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Topic started on 1-3-2007 @ 10:58 AM by kleverone
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Huge 'Ocean' Discovered Inside Earth
Source Link: www.livescience.com
 Scientists scanning the deep interior of Earth have found evidence of a vast water reservoir beneath eastern Asia that is at least the volume
of the Arctic Ocean.
The discovery marks the first time such a large body of water has found in the planet’s deep mantle.
The finding, made by Michael Wysession, a seismologist at Washington State University in St. Louis, and his former graduate student Jesse Lawrence,
now at the University of California, San Diego, will be detailed in a forthcoming monograph to be published by the American Geophysical Union.
(visit the link for the full news article)
Mod Edit: Please follow submission guidelines. Thanks
[edit on 3/1/07 by FredT]
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reply posted on 1-3-2007 @ 11:01 AM by befoiled
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Couldn't get the link to work. Gonna google it...
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reply posted on 1-3-2007 @ 11:05 AM by kleverone
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Or just go to www.livescience.com
Its the top story!
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reply posted on 1-3-2007 @ 11:05 AM by befoiled
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Got it. Was a little too impatient I guess. Wonder what the hollow earthers make of this?
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reply posted on 1-3-2007 @ 11:07 AM by kleverone
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Not sure. It certainly doesn't hurt their argument! Can't wait to hear more about this!
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reply posted on 1-3-2007 @ 11:09 AM by MischeviousElf
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Link seems to work however maybe the headline is misleading, the water is the same volume as the artic sea, however it is saturated within the porous
rocks there, it is not an seperate body or ocean of unending water molecules,
very interesting find thanks
regards
elf
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reply posted on 1-3-2007 @ 11:12 AM by lombozo
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I understand that when oil is taken from the earth, that they pump in sea water to fill the void. Could this be all it is?
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reply posted on 1-3-2007 @ 11:13 AM by kleverone
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it is slightly misleading  I'm blaming livescience.com
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reply posted on 1-3-2007 @ 11:14 AM by kleverone
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Originally posted by lombozo
I understand that when oil is taken from the earth, that they pump in sea water to fill the void. Could this be all it is? 
Not sure, its under china. Not a whole lot of oil drilling there I don't believe.
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reply posted on 1-3-2007 @ 11:23 AM by MischeviousElf
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Much more detailed sory on ATS here with additional information:
ATS Mysterious Forum Thread
Goes into much more detail.
Regards
Elf
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reply posted on 1-3-2007 @ 11:33 AM by kleverone
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Nice link, thanks elf! Very interesting stuff!
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reply posted on 1-3-2007 @ 11:39 AM by Nygdan
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www.livescience.com...
It would still look like solid rock to you,” Wysession told LiveScience. “You would have to put it in the lab to find the water in it
They are talking about subducting slabs of oceanic crust having the water driven off of it, and it percolating through the mantle and into the
continental crust.
Explicity, this is NOT an ocean residing in a cavern underground, or some such.
Its also unrelate to the practice of pumping water into oil resevoirs (which are ALSO not oil filled caverns, but rather oil in the tiny pore spaces
of rocks), which I beleive is done to maintain pressure for oil recovery.
STill fascinating. ANd notice how they found it, seismic data, with the seismic waves being slowed when they pass through rock bearing 'water'. And
sometimes this water is not even H2O, but rather Hydroxide ions within the mineral structure, like they note here:
www.livescience.com...
Although they appear solid, the composition of some ocean floor rocks is up to 15 percent water. “The water molecules are actually stuck in the
mineral structure of the rock,” Wysession explained. “As you heat this up, it eventually dehydrates. It’s like taking clay and firing it to get
all the water out.”
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reply posted on 1-3-2007 @ 11:50 AM by kleverone
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Originally posted by Nygdan
ANd notice how they found it, seismic data, with the seismic waves being slowed when they pass through rock bearing 'water'. And sometimes this
water is not even H2O, but rather Hydroxide ions within the mineral structure, like they note here:
www.livescience.com...
Although they appear solid, the composition of some ocean floor rocks is up to 15 percent water. “The water molecules are actually stuck in the
mineral structure of the rock,” Wysession explained. “As you heat this up, it eventually dehydrates. It’s like taking clay and firing it to get
all the water out.”
[edit on 1-3-2007 by Nygdan] 
I noticed that as well! Its not like they found an ocean with some guy in a boat fishing it! They were reading the seismic activity was slowing
down. Some good ole' fashion thinking!  You gotta love that!
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reply posted on 1-3-2007 @ 12:08 PM by JbT
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The title is very misleading to this post.
First off, they do not call these "oceans" of water below the earth. They are stating that there is areas of sturated rock, which if you do not look
at in a lab, you couldnt tell it was even saturated.
So, lets not fool ourselfs into thinking that there are caverns of open space with "oceans" of water flowing. Its is simply (or not so simply) areas
of the earth that spong up water due to many reasons maybe not yet known.
The only reference to an ocean is that the size of the area in question is roughly the size of the atlantic oceans (if i remeber correct).
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reply posted on 1-3-2007 @ 12:09 PM by Nygdan
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FWIW, the title is that of the article that the OP is linking to.
The OP didn't create the title.
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reply posted on 1-3-2007 @ 12:14 PM by JbT
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Originally posted by Nygdan
FWIW, the title is that of the article that the OP is linking to.
The OP didn't create the title. 
Then the credibility of that article needs to be looked at, cause its false.
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reply posted on 1-3-2007 @ 01:12 PM by kleverone
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Originally posted by JbT
Originally posted by Nygdan
FWIW, the title is that of the article that the OP is linking to.
The OP didn't create the title. 
Then the credibility of that article needs to be looked at, cause its false. 
It is not false, its semantics! Notice that the word ocean is paraphrased!
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reply posted on 1-3-2007 @ 01:31 PM by JbT
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Yes, semantics for sure.... But at a site where people will use this for fuel to support their theorys of "Hollow earth" and such, I feel this needs
to be made light of.
Anyways, back to the story and info now that we know the facts, still interesting as is.
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reply posted on 1-3-2007 @ 01:31 PM by Royal76
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The "Crap People".. "Crap People".. "Crap People".. "Crap People".. "Crap People".. live man. Don't go down there or you will end up being
turned into one. They want to rise to the surface and take over the world.
Dont you watch South Park Man. Its where you go for the latest news, and events.
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reply posted on 1-3-2007 @ 01:44 PM by kleverone
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Originally posted by JbT
Yes, semantics for sure.... But at a site where people will use this for fuel to support their theorys of "Hollow earth" and such, I feel this needs
to be made light of.
Anyways, back to the story and info now that we know the facts, still interesting as is.
[edit on 1-3-2007 by JbT] 
I believe that here at ATS we presume that most people will actualy read the article before posting. We as individuals think for ourselvses and
therefore "make light" the issue ourselves. I understand what you are saying though.
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