subsurface brines
Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2007 11:14 pm
Thanks very much for your input Dr Gwynn. I'd like to say I understood it better but I'm still wondering, especially as I haven't been to the salt to see it for myself yet. So here's a bit more quasi-scientific and entirely speculative postulation.
Presumably the entire lake surface is essentially dead flat and the subsurface brines are at a consistent depth below the surface so the only variation could be the shape or depth of the bottom of the lake. There would be more subsurface brines lurking in the deeper parts of the lake (and that's not necessarily the middle) and they might have more influence on the salt above than in shallower parts of the lake floor. And there might also be an underground water source that we don't know about. Is there any bore water at Mt Ive or in the area?
Any thoughts anyone? Apart from I think I'll have another beer, that is!
Presumably the entire lake surface is essentially dead flat and the subsurface brines are at a consistent depth below the surface so the only variation could be the shape or depth of the bottom of the lake. There would be more subsurface brines lurking in the deeper parts of the lake (and that's not necessarily the middle) and they might have more influence on the salt above than in shallower parts of the lake floor. And there might also be an underground water source that we don't know about. Is there any bore water at Mt Ive or in the area?
Any thoughts anyone? Apart from I think I'll have another beer, that is!