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Originally posted by chacana
by the way.
if the volcanoes errupts .. then what about the whole 2012 situation ??
Originally posted by Moshpet
Originally posted by dgtempe
We can go to Mars, presumably send men to the moon, but we cant stick something in that Caldera that would allow it to ....fart...(sorry) you know, a little one here, a little one there could conceivably diminish that super blow.
(I'm not sure this was sarcasm, but here goes.: )
That's one of the misconceptions they illustrated in most of the 'Supervolcano' Movies.
Supposedly a small hole is a pin prick to a large chamber. However given the nature of the beast, all you would have done is create a ready made 'vent' for all the pressure to come out. Also the type of magma in Yellowstone is siliclastic as opposed to the type of magma in Hawaii. So it flows out faster and with a lot more force, as the gas trapped in the magma pushes it out.
Also the magma chamber is 2-5 miles underground, I'm not sure it could be drilled.
Moshpet
Originally posted by geogeek
Originally posted by Moshpet
Originally posted by dgtempe
We can go to Mars, presumably send men to the moon, but we cant stick something in that Caldera that would allow it to ....fart...(sorry) you know, a little one here, a little one there could conceivably diminish that super blow.
(I'm not sure this was sarcasm, but here goes.: )
That's one of the misconceptions they illustrated in most of the 'Supervolcano' Movies.
Supposedly a small hole is a pin prick to a large chamber. However given the nature of the beast, all you would have done is create a ready made 'vent' for all the pressure to come out. Also the type of magma in Yellowstone is siliclastic as opposed to the type of magma in Hawaii. So it flows out faster and with a lot more force, as the gas trapped in the magma pushes it out.
Also the magma chamber is 2-5 miles underground, I'm not sure it could be drilled.
Moshpet
the massive amount of pressure would probably ream out any vent U made into chamber quite rapidly ( I suspect ...), either that, or if U were using a high temperature steel casing , it might be plugged by magma quicky, and nothing accomplished ...
I doubt that the rough-necks could get cheap insurance, however ....
I think it was in the 80's a basalt dyke formed in Iceland which intersected a geothermal steam plumbing casing ... magma came shooting up the casing, where the casing did a right angle turn the Magma blew a hole in the elbow joint .. it was first ever case of a man made volcano ... the casing got plugged with magma quickly after ejecting a ton or 2 of material ... I saw a picture of it once .. U could probably find it online with Google somewhere ...
[edit on 9/1/09 by geogeek]
Originally posted by Moshpet
Oh hey folks,
I found a 'quaint' little game over on the BBC's site about a Supervolcano.
You get to play a disaster planner trying to come up with a 14 day plan...
www.bbc.co.uk...
Enjoy
Moshpet
Originally posted by Penster
reply to post by chacana
This could build up for a while. The timeline may still fit.
Originally posted by xoxo stacie
Thanks Elf for the link.. guick question is this the same Jim who wrote the educational papers for college students in Cali?
Today 9th January
Update time = Fri Jan 9 17:02:19 MST 2009
1.7 2009/01/09 12:47:41 44.659N 110.242W 5.5 46 km (29 mi) SSW of Cooke City-Silver Gate, MT
1.4 2009/01/09 12:08:27 44.691N 110.253W 2.2 44 km (27 mi) SW of Cooke City-Silver Gate, MT
1.9 2009/01/09 11:57:14 44.665N 110.274W 2.0 47 km (29 mi) SW of Cooke City-Silver Gate, MT
1.8 2009/01/09 11:51:31 44.665N 110.261W 4.4 47 km (29 mi) SSW of Cooke City-Silver Gate, MT
3.3 2009/01/09 11:17:31 44.678N 110.254W 3.1 45 km (28 mi) SSW of Cooke City-Silver Gate, MT
1.4 2009/01/09 11:10:39 44.669N 110.265W 2.4 46 km (29 mi) SW of Cooke City-Silver Gate, MT
2.4 2009/01/09 11:08:13 44.669N 110.254W 4.2 46 km (29 mi) SSW of Cooke City-Silver Gate, MT
1.1 2009/01/09 11:06:02 44.669N 110.256W 2.2 46 km (29 mi) SSW of Cooke City-Silver Gate, MT
1.1 2009/01/09 09:33:36 44.735N 111.155W 7.3 9 km ( 6 mi) NNW of West Yellowstone, MT
2.2 2009/01/09 07:41:10 44.665N 110.254W 4.3 46 km (29 mi) SSW of Cooke City-Silver Gate, MT
1.0 2009/01/09 07:37:12 44.677N 110.238W 2.2 45 km (28 mi) SSW of Cooke City-Silver Gate, MT
Originally posted by geogeek
Originally posted by Moshpet
Originally posted by dgtempe
We can go to Mars, presumably send men to the moon, but we cant stick something in that Caldera that would allow it to ....fart...(sorry) you know, a little one here, a little one there could conceivably diminish that super blow.
(I'm not sure this was sarcasm, but here goes.: )
That's one of the misconceptions they illustrated in most of the 'Supervolcano' Movies.
Supposedly a small hole is a pin prick to a large chamber. However given the nature of the beast, all you would have done is create a ready made 'vent' for all the pressure to come out. Also the type of magma in Yellowstone is siliclastic as opposed to the type of magma in Hawaii. So it flows out faster and with a lot more force, as the gas trapped in the magma pushes it out.
Also the magma chamber is 2-5 miles underground, I'm not sure it could be drilled.
Moshpet
the massive amount of pressure would probably ream out any vent U made into chamber quite rapidly ( I suspect ...), either that, or if U were using a high temperature steel casing , it might be plugged by magma quicky, and nothing accomplished ...
I doubt that the rough-necks could get cheap insurance, however ....
I think it was in the 80's a basalt dyke formed in Iceland which intersected a geothermal steam plumbing casing ... magma came shooting up the casing, where the casing did a right angle turn the Magma blew a hole in the elbow joint .. it was first ever case of a man made volcano ... the casing got plugged with magma quickly after ejecting a ton or 2 of material ... I saw a picture of it once .. U could probably find it online with Google somewhere ...
[edit on 9/1/09 by geogeek]
Originally posted by quakewatcher
Well, forget what I said about the earthquakes showing up right away, they are definitely reviewing them first.
Last one currently reported at 12:47:41 mountain time, at a 1.7. Looking at later events at YMP there are at least 2 of a similar magnitude and 2 smaller ones since then. Last one at 16:08:something.
If there are too many they will likely stack up again and the map won't be updated for a while.
[edit on 9-1-2009 by quakewatcher]