Talk:Dragon Hole

Bad citation

One of the citations on this page (Emory, 1962) seems iffy. There's no explanation of what book this comes from and before I edited the page, this was an inline citation (I have since moved it to the bottom of the page). As the rest of the page seems reasonably well sourced, I don't think this is a major source, but if someone can track down the source, please add it StudentOfEtherium (talk) 02:52, 18 May 2025 (UTC)

Possibly something by Kenneth Orris Emery who was active in marine geology at the time. In 1962 he wrote a monograph on the marine geology of Guam and did something on sediments of continental shelves in Southern California before moving on to the Atlantic sea floor that year. He was a respected prolific author. He may have used the "ocean hole" term which was popular from the 1930s. ChaseKiwi (talk) 11:17, 18 May 2025 (UTC)

Alright, I looked into it, and that's probably it. I added the source to the page (hopefully I did that right; it's my first time adding a book source). StudentOfEtherium (talk) 20:17, 18 May 2025 (UTC)

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Removal of claimed irrelevant content

user:DrkchricRecords had removed sourced content that appears relevant to the history and understanding of such blue holes which has been restored. This included acaedemic references, technology at forefront of such deep ocean exploration at the time. A consensus should be obtained on these issues and so this talk topic has been created ChaseKiwi (talk) 04:53, 28 May 2026 (UTC)

Possible improvements:

1. Was more advanced than start class article as classified - move to C
2. The ultimate sentences Sampling of water from different depths and layers allows for the gathering of information about rock sediment, minerals, bacteria, organisms, and chemical research. The study of this information can be used to discover critical data about the history of the world dating back to when the Dragon Hole was formed is pretty meaningless. The original source can be paraphased to mean As sampling of water from different depths and layers allows for the gathering of information about rock sediment, minerals, bacteria, organisms, and chemistry the geology might be understood back to when Dragon Hole was formed.
3. The history and properties of the remote controlled vehicles (ROV) used which were unique at the time should be consolidated into one section rather than mentioned at different points
4. Is the sovereignty of the hole disputed as for most of the Paracel Islands? The eastern Atoll reference needs to be changed to eastern atoll but I refrained from doing this minor edit in case we needed to mention in this sentence the sovereignty issue with a source
5. The ultimate paragraph of lead is not the place for the description of blue holes like in The Sansha Yongle blue hole was created around the same time as the surrounding South China Sea islands. Blue holes can be formed in a number of ways. The most common is melting ice structures in the surface resulting in large pits where ice once was. Blue holes may also be formed after a disruption in the surface of the ocean floor by tectonic shifts that result in the settlement of sand and debris. The Blue Hole in Belize was once a dry land cave; its present form is a result of sea level rise and subsequent roof collapse. This is covered in the article Blue Hole which should be wikilinked . I suggest an referenced early sentence in lead The Sansha Yongle blue hole was created around the same time as the surrounding South China Sea islands but how it was formed is not fully understood.

ChaseKiwi (talk) 08:02, 28 May 2026 (UTC)

This bare url confirms in dispute as to sovereignty. Vietnamese claim as of 2006 ChaseKiwi (talk) 11:41, 28 May 2026 (UTC)