looking for hypersaline, high temp fluids (fwd)

To: Water Science Network <water@gibbs.oit.unc.edu>
Subject: looking for hypersaline, high temp fluids (fwd)
From: Water Science Network Administrator <wsn-adm@mmlds1.pha.unc.edu>
Date: Thu, 17 Feb 1994 19:59:28 -0500 (EST)

Sender: Wayne Woods <wgwoods@ariel.ucs.unimelb.EDU.AU>
Subject: WSN: looking for hypersaline, high temp fluids

Hello,
I am a microbiologist working on the archaea -microbes which live in 
hypersaline or high temperature environs. So far no microbes have been isolated
from an environment which is *both* high temperature *and* hypersaline.

Does anyone know of occurrences of fluids that are both high temperature:
60 - 150 degrees C, and hypersaline: above 150 000 mg/l TDS, up to saturation?

All the natural springs that I know of are either too cool, or too low in salt.
The oilfield water I have investigated is the right salinity, but far too hot
for life (>300 deg C!).

Any knowledge of such fluids, or databases where I might be able to search
for water of the right consistency would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks,
Wayne

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Wayne Woods
Department of Microbiology, The University of Melbourne
Parkville, Victoria 3052. Australia
wgwoods@ariel.ucs.unimelb.edu.au
tel: 61-3-344-5711; fax: 61-3-347-1540
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