[Terrapreta] Locations of TP soils sites in the Amazon.

[Kevin Chisholm]

Dear Lou
lou gold wrote:
> I understand your logic Kevin but it's all in your mind.

Yes, logic does come from the mind.
> No one has yet found anything in the Amazon basin to confirm your 
> suspicion. At least I know of nothing that has been published to that 
> effect. 

Has anyone even looked for naturally occurring "Black Earth Deposits"?  
If I was an Archeaologist or Anthropologist, intent on doing a research 
project, I would only be interested in sites where I could see "evidence 
of Man's Efforts".

I can imagine a series of Weekly Journal Entries by such a team:
Week 1: We examined 53 black earth sites this week, and didn't see anything.
Week 2: We examined 62 more black earth sites, and still nothing
Week 3: We examined 21 more black earth sites, and #23 was a winner!! We 
found a piece of pottery!! Now we finally have something to work with!....
.... and the rest is history. ;-)

When all one has is an Archeological or Anthropological mindset as a 
hammer, then perhaps the only nails that they see are pottery shards.

> That's the best response I can give for your question.

Didn't you post an article on your Blogsite showing how Terra Preta 
actually "grows"? The article was about Brazilians who harvest TP for 
sale elsewhere. The article clearly noted that they find that vegetation 
that falls into depressions and low lying areas is converted to TP for 
harvesting about 20 years later.

Best wishes,

Kevin
>
> hugs,
>
> lou
>
>
>
> On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 11:59 AM, Kevin Chisholm 
> <kchisholm at ca.inter.net <mailto:kchisholm at ca.inter.net>> wrote:
>
>     Dear Sean
>
>     Sean K. Barry wrote:
>
>         Hi Kevin,
>          Why do you insist that there are even ANY natural deposits of
>         Black Earth in the Amazon?  They are not ubiquitous in ALL
>         climate zones.
>         I told you last night why I think that there are very likely
>         NOT any naturally occurring Black Earth sites in the Amazon.
>
>
>     We are told that coal was formed from vegetative material . Fossil
>     plants found within the coal are of a nature found today in the
>     Tropics. If vegetative materials could accumulate millions of
>     years ago, it is reasonable to think that they could also
>     accumulate thousands of years ago.
>
>     That is why I feel there are naturally occurring Black Earth Soils
>     in the Amazon.
>
>     Best wishes,
>
>     Kevin
>
>          Regards,
>          SKB
>
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