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Diamond Suggests Presence of Water Deep Within Earth
sciencehabit writes "A 40 micrometer crystal trapped inside a diamond unearthed by magma in Brazil could help settle a long-standing debate about the amount of water in Earth's mantle. Spectroscopic analysis reveal that the crystal contains hydrogen-oxygen bonds, which suggests it's composed of at least 1.4% water. The place where the diamond was produced--Earth's lower mantle--may not be typical of the entire lower mantle, but if it is then there could be a lot of water down there. This would be important, as changes in the temperature in the mantle could cause it to expel highly pressurized steam, which could lead to volcanic eruptions."
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/earth-secret-reservoir-water-scientists-191039455.html
Hans Keppler, a geologist at the University of Bayreuth in Germany, cautioned against extrapolating the size of the subterranean water find from a single sample of ringwoodite.
And he also said
"In some ways it is an ocean in Earth's interior, as visualised by Jules Verne... although not in the form of liquid water," Keppler said in a commentary also published by Nature.
Ain't nothing swimming around down there.
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Are there a lot of diamonds from where the water came from ? (:grin:)
A lot of people still not aware that deep within earth is lots of water and vegetation. Forget what you heared in school about earth inner structure, those are simply provided to misguide you. Deep within every planet is an eco system much better than what we have on the surface of the earth.
This is really obscure - it might take a couple of months, but I predict that this is at some point going to be noticed by creationists who will then read the summary (not the paper of course, just the summary) and proudly declare that this is where the water from the great flood disappeared to.
I suggest we send a rover to check for signs of life immediately.
A lot of people still not aware that deep within earth is lots of water and vegetation. Forget what you heared in school about earth inner structure, those are simply provided to misguide you. Deep within every planet is an eco system much better than what we have on the surface of the earth.
vegetation?
Yes what else do expect the underground civilisation to live on?
Khaaaaaaaan!
Foolhardy explorers foolish enough to venture into their domain, of course.
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The walls were enhanced with rock weed, and mosses from the silurian epoch
and later
Not only had they found life in the water, they had found a flowing guide to the centre of the earth
(Rick Wakeman's version of Verne's Journey to the Centre of the Earth)
Pressurized water coming up from above. That's how God flooded the Earth before, and he's ready to do it again! For $25/mo I will reserve a spot to have your lawn mowed after you've been raptured.
No, they already solved that. The most popular YEC explanation is that the water was in a spherical ice shell just at the top of the atmosphere, held in place by divine will. The shell stopped cosmic radiation reaching earth, which is why people could live for many centuries*. Then God said 'screw it' and stopped willing the ice to stay in place, so it fell down and flooded the earth. Where the water went after is more of an issue.
*In some varients, UV radiation, but then they have to deal with the problem of people who live and work indoors most of their lives not living super-long.
I don't want to venture in the debate of religion vs science however it is clear that science is never settled and our understanding can change overnight.
I thought underground water being stored in molten rock material was already proved during russia's borehole experiment:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K...
"To scientists, one of the more fascinating findings to emerge from this well is that no transition from granite to basalt was found at the depth of about 7 km, where the velocity of seismic waves has a discontinuity. Instead the change in the seismic wave velocity is caused by a metamorphic transition in the granite rock. In addition, the rock at that depth had been thoroughly fractured and was saturated with water, which was surprising. This water, unlike surface water, must have come from deep-crust minerals and had been unable to reach the surface because of a layer of impermeable rock.[8]
Another unexpected discovery was the large quantity of hydrogen gas; the mud that flowed out of the hole was described as "boiling" with hydrogen"
Are you going to say they rediscovered this? This was known back in the 80s.
Sometime ago, an accountant ran around screaming that oil is created by the earth. Now, here the possibility of heat and pressure with Carbon and water. Makes you wonder.
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