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Re: Nemo and Atlantis

From: Walter J Miller <wjm2~at~nyu.edu>
Date: Wed, 04 Jul 2001 06:27:55 -0700
To: Jules Verne Forum <jvf~at~math.technion.ac.il>, drc~at~oceansonline.com
Cc: wjm2~at~nyu.edu

Thanks, Dr. Chamberlin, for the major question you posed June 24. I
imagine Jean-Michel Margot is the best man to ask but at the moment he
is in Europe checking out Verne-novel sites. Try
<jmmargot~at~mindspring.com>. I will also ask the editors at USNaval
Institute Press if there are technical advisers at Annapolis---USNIP, as
you know, publishes the Miller/Walter Annotated edition of 20K. Your
investigation will certainly figure in our upcoming revised edition
(2003?). Rick Walter too <fpwalter~at~uh.edu> Cheers! Walter James
Miller

----- Original Message -----
From: "Sean Chamberlin" <scxq28~at~home.com>
Date: Sunday, June 24, 2001 1:17 pm
Subject: Re: Nemo and Atlantis

> Norm wrote:
>
> <snip> Captain Nemo, in his diving armor, looking down upon the
> temples and
> towers of the lost island, lit by the fires of submarine
> volcanoes, had some
> groundwork of possibility to
> build upon.<end quote>
>
> Now we know these undersea "fires" as hydrothermal vents, situated
> amongimmense underwater rift valleys at mid-ocean ridges; sea-
> floor spreading
> centers that create new oceanic crust, drive the movements of the
> continentsand give rise to some of the most amazing life forms on
> our planet.
>
> What fascinates me is the possibility of scientific speculation in
> Verne'stime of sea-floor spreading. Harry Hess called it
> "geopoetry" in the 1960s
> but perhaps some scientists in Verne's time had the idea. I'd love
> to know
> if there are any scientific speculation on sea-floor spreading and
> submarinevolcanism from that period.
>
> Sean
>
> W. Sean Chamberlin, PhD
> Assistant Professor, Earth Sciences
> Co-Director, Project Nautlius
> Fullerton College
> drc~at~oceansonline.com
> www.oceansonline.com
>
>
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