Debbi
 
Are the same person who belo9ngs to the San Diego Shell Club?
 
Terry Arnold
 
At 06:30 PM 1/1/1998 -0900, you wrote:
>Hello,
>
>My name is Debbi Levin and I recently found an article in my college alumni
>magazine regarding shell fossils found in British Columbia that belong near
>Baja California.  The article is titled "Real Estate on the Move? Mexican
>Land is Canada's".   The article talks about some recent research conducted
>by the University of Washington.  In brief, UW Paleontologist Peter Ward
>reported finding extinct mollusks on two islands east of Vancover Island.
>The researcher believes that the fossil shells provide clear evidence that
>the region of British Columbia was once near or part of Baja California.
>Peter Ward theorized that the land migrated around 75 million years ago
>along an extinct fault, that is now buried and may never be found.
>
>The article can be found in the Vistas section of the Dec 07 issue.  The
>alumni/university is slowly publishing the magazine on the 'net at the
>following address.  As of 1 Jan 98 the article is not posted.  The address
>is "http://www.washington.edu/alumni/columns/dec97/index.html"
>
>If you would like more on the article and can't wait for the University to
>finish publishing the magazine on the 'net, please respond privately.
>
>Have a good and prosperous New Year.
>
>Debbi
>
>
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