Re: Jaern: tectonics, etc.

[Wright Frazier <khelek@ns1.cioe.com>]

I've asked Dan this before actually, and the reason there is so
damn little land is the planet is a really really old one, and all
the terrain is worn down to just islands.  Hince why the oceans
are so very shallow.

Wright

> 
> 	I may have to disagree. Jaern is probably quite volcanically
> active, but we just may not be able to see the fruits of its labors. The
> planet has innumerable little islands, archipelagoes, and the occasional
> volcano, too.  These point (at least) to a history of activity. 
> 	On the other hand, maybe Jaern has a core composed of an
> ether-magma that is sensitive to large plot points or high concentrations
> of evil (uh-oh.....Mount Fajro's at it again.)
> 
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