3882 The line artist was Marie Tharp. I would put her in the three surnames that all geologists (Americans, at least) should recognize as artist-geologists, the other two being Atwater and Raisz.

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