Tristan : Internet News Relevant to Tristan da Cunha (09/06/08)
Submitted by Tristan Times (Sarah Glass) 09.06.2008 (Article Archived on 23.06.2008)

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INTERNET NEWS RELEVANT TO TRISTAN DA CUNHA

(Compiled by Sarah Glass – Tristan times)

Fish Factory:

Cape Town-based manufacturing company Anchor Steel is building a state-of-the-art fishing factory for Tristan da Cunha after the old lobster factory was destroyed in a fire four months ago.

http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=14&art_id=vn20080607083439663C290516

Volcanic Activity:

Abstract: Major volcanic activity on the Isle of Rum commenced with the eruption of thick (>100 m) intracaldera rhyodacite ash- flow sheets fed from steep-sided feeder conduits in the proximity of the Main Ring Fault. Twenty plagioclase phenocrysts of the rhyodacite were analysed using single crystal ^sup 40^Ar/^sup 39^Ar laser dating, yielding a mean apparent age of 60.83 +- 0.27 Ma (MSWD = 3.65). On an age v. probability plot the feldspars do not, however, show a simple Gaussian distribution, but a major peak at 60.33 +- 0.21 Ma and two smaller shoulders at c. 61.4 Ma and 63 Ma.

http://www.redorbit.com/news/business/1419575/dating_the_onset_of_volcanism_at_the_rum_igneous_centre/

Vessel Repair:

Field engineering can be fun. However, the fun factor will probably depend on just where you are when you encounter a problem with your vessel that needs immediate attention.

http://www.the-triton.com/megayachtnews/index.php?news=2517