Global Volcanism Program https://www.scienceblogs.com/ en Researching Volcanoes and Other Geological Phenomena at the 'Center of the Earth' https://www.scienceblogs.com/usasciencefestival/2011/06/10/researching-volcanoes-and-othe <span> Researching Volcanoes and Other Geological Phenomena at the &#039;Center of the Earth&#039;</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p><img src="http://scienceblogs.com/usasciencefestival/wp-content/blogs.dir/448/files/2012/04/i-00450d1517671c0af223d6dcd4b460df-Elizabeth Cottrell Photo.jpg" alt="i-00450d1517671c0af223d6dcd4b460df-Elizabeth Cottrell Photo.jpg" /><a href="http://scienceblogs.com/usasciencefestival/Smithsonian%20Logo%20%284%29.jpg"><img alt="Smithsonian Logo (4).jpg" src="http://scienceblogs.com/usasciencefestival/assets_c/2011/06/Smithsonian Logo (4)-thumb-300x362-66007.jpg" width="147" height="150" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></a>In her laboratory, scientist Elizabeth "Liz" Cottrell uses sophisticated equipment to simulate the extreme conditions found deep below volcanoes - creating pressures equivalent to the center of the Earth and temperatures hotter than the sun. Her experiments at the micron scale are shedding light on the processes that have shaped our planet.</p> <p>Liz is a geologist at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History where she directs its Global Volcanism Program as well as serving as a curator and research geologist in the Department of Mineral Sciences. Her research involves studying the geochemical composition and evolution of the deep Earth mantle and core, including how this impacts volcanic formation and eruptions. Liz fell in love with the study of volcanoes while at Brown University, where as an undergraduate student, she explored the cataclysmic eruption of the Santorini volcano, Greece. After receiving her Bachelor's of Science degree in Geochemistry at Brown, she went on to receive her Ph.D. from Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory at Columbia University where she studied the global magma ocean that scientists now believe enveloped the early Earth. </p> <p>Liz's current research focuses on the evolution of the Earth, exploring a wide range of areas from the formation of the Earth's metal core 4.6 billion years ago to the ongoing modification of Earth's interior due to what she calls "biological contaminants." Liz relies on samples brought to the surface by volcanoes and experiments she performs in her laboratory because, "despite what you may have seen in the movies, you can't visit the center of the Earth!" she says. "We use volcanoes as a window," she says, to learn what is happening deep below volcanoes. In this regard, creating intense degrees of pressure on rock and crystallized samples that she studies from volcanoes and the Earth's mantle is key. "Pressure changes everything," she says. </p> <p>As director of the Smithsonian's Global Volcanism Program, Liz documents the eruptive histories for all known active volcanoes on the planet. Can you guess how many documented active volcanoes there are at this time and how many are actually erupting right now?</p> <p>Read more about Liz and her volcano research projects <a href="http://ow.ly/5e6bg">here</a>.</p> <p>Hear Liz discuss the causes of Japan's March 11 earthquake and learn more about the region's "ring of fire." </p> <iframe width="500" height="314" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/fraPBV4kzvI" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe><p> Watch Liz's video on the joys of being a geologist. </p> <iframe width="500" height="314" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Fl0D8nuJCks" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe><p> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fl0D8nuJCks">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fl0D8nuJCks</a></p> </div> <span><a title="View user profile." href="/author/kcollins" lang="" about="/author/kcollins" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">kcollins</a></span> <span>Thu, 06/09/2011 - 22:45</span> <div class="field field--name-field-blog-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-inline"> <div class="field--label">Tags</div> <div class="field--items"> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/nifty-fifty" hreflang="en">Nifty Fifty</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/department-mineral-sciences" hreflang="en">Department of Mineral Sciences</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/global-volcanism-program" hreflang="en">Global Volcanism Program</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/nifty-fifty-speaker-liz-cottrell" hreflang="en">Nifty Fifty Speaker Liz Cottrell</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/smithsonian-institutions-national-museum-natural-history" hreflang="en">Smithsonian Institution&#039;s National Museum of Natural History</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/volcanoes" hreflang="en">volcanoes</a></div> </div> </div> <section> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-1903775" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1308105180"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>I like Earthquakes and Eruptions, v. 3.0 software from the Smithsonian Institution's Global Volcanism Program. Does Liz know of any other interesting geology sofware from them?</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=1903775&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="bcUksXCw0cGWMfcL0wBwIwN-vp_tfV-A0FnAcDZP9VI"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Geology fan (not verified)</span> on 14 Jun 2011 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-1903775">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="108" id="comment-1903776" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1308117333"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Perhaps you should email Liz with this question. Her email address is listed on the Smithsonian Institution's web site <a href="http://mineralsciences.si.edu/staff/pages/cottrell.htm">http://mineralsciences.si.edu/staff/pages/cottrell.htm</a>. Please refer to this blog when emailing her your question. Thank you.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=1903776&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="NZYqjFCyiNH0RUBGjglNuKHbYWZE02TqHlsj5Y-0_Ro"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <a title="View user profile." href="/author/kcollins" lang="" about="/author/kcollins" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">kcollins</a> on 15 Jun 2011 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-1903776">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/author/kcollins"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/author/kcollins" hreflang="en"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> </section> <ul class="links inline list-inline"><li class="comment-forbidden"><a href="/user/login?destination=/usasciencefestival/2011/06/10/researching-volcanoes-and-othe%23comment-form">Log in</a> to post comments</li></ul> Fri, 10 Jun 2011 02:45:00 +0000 kcollins 70277 at https://www.scienceblogs.com Friday Flotsam: Galeras settles, Krakatau anniversary, what is under Yellowstone and more. https://www.scienceblogs.com/eruptions/2010/08/27/sorry-about-the-lack-of <span>Friday Flotsam: Galeras settles, Krakatau anniversary, what is under Yellowstone and more.</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Sorry about the lack of posts - I've been not only frantically prepping for class and my Eyja talk, but also I'm somewhat under the weather with an ill-timed sickness, so even though there is stuff to talk about, I haven't really had time/wherewithal to deal with it.</p> <p>However, expect big things from<em> Eruptions</em> next week!</p> <p><img src="http://knowledgenews.net/moxie/moxiepix/a1517.jpg" width="400" /><br /> <em>Drawing of a ship washed inland by the tsunami generated by the August 27, 1883 eruption of Krakatau.</em></p> <p>I'll throw a few quick links:</p> <ul> <li>The alert status at Galeras has been <a href="http://www.poder360.com/dailynews_detail.php?blurbid=8798" target="_blank">dropped back down to "orange"</a> after the non-explosive eruption earlier this week. However, <a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/epa/article/ALeqM5joDrbTCeiFfCg07iDUh-p-kU9rlg" target="_blank">INGEOMINAS warns us the threat is still there</a> (<em>spanish</em>) for an eruption (and more evacuations).</li> <li>Another volcano anniversary falls this week - this time the <a href="http://www.australiangeographic.com.au/journal/on-this-day-krakatoas-massive-eruption.htm" target="_blank">1883 eruption of Krakatau in Indonesia</a>. You can even hear <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0098gdy" target="_blank">a witness to the actual eruption get interviewed</a> by author <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Krakatoa-World-Exploded-August-1883/dp/0066212855" target="_blank">Simon Winchester</a>.</li> <li>Curious about what is going on underneath Yellowstone - check out<a href="http://all-geo.org/highlyallochthonous/2010/08/yellowstone-what-lies-beneath/" target="_blank"> the great post on <em>Highly Allochthonous</em></a> that examines the source of the giant North American caldera system.</li> <li>Dr. Boris Behncke has kept us appraised on <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/etnaboris/" target="_blank">the currently activity at Etna on his photostream</a> - not a lot of coverage of this new activity at the Italian volcano in any other media source.</li> <li>And you can catch up on all the week's volcano news with the <a href="http://www.volcano.si.edu/reports/usgs/index.cfm?wvarweek=20100818" target="_blank">Global Volcanism Program's Weekly Volcanic Activity Report</a>!</li> </ul></div> <span><a title="View user profile." href="/author/eklemetti" lang="" about="/author/eklemetti" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">eklemetti</a></span> <span>Fri, 08/27/2010 - 07:43</span> <div class="field field--name-field-blog-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-inline"> <div class="field--label">Tags</div> <div class="field--items"> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/andes" hreflang="en">Andes</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/colombia" hreflang="en">colombia</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/etna" hreflang="en">Etna</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/explosive-eruption" hreflang="en">explosive eruption</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/galeras" hreflang="en">Galeras</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/global-volcanism-program" hreflang="en">Global Volcanism Program</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/historic-eruption" hreflang="en">historic eruption</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/indonesia" hreflang="en">indonesia</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/italy" hreflang="en">italy</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/krakatau" hreflang="en">Krakatau</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/volcanic-hazards" hreflang="en">volcanic hazards</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/volcano-monitoring" hreflang="en">volcano monitoring</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/volcano-research" hreflang="en">Volcano Research</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/volcanoes-and-society" hreflang="en">volcanoes and society</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/yellowstone" hreflang="en">yellowstone</a></div> </div> </div> <section> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2210592" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1282933927"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Eruptions readers who recall our technical chitchat here on deep focal earthquakes, </p> <p>scienceblogs.com/eruptions/2010/07/climate_volcanism_and_the_ande.php</p> <p>you will very much want to go look at Chris Rowan's blog entry for today, mentioned in Erics opener above.</p> <p>Look closely at Fig 2B. What do we see?</p> <p>We see what looks very much like a critical folding unit dimension of 200 Km. </p> <p>The twisting corkscrew shape that Chris mentions is a massive torsional movement that is mirrored in the curving path of the hotspot, seen in the first blog figure.</p> <p>I am thinking that we are seeing an interesting phenomenon:</p> <p>The 'unpleating' of the folded subducted crust. </p> <p>Recent tomography evidence of PNW crust subduction through deep focus EQ modeling (discussed in papers I presented in July, linked above) suggests that diving crust remains intact - stretched and thinned, but with structural integrity in place, as it descends to just below 800 Km.</p> <p>So, I'm not what happens as it's mashed down into pleated folds, but it sure does look like it's a pleated and unfolding structure that is feeding upwards as the Yellowstone hot spot.</p> <p>Now, with this picture in mind, look at the last set of modeled tomographic data. See the cold subducting crust plunge downward at the coast, being pleated and stacked at some critical depth (S2), and then an ancient fragment rising by convection, to emerge below and along the path of the Yellowstone hotspot?</p> <p>Could be coincidence (the apparent pleated geometry), but if this is true, it's quite remarkable!</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2210592&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="mLCJ56kRs-JA2zpXsHDsXExVv0a_nLxjNx_T0bOG9Wg"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Passerby (not verified)</span> on 27 Aug 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2210592">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2210593" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1282934964"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>@Erik<br /> We cannot be too grateful for your relentless endeavor in keeping us updated with all kinds of geological information whatsoever. This your blog is an outstanding example of generosity in sharing knowledge and arousing curiosity as a mean of improving our understanding of the world and the relationships between man, science and Nature.<br /> And I also want to thank Boris, ECho and all the other collaborators, as well as our fellow bloggers who, with their valuable comments and posts contribute to keep this blog "rocking". It's been a thrilling experience to be around.<br /> I must confess I'm still far from grasping the whole picture in which concerns magma and volcanoes, but I'm fascinated and eager to learn more.<br /> I'm specially interested in understanding the mechanisms governing plate tectonics and hotspots. Although my expertise is yet insufficient to go deep into the matter, I daresay that, concerning the mantle plume theory, there must be some kind of gap between what is being explained and what is really taking place underneath. Except for Hawaii, where mantle plume provides a very plausible explanation for volcanism, there must be a link between sinking of old plates and hotspots elsewhere. We've seen that kind of connection in Iceland and Yellowstone and recent EQ activity in ancient subduction zones appear as good examples of weird behaviors of magma formation.<br /> It has been said recently in this blog that the mantleplume.org would be a questionable source, though the article in Highly Allochthonous points to the site.<br /> Maybe you could give us some opinion about this as well as some other reliable sources in the net (or books) where a layman like me could get a good perspective in the actual course of debate.<br /> Many thanks in advance.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2210593&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="91l_p6POsbzRphJ5B4qWbUBd32pd2V402VFEy_hq7Os"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Renato Rio (not verified)</span> on 27 Aug 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2210593">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2210594" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1282935564"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>@Passerby<br /> As soon as I have sent my last post I saw your comment on Chris Rowan's blog. I must give you a special thank for getting me into this debate and for the whole lot of fascinating homeworking you have been charging me with. I can already feel the good results, so I hope. :)</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2210594&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="SQfu25jNBpfcfmIjk6wCpsQ4SKplIrN5b0kWDvQBk9o"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Renato Rio (not verified)</span> on 27 Aug 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2210594">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2210595" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1282936856"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Renato, meet Dr. Foulger:<br /> foulgerconsulting.com/Bio_GRF.html</p> <p>I used her consulting cv, as it's more up-to-date than her faculty 'vita. She's certainly legit and so is her website.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2210595&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="sAkvFQN59niZSlTWM6VEkng3gFNU5hrhWropwFcGKn4"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Passerby (not verified)</span> on 27 Aug 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2210595">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2210596" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1282936911"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Ah, the dreaded late-summer ick. Hope it clears your system soon!</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2210596&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="jTvuqC7diFj_eV87iV6_43Crk7No_XTPlntQcmZhCUE"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <a rel="nofollow" href="http://entequilaesverdad.blogspot.com" lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Dana Hunter (not verified)</a> on 27 Aug 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2210596">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2210597" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1282938992"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>@Passerby<br /> I was thinking of buying the book, but I was afraid it would be too difficult to my present level, but since you recommend it, I'll give it a try. Many thanks.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2210597&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="n8FP2zTnuSSGakH9tyHKIh1lBUWdMaMIJxh1mdH8HkA"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Renato Rio (not verified)</span> on 27 Aug 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2210597">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2210598" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1282939957"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Renato, I wasn't referring to her book, but to her website, in reply to your post query.</p> <p>If you are thinking about trying her book, you should write to Dr Foulger and ask if it's appropriate for the general public. At the very least, you should work through the material on her mantle.org website.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2210598&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="K86JUhtxmEcGjl1GW8Gi6UIBvL5Aoc7tUCfUuzO7kKc"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Passerby (not verified)</span> on 27 Aug 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2210598">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2210599" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1282941232"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>#7 @Passerby<br /> Yes, that is exactly what I needed when I addressed to Erik. I didn't notice the contents before I answered to your post. Cool! After going through the site I might as well be able to understand the book.<br /> Oh, dear, and all my daily errands waiting for me...<br /> Look what you've done to me! ;)</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2210599&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="RFRB_47kFOkKG40lUD3kPkLM2gkWB7dJaq6UclBqRzA"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Renato Rio (not verified)</span> on 27 Aug 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2210599">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2210600" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1282942392"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>@Passerby<br /> Just found what I wanted here: The Mantle Plume Hypothesis Pro and Con: Evidence from Earth's Most Voluminous Large Igneous Provinces.<br /> "A common mechanism for the formation of LIPs is highly desirable, yet, at present, all existing hypotheses appear in some way deficient."<br /> Yes. That's exactly what I meant, but to go deeper in the matter I'll have to wait till I have enough time to grasp the basics on seismology and petrology.<br /> As they say in Italian: Piano, piano, si va lontano.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2210600&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="X1Xo7IfiDzbR4nViJDl30VLaky00uxP0ZpGLZiknYek"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Renato Rio (not verified)</span> on 27 Aug 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2210600">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2210601" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1282942618"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Start at the simple level and then move into Gillian's website, with a range of factual complexity.</p> <p><a href="http://www.rasmussen.edu/student-life/blogs/main/beginners-guide-to-plate-tectonics/">www.rasmussen.edu/student-life/blogs/main/beginners-guide-to-plate-tect…</a> (NASA recommended)</p> <p>USGS, This Dynamic Earth - The Story of Plate Tectonics (online edition)<br /> pubs.usgs.gov/gip/dynamic/</p> <p>Introduction to Plate Tectonics<br /> <a href="http://www.hartrao.ac.za/geodesy/tectonics.html">www.hartrao.ac.za/geodesy/tectonics.html</a></p> <p>Virtual Upper Mantle<br /> <a href="http://www.virtualuppermantle.info/">www.virtualuppermantle.info/</a></p> <p>Geology.com earth internal structure<br /> geology.com/nsta/earth-internal-structure.shtml</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2210601&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="n1K9jvu87U5ZRiRZaOeun2LV5MvADpHSrA-d6ZWMeJE"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Passerby (not verified)</span> on 27 Aug 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2210601">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2210602" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1282942931"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>As they say in Italian (musical direction): poco a poco.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2210602&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="p8SE89FLuX-uP1NQQzQ0b5nv9Ob6of5Otw7rVjtREys"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Passerby (not verified)</span> on 27 Aug 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2210602">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2210603" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1282943443"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>More recent mantle plume theory and discussion, Episodes, March 2007 (several papers, start with Dr Xu's intro)</p> <p><a href="http://www.episodes.co.in/www/backissues/301/301.htm">www.episodes.co.in/www/backissues/301/301.htm</a></p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2210603&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="PyGYpnpKQdbJu9kbfBI_wU8XRpvQyyUm3txpT1banDA"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Passerby (not verified)</span> on 27 Aug 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2210603">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2210604" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1282943626"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Since the Episodes volume 30 March issue mentions the OneGeology concept, introduced in 2007, I'll throw in the link to this global geology website.</p> <p><a href="http://www.onegeology.org/home.html">www.onegeology.org/home.html</a></p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2210604&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="j7t01vfcDxk8mvxysB4AfoeEqczRw7_e-65Tn2HhIz8"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Passerby (not verified)</span> on 27 Aug 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2210604">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2210605" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1282947284"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>#13 Grazie infinite!</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2210605&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="gUnhv3tjy-uTMS-Wl3AzxBfQ26IXIqmPT-WqR_-xDVQ"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Renato Rio (not verified)</span> on 27 Aug 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2210605">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2210606" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1282953654"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>@Passerby<br /> What an invaluable material!<br /> All links are bookmarked and I'll take the weekend to start studying them "poco a poco" (actually, I've already started).<br /> Now I'd like to repost a link to this RUV article. Do you have any idea of what could they be? Cracks being found along the Icelandic rift system?<br /> "New cracks in Sprengisandur"<br /> <a href="http://www.ruv.is/frettaskyringar/innlendar-frettir/nyjar-sprungur-a-sprengisandi">http://www.ruv.is/frettaskyringar/innlendar-frettir/nyjar-sprungur-a-sp…</a> (Icelandic)<br /> Thank you very much.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2210606&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="c78hVVHxcU3KKJIs6wfVx2U0JsJDXyLaJqByemmiNTo"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Renato Rio (not verified)</span> on 27 Aug 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2210606">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2210607" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1282963922"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>@1:</p> <p>If I remember correctly you where the one *snorting* the most about my little brain-fast of the vorticing plumes/hotspots. I find it hilarious that you a few weeks later present the only "proof" of that idea so far. If I remember you even went to the trouble to suggest I should study fluid dynamics before saying anything... Haha!</p> <p>The world is a small thing after all:)</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2210607&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="uwquSctWOftZTKzCrPQrGXsn0zDqFpDvczAs6aCjp8o"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Carl on Passerby (not verified)</span> on 27 Aug 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2210607">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2210608" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1282978003"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>@Renato: The geophysicist Páll Einarsson thinks these cracks, brand new as they are, are somehow related to the eruption in Vatnajökull glacier in 1996.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2210608&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="HFK7Yg4hbJMbbRh8PYacgHUeLT3-WjtoQGNxuPgrgrQ"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Reynir, NK, .is (not verified)</span> on 28 Aug 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2210608">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2210609" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1282990328"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Renato, the cranks are in the Highlands between Hofsjökull and Vatnajökull icecaps. It's a dry volcanic and gravel flood deposit plain. They're associated with area rift systems, and their appearance in Spring and Summer suggests erosional exposure at the surface from glacier melt floods.</p> <p>If Pall Einarsson infers that they're related to the Gjalp 1996 eruption, he might be referring to crustal deformation effects of this event.</p> <p>Crustal deformation associated with the 1996 Gjálp subglacial eruption, Iceland: InSAR studies in affected areas adjacent to the Vatnajökull ice cap, Iceland (2007).</p> <p>homepages.see.leeds.ac.uk/~earcpa/article.pdf</p> <p>See Figs 1, area 'T' (the rift system mentioned in the riv article), and 2 (interferograms, deformation maps). It's in the approximate area of the cracks reported a few days ago. </p> <p>Article in English, I found this while reading the Icelandic news on recently formed melt lake to the West on the Ok glacier remnant, posted by birdseye.</p> <p><a href="http://www.icelandreview.com/icelandreview/daily_news/?cat_id=16567&amp;ew_0_a_id=366771">www.icelandreview.com/icelandreview/daily_news/?cat_id=16567&amp;ew_0_a_id=…</a></p> <p>/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highlands_of_Iceland</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2210609&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="MflHy-_jJEWtvPPGn0oToC-BUpIqLol1JJGotnryqqs"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Passerby (not verified)</span> on 28 Aug 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2210609">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2210610" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1282990718"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>#16 @Carl<br /> I enjoyed very much all your talking about magma fluid behavior. Ever since then, I've been noticing that all plots and graphs concerning quakes distribution and lithosphere deformation, as well as rising magmas, exhibit a cork screw / semi helical pattern. Of course, there are many forces at stake here and we don't know exactly how the stuff in the mantle behaves, whether fluid-like or semi-solid, to state precisely if they go "by the book" in either way. But since we are no experts, we're entitled to do some speculation in this non academic forum and get ready for the criticism. I'm too far from giving my own opinion, but trying to gather some information on this.<br /> What I've read so far draws me back from mantle plume and convection currents theories as being the main responsible for plate movement and magma formation and that gravity is still very much to be blamed. But this is a mere intuition on my part and I'm ready to be slapped on my face to be saying such a sacrilege. Passerby is helping us a lot with all the material he has been providing and I hope someday I'll be able to discuss the subject in a less amateur way. So, let him snort at his leisure. He has already showed he's ready to respond to the good discussion, as you can see in the deep EQ debate.<br /> Love you guys!</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2210610&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="Mk6wfo-VUEfLCgBOIpbsvSHU54hb67r6cERieh4HcPY"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Renato Rio (not verified)</span> on 28 Aug 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2210610">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2210611" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1282991207"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>#17 #18 @Reynir @Passerby<br /> Thanks for your posts and links. When I read about these cracks I thought they would cast some light in our Icelandic debates, and wanted you guys to examine the finding. I'll take a look at the articles.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2210611&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="II6PQlu8GSfu31S8eIriljEPEmrV1dRwc5maguwbbEQ"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Renato Rio (not verified)</span> on 28 Aug 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2210611">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2210612" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1282994746"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>#20 I read the article. The crevasses provide evidence supporting Einarsson's hypothesis of slip faulting at Tungnafellsjökull area due to a 5.6 EQ under Bardarbunga and the 96 Gjalp eruption. Wonder if recent EQ activity to the N of Bardarbunga is anyhow related to this and since activity in the area is somewhat "enigmatic", as they say, we don't know exactly what to expect. The ice sheet there is too thick to give us precise GPS measurements and even to surely state if an eruption has occurred.<br /> Fascinating.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2210612&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="Lto49XV8bQ8tuP_-PwPMtZE2yZSz4sj4yfnLe4DGQ6g"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Renato Rio (not verified)</span> on 28 Aug 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2210612">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2210613" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1282997461"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>The authors do a nice job of presenting possible explanations for deformation and then examining data in light of each case.</p> <p>You asked for an explanation of the crevasse formation at this location, and since you posted an article quoting Einarsson's comments point to the 1996 eruption, I did the best I could to point to published study connecting cause and effect.</p> <p>The authors noted deformation to the north as well as the NW. We have already discussed the potential for tectonic faulting absent of intrusions in some locations, and magmetic dike intrusions in others, to explain earthquakes covering a large area to the east of Askja, with many excellent plots provided by Lurking.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2210613&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="lcgyMFmzhxsFXWBDVCbZocp-F9SEXZQTmFE_GAfrWrY"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Passerby (not verified)</span> on 28 Aug 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2210613">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2210614" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1282997485"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>so in summary, what goes down must come up?</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2210614&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="H4jku5jzc_6_UycuomYhEHTmV49b973hdQGehghHkro"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">doug mcl (not verified)</span> on 28 Aug 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2210614">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2210615" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1283003553"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>@Passerby, Renato Rio, Reynir, NK</p> <p>I have no clue where "Goose Lake" or "New Valley" are at.</p> <p>Following along, the best I can come up with is the general region between Vatnajökull and Hofsjökull.</p> <p>So, in response to Renato Rio's musing:</p> <p>"Wonder if recent EQ activity to the N of Bardarbunga is anyhow related to this and since activity in the area is somewhat "enigmatic", as they say, we don't know exactly what to expect."</p> <p>A plot of this area and recent activity (since 8/1/2010)</p> <p>I won't be doing many of these plots, I had to layer the quakes in level by level to get them on the background image.</p> <p><a href="http://i33.tinypic.com/nd6a90.png">http://i33.tinypic.com/nd6a90.png</a></p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2210615&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="N46HSzPiNxnsKOE5Gc64FF2ca7GUz_JBuFDNJ1jmFRo"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Lurking (not verified)</span> on 28 Aug 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2210615">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2210616" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1283003707"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p><b>Provided that I got the extents of the background image right.<b></b></b></p> <p>(the lat and lon of the quakes are accurate)</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2210616&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="oInyihuOoMoDsTxo5yueZ4R1-Cw94b2u6qTcOpuqelM"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Lurking (not verified)</span> on 28 Aug 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2210616">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2210617" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1283004011"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p><b>SCRAP THAT</b></p> <p>Corrected version.</p> <p><a href="http://i38.tinypic.com/eugbjc.png">http://i38.tinypic.com/eugbjc.png</a></p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2210617&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="u7I0XGoxXkYOuLLatTuAqnTxim4bK3Tcz68I0dM_XIQ"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Lurking (not verified)</span> on 28 Aug 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2210617">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2210618" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1283004900"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Thank-you, Lurking.</p> <p>If Renato will go to Fig. 1 of the 2007 paper cited above, he will see a reasonable match between recent seismic activity and that recorded between Sept 29 and Oct 13, 1996, predating the eruption.</p> <p>That should answer your last question, RR.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2210618&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="Y0C-oeMSOb2HpJUuOwgndu8p3zA4Giv0bViwEy_gwdU"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Passerby (not verified)</span> on 28 Aug 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2210618">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2210619" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1283007097"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>For those of you who think I'm an idiot. Well, your partially correct. But lacking a way of editing my hose ups... I am a fully exposed idiot. Can't zip the fly.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2210619&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="p2uvJhW0FLcxfHlygnWZCyjk6VAJD3QUF-vEfHlhBbs"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Lurking (not verified)</span> on 28 Aug 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2210619">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2210620" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1283013215"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>@Renato Rio, etal. </p> <p>Speaking of Gillian Foulger and plumes, this link may be of interest. I site-searched the scienceblogs.com blog and didn't see it anywhere already.</p> <p><a href="http://www.geolsoc.org.uk/plumesdebate">http://www.geolsoc.org.uk/plumesdebate</a></p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2210620&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="a4Kf73VId89xe00LRALD2H_2cSrxZrc8lAeaM3OWYPQ"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">William M Boston (not verified)</span> on 28 Aug 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2210620">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2210621" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1283013901"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Gæsavötn (Goose Lakes): 64°46.7'N, 17°31'W.</p> <p>Nýidalur (New Valley): The mouth is at ca. 64°43'N,18°03'W. The valley was first found for certain ca. mid-19th century, hence the name.</p> <p>Both are popular rest spots after a day of bouncing and jouncing on a fourby trail.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2210621&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="srANuhIpjAVGq-CoyaZ0j5TfTf_hfsLIJ3ACa-C7GE0"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Reynir, NK, .is (not verified)</span> on 28 Aug 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2210621">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2210622" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1283016664"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>From the <a href="http://www.icelandreview.com">www.icelandreview.com</a> link in Passerby's post [18]</p> <p><i>"The crevasses are located a stoneâs throw away from the road between the Gaesavötn lakes and Nýidalur valley. "</i></p> <p>And thanks to Reynir, NK's coordinate set on Gæsavötn and Nýidalur, a replot (correctly oriented) with those locations and the background image constraints double checked.</p> <p><a href="http://i37.tinypic.com/hv5ftt.png">http://i37.tinypic.com/hv5ftt.png</a></p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2210622&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="E23dCpta5dX8rqZx_h9ACrpAtwTgMu5oIlIUZUn4w6A"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Lurlking (not verified)</span> on 28 Aug 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2210622">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2210623" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1283017123"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>@Renato Rio, all</p> <p>Please read each of the following books before giving an opinion ...</p> <p><a href="http://www.dgf.uchile.cl/biblio/Libros_nuevos/mostrarioSismologia.htm">http://www.dgf.uchile.cl/biblio/Libros_nuevos/mostrarioSismologia.htm</a></p> <p>Haha, just joking. Saw the list and thought of your quest for deeper understanding. Seems like a lot of work.</p> <p>Famous Quantum Physicist Gerard 't Hooft says any dedicated person, young or old, can become a good PhD-level Quantum Physicist just from free material on the web. The following is a great read regarding acquiring scientific knowledge and expertise on one's on, and also the value of mentors to give guidance (eg passerby).</p> <p><a href="http://www.phys.uu.nl/~thooft/theorist.html#list">http://www.phys.uu.nl/~thooft/theorist.html#list</a></p> <p>So it would seem, hopefully, the same would be true of Volcanology.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2210623&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="DWjZOs6CTUgJqkXaKuYnPQ2Ujf1UIbCHYpvFla2yONQ"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">William M Boston (not verified)</span> on 28 Aug 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2210623">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2210624" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1283018949"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Here's an animated gif timelapse of yesterday's (Friday) venting from Etna's volcano craters. It is a 4.4 MB file comprised of 95 images taken by CAM 4 8:10 AM to 12:40 PM UTC, </p> <p><a href="http://i33.tinypic.com/30uajxt.gif">http://i33.tinypic.com/30uajxt.gif</a></p> <p>A total of 4 1/2 hrs played back in just a couple of minutes. The images were separated by 2 minutes 40 seonds, which is a limitation given by Cam 3's rate of updating. In this version of the animation, each image is displayed for 200 ms.</p> <p>The action, like Thursday, started fairly sedated, but built in intensity over time.</p> <p>Some curious action happens on the edge of the right-most crater .. just barely discernable.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2210624&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="lAIlgt_HbzeNL2yTX_d7V9yitVD53YCFK-W_LwXHnLw"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">William M Boston (not verified)</span> on 28 Aug 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2210624">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2210625" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1283019980"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Correction to above: 4 1/2 hours is played back in 20 seconds. So an hour goes by in approximately 4 1/2 seconds!</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2210625&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="dPRhn1R4kTl2w4FDYW7AFRYV6uLrUg0nDJdGfp7vl70"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">William M Boston (not verified)</span> on 28 Aug 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2210625">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2210626" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1283023263"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>My dear mentors: I am a mess. I don't think I deserve to be the object of William's experiment on internet learning. Split between sciences and arts, I got stuck on a TV presentation of the last part of "Der Ring des Nibelungen" and missed my errands as well as my geological studies. I'll try to catch up on your recent posts and see what is behind Lurking's plots.<br /> @Passerby: Do you believe we could witness a revival of 1996 around Vatnajökull any soon? Just caught four more quakes over Herðubreið area.<br /> 28.08.201023:37:5065.137-16.3965.8 km1.690.014.7 km SSW of Herðubreið<br /> 28.08.201022:43:2965.090-16.2637.7 km0.535.065.5 km N of Upptyppingar<br /> Saturday<br /> 28.08.201021:58:0965.206-16.3005.2 km1.138.273.6 km WNW of Herðubreiðarlindir<br /> 28.08.201020:34:5264.674-16.5081.1 km1.274.46.7 km NE of Kverkfjöll<br /> 28.08.201020:17:1165.082-16.2687.8 km0.644.654.6 km N of Upptyppingar</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2210626&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="KklPD1LtLwqTFpurehTXvCQTjHJuQO-cCiR_Y7sYAkg"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Renato Rio (not verified)</span> on 28 Aug 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2210626">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2210627" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1283025216"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>#29 @William M Boston: Great link. I ask your permission to quote one paragraph:<br /> "Volcanism that appears to be anomalous (...) results from the inhomogeneity imparted to the mantle by plate tectonics and intraplate deformations that occur preferentially along pre-existing lines of weakness. The possibility of such a radical simplification alone is a strong hint that may something important may be going on here."<br /> That is exactly what we have been discussing isn't it Passerby?</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2210627&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="njDjtj5XdGNJpP-RS9EqU4GTJ_ieHeQehdUfRHsaPu8"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Renato Rio (not verified)</span> on 28 Aug 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2210627">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2210628" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1283025368"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Make sure you understand where you're pointing, to, RR.</p> <p>en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herðubreið<br /> en.vedur.is/earthquakes-and-volcanism/earthquakes/vatnajokull/</p> <p>We were talking about the clustering under Vatnajokull, NW corner. You're now referring to a fracture zone to the north of the icecap.</p> <p>If an increase (above interannual average) in geothermal activity under the icecap results in a large lake forming, which is released as a sudden flood, it's possible that volcanic centers (probably Grimsvotn) will be destabilized at either crater or associated fissures and would then erupt. Whether the force of an eruption would be enough to break through 700-900 feet of ice and throw up a large volume of ash, is not known. IES can better address this question.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2210628&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="CSA53yEpk7_N3klKcofXR3BFuj0j9KeycT4MWzikj0M"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Passerby (not verified)</span> on 28 Aug 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2210628">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2210629" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1283026447"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>#37 @Passerby: Yes, I know Herðubreið is far to the North of Vatna, but I thought it could be somehow involved in the whole fracture system. But as I see, I am wrong at this.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2210629&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="dsWEmCeflPdH_9WBJldIeCaC8YNSdW_oCrdEmi7HzZw"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Renato Rio (not verified)</span> on 28 Aug 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2210629">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2210630" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1283027351"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>&gt;That is exactly what we have been discussing isn't it Passerby?</p> <p>We've discussed interplate EQs, faulting and rifting at sites like Reelfoot Lake/New Madrid fault in the south central US, and to a limited extent, faulting along the Wasatch Front and SW corner of Utah (wrt geothermal activity), but we haven't gone much into intraplate tectonics.</p> <p>This quote from the same source:<br /> The plume hypothesis as it is applied today requires that Earth dynamics is driven by two independent modes of convection - plate tectonics and plumes. The former is driven by forces at plate boundaries - ridge push and slab pull, and the other is driven by heat from the Earth's core. </p> <p>is a bit oversimplifed and outdated. That's why I posted a more recent paper written and published a few years ago.</p> <p>The latter (plumes), especially the mid-depth yellow dots on Courtillot's figure (plumes originating from the depths of the upper mantle) may be a case of intact, less dense folded crust rising with heating from pressure change and mixing chemistry, after passing under thickened continental boundary. </p> <p>The action of subduction and plume, at least in in the Yellowstone case, does not appear to be 'unrelated'.</p> <p>What Chris doesn't mention, at Highly Allochthanous, is that there is a physical and very long transverse fault system (with respect to the coast) that roughly parallels (to the south) the A-A' transect shown in Fig 2 of his Yellowstone plume blog post. That's a clue to the curving coastal plate subduction driving the curving torsion, shown in Fig 1.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2210630&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="tO_EWs3MrYE2-kd_KlN1y3gxwF8RHbW3t5IXhZ8Wmk8"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Passerby (not verified)</span> on 28 Aug 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2210630">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2210631" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1283027893"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>@38, we have more or less parallel track grouping of EQ activity, but having different mechanisms, as discussed in a couple of nifty papers with referenced figures described here, which Lurking then used to superimpose recent seismic activity for reference, and he also graphed their frequency over time.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2210631&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="ldf01WpZDgZQvyvZNZIsgoCNIy3xudlk1FbcJ-hdlBc"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Passerby (not verified)</span> on 28 Aug 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2210631">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2210632" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1283029925"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>#39 When we were discussing the Moro Golf deep focus quakes it was suggested that they have to do with "invisible" subducted plates and related faults, which I understood could be pretty much the same source of meltings under Yellowstone. I apologize for my skipping to conclusions too quickly, and maybe William is right when he tells me to read all those books before I post my opinion (even though he says he was joking). So please feel free to correct me and tell me when I should be quiet. I'm really happy to hear what you guys have to say, but so far I'm convinced that maybe other people could benefit from the wisdom with which you respond to my stupid remarks (yet I could be wrong on this too).</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2210632&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="DNJ_1fG8_mCIB7WyMU8c8CQA5w1WDKmK4UNkL0W0Als"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Renato Rio (not verified)</span> on 28 Aug 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2210632">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2210633" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1283031062"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>#40 Certainly missed this discussion. My fault.<br /> What intrigues me most is this repeated pattern of swarms (or isolated quakes) occurring almost simultaneously all across Iceland, like over this past 4 hours report from IMO: Reykjanes + Vatna + Herðubreið + Askja + Tjörnes. Difficult to think they are not somehow related (beyond MAR).</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2210633&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="FBRK3eSPgTOXrTrCD79pdINqPYvn3V8xJxd2osf22iI"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Renato Rio (not verified)</span> on 28 Aug 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2210633">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2210634" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1283033510"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Sinabung">Mount Sinabung</a> in Indonesia seems to have had a small eruption today.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2210634&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="Q08zKu09vfybKn-LtCeSvBa5SblG6DDiiGGPuvWm7SQ"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <a rel="nofollow" href="http://peakvt.blogspot.com" lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">PeakVT (not verified)</a> on 28 Aug 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2210634">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2210635" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1283033636"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>If you go to Chris's blog, which started us looking at deep focus earthquakes and possible mechanisms, </p> <p>all-geo.org/highlyallochthonous/2010/07/fridayish-focal-mechanisms/</p> <p>He correctly describes the opening sequence of deep focus EQ, that continued for quite a while, as being related </p> <p>&gt;All four focal mechanisms indicate NW-SE extension. Like the Halmera earthquake, this sequence appears to be linked to the westward subduction of the Philippine plate beneath the Sunda plate, with the earthquakes taking place in a deeply subducted part of the Philippine slab. The extension is probably the result of down dip tension as the slab sinks into the mantle, with the first shock apparently triggering similar events above and below it. </p> <p>But that only whetted our appetite to know why they are occurring at such depth. While it could be stretching and elongation, the fact that they tend to cluster at specific depths was shown by Lurking in his graph and more obviously, in USGS and PHIVOLCs EQ data that we picked up from a secondary source and couple of related papers.</p> <p>That made us wonder about the potential for *structure*, because these same critical depths of clustering were found in other places, like near the Cocos plate.</p> <p>That led to set of references that have, for me, been exciting to read and ponder. For instance, Dr. Courtillot's plume and tectonics map</p> <p><a href="http://www.geolsoc.org.uk/webdav/site/GSL/shared/images/ourviews/plumes/CourtillotHotspots.bmp">http://www.geolsoc.org.uk/webdav/site/GSL/shared/images/ourviews/plumes…</a></p> <p>shows two shallow hot spots, to the east of the subducting Cocos plate, off the coast of Southern Mexico. That could be rising heated and unfolding subducted plate (pleated) that doesn't have the overriding thick continental edge to contend with, so buoyancy, heating convective forces drive it up from shallower depths. Maybe.</p> <p>Your questions and remarks are never stupid. </p> <p>Alternate theories - And then there was three.</p> <p>geology.about.com/od/platetectonics/a/nohotspots.htm</p> <p>What we are talking about here, and technical discussions of a few recent papers seem to be pointing to this conclusion, is a third theory: that thinned and subducted plate material sinks into the depths of the upper mantle, much deeper than 400 Km when it's very cold, water-laden ocean material, and is pushed deeply under continental crust, where it, amazingly, remains intact for some distance underneath the lithosphere.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2210635&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="5XbPlY1UgmOr4CkafVZWmj7c87PCYflg_7CMPOdem_E"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Passerby (not verified)</span> on 28 Aug 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2210635">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2210636" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1283035737"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>A volcano on Sumatra, named Mount Sinabung stared erupting today at 19:00 GMT (midnight local time). According to news, this is the first eruption in that volcano for 400 years.</p> <p>Here is the BBC News on this eruption.</p> <p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-11123169">www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-11123169</a></p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2210636&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="GAAYgEAg4jIQ9Se8cZFtIudz5o-WGssGiiAKvvfCXDo"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <a rel="nofollow" href="http://earthquakes.jonfr.com" lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Jón FrÃmann (not verified)</a> on 28 Aug 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2210636">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2210637" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1283035861"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Here is the volcano information. But that has last eruption listed as unknown.</p> <p><a href="http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/volcano.cfm?vnum=0601-08=">www.volcano.si.edu/world/volcano.cfm?vnum=0601-08=</a></p> <p>Wiki article.</p> <p>en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinabung</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2210637&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="kGSu-iaYuvItLrkF1ETBFqIR22PJm6Gxao-7NDur9Ew"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <a rel="nofollow" href="http://earthquakes.jonfr.com" lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Jón FrÃmann (not verified)</a> on 28 Aug 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2210637">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2210638" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1283037240"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Here's a link to the Jakarta Post</p> <p><a href="http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2010/08/28/agency-says-mt-sinabung-increased-activity-no-reason-worry.html">http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2010/08/28/agency-says-mt-sinabung-i…</a></p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2210638&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="K_zql-uoxW4EfdbM9nRIX7dIZrfGNuY3hgbFtEyFeZA"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">parclair, NoCal (not verified)</span> on 28 Aug 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2210638">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2210639" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1283037432"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Solfataric activity with incandescence 1912, no eruption. Last eruption listed by as 1600AD.</p> <p><a href="http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2010/08/29/volcanic-ash-clouds-blanket-medan.html">www.thejakartapost.com/news/2010/08/29/volcanic-ash-clouds-blanket-meda…</a></p> <p>See other related articles, side bar.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2210639&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="bFNxWhPAjnsiTVk-HV6PHPBrMyWR5vyxwMY7dOKxpGw"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Passerby (not verified)</span> on 28 Aug 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2210639">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2210640" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1283040102"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Etna popped again</p> <p><a href="http://i36.tinypic.com/301253n.jpg">http://i36.tinypic.com/301253n.jpg</a></p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2210640&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="6AhGUDBbyQt8LtDAp1N___22P014ppmcfCS9ydZm5C0"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Raving (not verified)</span> on 28 Aug 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2210640">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2210641" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1283041981"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>#43 Your last flattering remarks will have me popping up again. Thank you for the incentive, Passerby.<br /> And now, lets learn what is going on in Sumatra.<br /> Thank you for the info, Jón.<br /> And thanks for the update on Etna, Raving.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2210641&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="6R1FYpxB3q7czRJCGtu_f8wm1x2ha0PXhfMEwUltEsg"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Renato Rio (not verified)</span> on 28 Aug 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2210641">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2210642" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1283042344"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>@Passerby</p> <p>The statement in nohotspots.htm:</p> <p><i>"Seismic imaging around some major, classic hotspots has not found clear evidence of magma conduits below the transition zone (400 to 660 km deep). At the Yellowstone hotspot, Humphreys' team found that the transition zone is cool, not hot."</i></p> <p>Seems to be contradicted by the "figure 2" image (right hand side) at all-geo.org/highlyallochthonous/2010/08/yellowstone-what-lies-beneath/</p> <p>But my real question, if you don't mind:</p> <p><i>"...That's a clue to the curving coastal plate subduction driving the curving torsion, shown in Fig 1." </i></p> <p>Then what causes the apparent curve? I would think that whatever feature that it cause would trend south ward since the southern edge would be leading the charge. That is unless it separated unevenly.</p> <p>(Note, I'm not sure where the figure 1 is at, I am assuming it's the image above the labeled "figure 2")</p> <p>Is it a shearing of the two sides of what once was a spreading center for the Farallon?</p> <p>You also mention</p> <p><i>physical and very long transverse fault system (with respect to the coast) that roughly parallels (to the south) the A-A' transect</i></p> <p>Is this a surface feature or a deeper item? If the latter, is it associated with the leftover part of was the spreading center?</p> <p>According to the 3D model on Wikipedia, the Farallon currently resides deep under the East Coast. You don't happen to think that what is under Yellowstone / Snake River is the left over western part of the Farallon? Sort of the left behind part, all folded up and shoved down into the muck.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2210642&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="fB5Tk9Iggw-jBV1DPZhR3v0RbDL9wwAtRCobFDy6s4E"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Lurking (not verified)</span> on 28 Aug 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2210642">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2210643" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1283044947"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Sinabung Simatra erupts after 400 years:<br /> <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE67S06O20100829">http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE67S06O20100829</a></p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2210643&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="YjRlZpBiHY3kXVT4vrRqItu2hOd0mczlMbvkIEHMATc"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">R. de Haan (not verified)</span> on 28 Aug 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2210643">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2210644" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1283048072"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Reuters says 'first eruption in 400 years" -I'd guess they mean "First eruption in at least 400 years" since that's about the length of the historical record there. GVP profile says no confirmed dated eruptions (one uncertain in 1881)</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2210644&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="kKaQiDvrtaGM7OsD37nzjxCdXqcT6NOsjMq7qrFPFwQ"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">mike don (not verified)</span> on 28 Aug 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2210644">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2210645" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1283053994"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Some of the very first pistures of the eruption on an Indonesian News Site: <a href="http://www.google.de/imgres?imgurl=http://www.detiknews.com/images/content/2010/08/27/10/gunung-sinabungdalam.jpg&amp;imgrefurl=http://www.detiknews.com/read/2010/08/27/203330/1429840/10/gunung-sinabung-keluarkan-asap-penduduk-kabupaten-karo-panik&amp;usg=___RDQO4ZrSEXZnOFmkuE4-X3PqYM=&amp;h=380&amp;w=285&amp;sz=14&amp;hl=de&amp;start=29&amp;zoom=0&amp;itbs=1&amp;tbnid=mVqALH2o7g-LwM:&amp;tbnh=123&amp;tbnw=92&amp;prev=/images%3Fq%3DSinabung%26start%3D21%26hl%3Dde%26sa%3DN%26gbv%3D2%26ndsp%3D21%26tbs%3Disch:1">http://www.google.de/imgres?imgurl=http://www.detiknews.com/images/cont…</a></p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2210645&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="ulRDWtf3OURMnQp9I09nSY6WoKyNSqzsst1dB-fXPkc"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Thomas Wipf (not verified)</span> on 28 Aug 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2210645">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2210646" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1283054503"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>@42 (Renato Rio)):</p> <p>As you know I once sugested that there is a force running all those formations, and that those separate formations where taking there force from one central source of power.<br /> My theory might be glaringly wrong since I am not a geaologist, but mathematically the theory is sound and corroborates with at least some of the evidence witnessed in the simultaneus events we can all see.<br /> About my theory, the basis for my initial thought was to look for inital causes of that part of the world. Because I think we can all agree that something is lacking in the standard modell, my theory might be entirely wrong, but someone has to come up with a theory in the end to fill up the missing parts sooner or later.<br /> And let me remind you that almost all of todays theoris are just theoris. One should always challenge them now and then, even if it is done from someone who is wildly out of his field of expertise. In my case my knowledge of geology is to low (but I do have some and gaining more every day), but my knowledge in physics in general and fluid dynamics in particular is good. If I ever gain enough knowledge about geology I will probably sumarize it into a paper, mostly out of the math being really neat.</p> <p>What I really would like, is to see an original thought from Passerby on the subject.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2210646&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="Mqgpzu8GDYg45sWG3UDA8kTIh-3YeNcIate1W4glz0w"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Carl (not verified)</span> on 29 Aug 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2210646">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2210647" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1283054617"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Sinabung in North Sumatra is quite close to Toba. It's located close to the town of Berastagi. There is an adjacent Volcano - Sibayak which overshadows the township itself. The two Volcanos maybe plumbing related. Berastagi is an important vegetable and fruit growing area. Its located on a plateau around 1000 metres above sea level - The temperature there is very pleasant.<br /> Here are some images.</p> <p>This is Sinabung. Note that there have been sulpheric emissions for hundreds of years.</p> <p><a href="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4137/4936892099_f79266dfc5.jpg">http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4137/4936892099_f79266dfc5.jpg</a></p> <p><a href="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4137/4937478340_2a29d57077.jpg">http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4137/4937478340_2a29d57077.jpg</a></p> <p>Here's its sister Sibayak</p> <p><a href="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4120/4937478424_6ceb00b489_b.jpg">http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4120/4937478424_6ceb00b489_b.jpg</a></p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2210647&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="-el_1TnlLQhtJmNv-NfGaPQra2pDCrFexbtIAkBr0RU"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Les Francis (not verified)</span> on 29 Aug 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2210647">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2210648" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1283058291"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>More about Sinabung.</p> <p><a href="http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2010-08/29/c_13467877.htm">http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2010-08/29/c_13467877.htm</a></p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2210648&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="vkWSoJFEFjqo2KfNGJzbA29Y12nVl6GWqS19sijX-Lk"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Perry (not verified)</span> on 29 Aug 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2210648">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2210649" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1283068920"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Good morning, evening, night. Here's more info on Mt. Sinabung. There are more links at the bottom of the story. If you go to the front page of the post, there's a dawn/dusk pic of the eruption that looks pretty impressive.</p> <p><a href="http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2010/08/29/a-safer-place.html">www.thejakartapost.com/news/2010/08/29/a-safer-place.html</a></p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2210649&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="1mWxna4tMtkh7-VqKNK88xqTq3BzWf0zxerk-p0Y430"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">parclair (not verified)</span> on 29 Aug 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2210649">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2210650" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1283069737"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Video of Mt. Sinabung</p> <p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jx_ZQ9848g&amp;feature=player_embedded#">www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jx_ZQ9848g&amp;feature=player_embedded#</a>!</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2210650&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="yWLGnQ14SupVoY94QW0wliC-yQnKeyUkGh0Lzqd_Ojs"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">parclair (not verified)</span> on 29 Aug 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2210650">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2210651" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1283071888"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>#52 @Carl on Iceland:<br /> It's not only the swarms recurrence, but also tremor plots and GPS measurements that show parallel fluctuations, even though kept within standard levels. I can't tell what causes these fluctuations, but just speculate if there could be some sort of common source for them all. Looking forward to hear more from you.<br /> @everyone on Sinabung: Another next VE3 candidate? After 400 years you don't know what to expect. According to linked news there have already been two deaths. Worrisome.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2210651&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="5l7VAI_1-lDGUpAJ7Ls51b2IZpQO_Ayl-Nm9pR81W2U"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Renato Rio (not verified)</span> on 29 Aug 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2210651">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="148" id="comment-2210652" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1283073522"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Some news on Sinabung: </p> <p><a href="http://scienceblogs.com/eruptions/2010/08/new_eruption_at_sinabung_in_in.php">http://scienceblogs.com/eruptions/2010/08/new_eruption_at_sinabung_in_i…</a></p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2210652&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="XqVlcwqIGVofh7zx1qFMyG0FWSEbj6qMaBJJye-2JKU"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <a title="View user profile." href="/author/eklemetti" lang="" about="/author/eklemetti" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">eklemetti</a> on 29 Aug 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2210652">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/author/eklemetti"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/author/eklemetti" hreflang="en"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2210653" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1283106513"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>For anyone interested in the 1883 Krakatau eruption the fascinating Royal Society report from 1888 is downloadable (PDF 27.2 Mb):</p> <p><a href="http://ia311311.us.archive.org/1/items/eruptionkrakato00whipgoog/eruptionkrakato00whipgoog.pdf">http://ia311311.us.archive.org/1/items/eruptionkrakato00whipgoog/erupti…</a></p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder 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<strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>I love this game, this is a great article bring back some memory.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2210654&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="8nqwD_Y4K9qXDBphTDQiW7pA1xiMaFVXpGaJvaeIefc"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <a rel="nofollow" href="http://concernedseniors.com/" lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Georgie Guinto (not verified)</a> on 21 Nov 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2210654">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2210655" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1290625228"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>I saw something about this topic on TV last night. Nice post.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2210655&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="1JHedinD1IWigzlNcV4w6e3J2WxohUymQUBqts_dBKo"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <a rel="nofollow" href="http://igrice2besplatne.bravejournal.com" lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Joseph Perry (not verified)</a> on 24 Nov 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2210655">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2210656" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1292106843"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Amazing content. Will need a bit of time to think about your points=)</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2210656&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="JzDlPLa3M8K7699vyps3LfLrWTZcmSSXsU4UnKOlnis"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <a rel="nofollow" href="http://srthjsryj.com" lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Johnson Eardley (not verified)</a> on 11 Dec 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2210656">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2210657" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1292463697"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>In business, never each one that comes through your doorwill emerge as a buyer. 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I particularly favored reading it and ought to share it with individuals.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2210658&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="9JcuAUIfNZwpYYXhJTI7efksgbn6Co4ZU36ptLVR_f4"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.ihbgcup.com/" lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Coralee Addo (not verified)</a> on 16 Dec 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2210658">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2210659" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1292892594"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>been following your blog for some days now and i should say i am starting to like your post. and now how do i subscribe to your blog?</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2210659&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="0XARis2KjYK_yM4pchFr9f8k1Y7x_YI5svifZMYTiww"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <a rel="nofollow" href="http://topfashiongirl123.homepage.ph/" lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Geralyn Scelzo (not verified)</a> on 20 Dec 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2210659">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> </section> <ul class="links inline list-inline"><li class="comment-forbidden"><a href="/user/login?destination=/eruptions/2010/08/27/sorry-about-the-lack-of%23comment-form">Log in</a> to post comments</li></ul> Fri, 27 Aug 2010 11:43:41 +0000 eklemetti 104361 at https://www.scienceblogs.com GVP's Sally Kuhn Sennert answers your questions! https://www.scienceblogs.com/eruptions/2010/08/13/gvps-sally-kuhn-sennert-answer <span>GVP&#039;s Sally Kuhn Sennert answers your questions!</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Earlier this summer, we had a chance to ask Sally Kuhn Sennert of the Smithsonian Institution/USGS Global Volcanism Program questions about her job as the main writer of the well-loved Weekly Volcanic Activity Report. Well, now here are the answers!</p> <p><a href="http://scienceblogs.com/eruptions/Sally_MtRainier.JPG"><img src="http://scienceblogs.com/eruptions/wp-content/blogs.dir/312/files/2012/04/i-ae6b3b31bbf1b689e253720c56a80737-Sally_MtRainier-thumb-400x300-53995.jpg" alt="i-ae6b3b31bbf1b689e253720c56a80737-Sally_MtRainier-thumb-400x300-53995.jpg" /></a><br /> <em>Sally Kuhn Sennert of the Global Volcanism Program in front of Mt. Rainier, Washington.</em></p> <p><strong>Q&amp;A Sally Kuhn Sennert:</strong></p> <p><em>Q: Could you describe how you go about putting together the weekly update?</em><br /> <em>A</em>: If time permits, I would start to gather information on Friday when particular sources post their weekly summaries. The majority of the information gathering, however, actually happens on Monday mornings, when I visit about 40 websites. I also rely on reports coming to me via email either directly from the source (like from Rabaul Volcano Observatory) or indirectly through news feeds. I read the source information and write reports for most of Monday and Tuesday, often revisiting sites for updated information in the process. On Wednesday morning, I check a few more sites and then pass the "finished" Weekly Report to colleagues. The Report then goes through two rounds of editing by two of three regular Weekly Report editors in the Global Volcanism Program. In the meantime, I prepare the website files, such as the interactive map. If everything goes smoothly, the Report should be posted around 4 PM on any given Wednesday! Whew!</p> <p><em>Q: How do you differentiate between reliable and unreliable sources?</em><br /> <em>A</em>: I consider THE authority to be the folks at individual observatories and therefore the reports they produce. I also utilize the notices from the multiple Volcanic Ash Advisory Centers (VAACS). News reports are also important, especially when there are no other sources. With the media, I try to only use major sources, such as Reuters or Associated Press, and I use them carefully! Once in a while, one of the sources gets something wrong (analysts initially thought plume seen in satellite imagery was from volcano- later discovered it was from forest fire) or I misinterpret a translation, and a correction has to be posted in the report. That is the nature of the "rapid reporting" of the Weekly.</p> <p><em>Q: Do you get a lot of "tips" from people about volcanic activity that is happening?</em><br /> <em>A</em>: Funny thing about that- on a few occasions now, I have learned about eruptions I had no clue about from my grandma or mom!! In my defense, they are events that happened on weekends, when I am tuned out. Yeah, that's my story.</p> <p><em>Q: What would make your job easier in terms of getting a complete picture of activity?</em><br /> <em>A</em>: Definitely visiting more volcanoes!! It is so much easier getting the big picture of an event if you have been there and know the layout of the land or have seen the previous eruption products first hand. I would also love to meet more volcanologists (esp. folks at the observatories) around the world. Familiarity with people you communicate with is so important.</p> <p><em>Q: How do you see the reports changing in the future? What about the GVP in general?</em><br /> <em>A</em>: As the world becomes more digital, GVP has lost some of the personal connections with contacts that have really strengthened the monthly Bulletin, the database of activity, and to some degree the Weekly in the past. People used to call in or fax information, but now, observers can just post reports on their own blogs or websites! We are in the process of really reconnecting with people and fostering better information exchange. We are also continuing to improve our website and how we communicate to reach as many people as possible. For the Weekly specifically, I would love to see better maps available for each volcano- perhaps something 3-D and interactive.</p> <p><em>Q: Have any new social networking sites like Facebook or Twitter made your job easier or harder?</em><br /> <em>A</em>: Both! It is important to keep up with the current communication technology and methods; if you want to get your information out there, you have to do it in the way your audience prefers. The downside is that I can't keep up! My grandma and I share this complaint.</p> <p><em>Q: What sort of questions do you get at the GVP from the general public? How about the media?</em><br /> <em>A</em>: Public questions vary depending on the interests of the individual asking the question. GVP recently participated in the Smithsonian's Folk Life festival and showcased what we did. Questions from the public varied from why the "African Plate" is named the Nubia Plate to what was the magnitude of an earthquake that happened in the questioner's hometown on the day they were born. Questions like these, and seeing the wonder on people's faces when you talk about volcanoes or geology in any form, make it all worth it. Most of the questions from the media come during an eruption and center on trying to get us to predict when it will stop. Enthusiastic reporters are always fun to talk to, no matter what they try to make you say!</p> <p><em>Q: Is there any way the general public can get involved with helping the GVP, the weekly reports or the website?</em><br /> <em>A</em>: YES! GVP hosts several volunteers that work on the Bulletin reports, if you're interested drop me an email. We also welcome reports of volcanic activity from anyone that will send them, either volcanologists doing fieldwork or the casual vacationing observer. We do need specific information to incorporate the information into a report, such as date of observation or where the observer was. The more info the better! Many of our reports of volcanic activity "in the middle of nowhere" come from a recreational sailor passing by or a hiker on an adventure. I often ask, if a volcano in the ocean erupts and no one is there to see it happen, did it? A later random floating pumice raft may have the answer. </p> <p><em>Q: What volcanic event of the last few years was the most interesting to follow?</em><br /> <em>A</em>: The eruptions that stand out in my mind are from Jebel at Tair (2007), Nevado del Huila (2007), Kelut's dome growth (2007), Chaitén (2008), Sarychev Peak (2009), and finally the 2010 Eyjafjallajökull eruption. All of these events were new, exciting, important, and fun to follow.</p> <p><em>Q: What else do you do for the Global Volcanism Program and/or the Smithsonian Institute/USGS?</em><br /> <em>A</em>: My current high-priority "other project" is to write film scripts. I am helping my Global Volcanism Program colleagues create short educational films based on our historic film footage archive that we are currently digitizing. Several will be available on-line very soon, and in multiple languages.</p> <p><em>Q: What is your favorite volcano?</em><br /> <em>A</em>: I have to pick only one? That is tough! My default favorite (from grad school days) is Popocatépetl, specifically because of the fabulous existence of "Popo Cam", but when I really think about it, I have to say Kilauea. It is such an interesting and accessible volcano! People from all walks of life, all ages, all backgrounds and interests can go there, hopefully at the right time, and have an experience of a lifetime. I lucked out when I participated in a field school and got to stand on cooled lava flows while watching (and feeling the heat of) new Earth being born right in front of me. I will never forget my time there, and probably never again eat a burrito as good as the one I cooked on an incandescent crack. </p> <p><em>Q: How do you determine which volcanoes are listed in the active category versus the ongoing category (each week)? (From Diane; Stephen in the UK)</em><br /> <em>A</em>: There is a page called "Criteria and Disclaimers" that discusses the topic of your question (<a href="http://www.volcano.si.edu/reports/usgs/index.cfm?content=disclaimers">http://www.volcano.si.edu/reports/usgs/index.cfm?content=disclaimers</a>). Even though the reasoning behind the category assignment seems straight-forward, there are some volcanoes or some eruptions that don't quite fit the mold. So I sometimes consider the assignment on a case-by-case basis. For instance, I reported seismic swarms (no eruption) at Melimoyu in mid-June 2010. That volcano has never been reported on in the Weekly or the Bulletin, as it has only two documented eruptions in the Holocene. I assigned it to the "New Activity/Unrest" section to draw attention to it simply because it has not been reported on before. There are other volcanoes that have periodic or "typical" seismic swarms that I don't include in the weekly at all.</p> <p><em>Q: Why are there sometimes unfinished or outdated information on the Global Volcanism Program website? (from Jon Friman)</em><br /> <em>A</em>: The only area that may seem "unfinished" that I can think of is the Geologic Summaries written for each volcano. They are occasionally written in a way that does not accommodate new activity, and need to be re-worded. They, along with some other areas of the website, get updated yearly. As far as "outdated," one of the main goals of GVP is to database and archive information about volcanic activity over the last 10,000 years. We are currently archiving data from volcanoes active in the Miocene as well. So, by design the archived information is "outdated!"<br /> Seriously, if you see something on the website that seems incorrect, unfinished, or just leaves you scratching your head, please email me and I will certainly look into it.</p> <p><em>Q: Why was the recent large eruption at Redoubt 2008-2009 removed from the list of larger Holocene eruptions? (from Riggs)</em><br /> <em>A</em>: I am not aware that it was there and removed. The list of large Holocene eruptions consists of volcanoes with VEI eruptions classified as 4 or higher. Perhaps the Redoubt eruption in question was thought to have been a 4 or higher at first and then changed to a 3 once the activity and products were better understood. </p> </div> <span><a title="View user profile." href="/author/eklemetti" lang="" about="/author/eklemetti" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">eklemetti</a></span> <span>Thu, 08/12/2010 - 22:49</span> <div class="field field--name-field-blog-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-inline"> <div class="field--label">Tags</div> <div class="field--items"> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/global-volcanism-program" hreflang="en">Global Volcanism Program</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/qa" hreflang="en">Q&amp;A</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/smithsonian-institution" hreflang="en">Smithsonian Institution</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/usgs" hreflang="en">USGS</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/volcanic-hazards" hreflang="en">volcanic hazards</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/volcano-monitoring" hreflang="en">volcano monitoring</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/volcano-research" hreflang="en">Volcano Research</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/volcano-scientist" hreflang="en">volcano scientist</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/redoubt" hreflang="en">Redoubt</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/smithsonian" hreflang="en">Smithsonian</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/vaac" hreflang="en">VAAC</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/volcanic-hazards" hreflang="en">volcanic hazards</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/volcano-monitoring" hreflang="en">volcano monitoring</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/volcano-research" hreflang="en">Volcano Research</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/volcano-scientist" hreflang="en">volcano scientist</a></div> </div> </div> <section> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2210202" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1281674222"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>@Erik Klementti:<br /> We are most honored to have Sally Kuhn Sennert answering to our questions. Hope she will continue doing her wonderful job and that we may someday be able to provide some contribution from here. And hope she comes back again.<br /> Looking forward to see the new improvements to the GVP site. It will be great to have 3d maps and footages to illuminate our volcanic discussions.<br /> Thank you Sally and Erik!</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2210202&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="q5Uz3WNaSTTr0O3cHgSxzlbxcdu8brvaqdDPguLzsWI"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Renato Rio (not verified)</span> on 13 Aug 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2210202">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2210203" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1281688348"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>I've obviously missed the opportunity to forward a question and I would like to make up to that.</p> <p>I would like to know why a continuous red status volcano like Chaitën is left out of the report.</p> <p>Thanks in advance for answering my question and the opportunity to ask questions in the first place.</p> <p>Great opportunity, continue the good work.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2210203&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="0K-E0lrIJAUh74FIc7d2j1p3CW0nMAsmHfp4P24Q6Bo"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">R. de Haan (not verified)</span> on 13 Aug 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2210203">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2210204" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1281701671"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>And maybe we should thank her for another recent improvement to the GVP site: a vastly increased photo archive for many of the world's volcanoes</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2210204&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="5ky2orPXb6qNs7iPN1hS99vYmthEvXnADftfYFZeTis"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">mike don (not verified)</span> on 13 Aug 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2210204">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2210205" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1281713102"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>I'd like to thank Sally and everyone at the GVP for the weekly report. I always look forward to Wednesday afternoons!</p> <p>Also, to echo mike @ #3, the GVP recently added thousands of volcano photos to the site. </p> <p>Keep up the good work!</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2210205&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="iyBKkcUleBve_2RMy6GHgS1iW457g1pW0CKS6NdI4iw"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.kccu.org/doug.html" lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Doug C (not verified)</a> on 13 Aug 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2210205">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2210206" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1281733544"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>OT: For everyone that could answer. A volcano classified as a 'caldera' could be a 'stratovolcano' at the same time?<br /> Because I think there are stratovolcanoes that have a caldera only as a morphologic feature caused by an individual eruption.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2210206&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="X7_reOWmy2W2oTT35-5MStZnAm01sdYvjyUA8eGESx0"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Guillermo (not verified)</span> on 13 Aug 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2210206">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2210207" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1281755684"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>For stratovolcanoes that have calderas as well look no further than two of the largest eruptions of the last two centuries: Tambora and Pinatubo. Both volcanoes now have a substantial caldera but both also retain enough of a peak to still be a stratovolcano as well.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2210207&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="x_uedRN5dBqOOoNs9fGP7Hs_UAatPM-mtw05wUHXv1I"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">David Newton (not verified)</span> on 13 Aug 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2210207">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2210208" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1281780302"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>OT, a new episodic tremore slip (ETS) initiated in the northwest a few days ago. These events happen every 14 months or so and it was only a few years ago that seismologists figured out how to tease the tremor signals out of the background noise. The tremor seems to be associated with non ductile shearing and/or hydaulic movements in or near the accreationary wedge above the subducting plate. To me this sounds like part of the story of the ongoing uplift of the eastern Olympic mountains, but I haven't yet found a report that identifies if there is a vertical component to the tremor.</p> <p>Here are two site that track the episode:<br /> the blog, with near daily comments and links to previous events: <a href="http://www.pnsn.org/WEBICORDER/DEEPTREM/summer2010.html">http://www.pnsn.org/WEBICORDER/DEEPTREM/summer2010.html</a></p> <p>the data map, updated daily with tremor location: <a href="http://www.pnsn.org/tremor/">http://www.pnsn.org/tremor/</a></p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2210208&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="mhGMOGkTqqrGEK_fIaHA4shgZhnprTwn_zdaPkSz4eg"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Doug McL (not verified)</span> on 14 Aug 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2210208">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2210209" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1281807652"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Thank you ,Sally for answering our questions. I check the info periodically and I plan to check it more regularly again as I used to. Thank you for the work you do.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2210209&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="Ue8od2f1mPrbuCK7x3TJnMp5kCCXzKmaJMDq6eKFKaU"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Diane N CA (not verified)</span> on 14 Aug 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2210209">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2210210" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1281817899"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>@R. de Haan: The Chaitén status was lowered to yellow a few months ago, although is still moderately active.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2210210&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="4lq89CTn_6QuFWlUOFAAanyPDhVeOzqXVjfB_XiPOjQ"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Guillermo (not verified)</span> on 14 Aug 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2210210">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2210211" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1281827911"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Thank you, Sally Kuhn Sennert, for answering our questions. Come back and see us! </p> <p>Riggs is actually the name of my beagle, as is Sassy, I used them in my email addy.</p> <p>CHAITEN Southern Chile 2008  May 2  4<br /> OKMOK Aleutian Islands 2008  Jul 12  4?<br /> KASATOCHI Aleutian Islands 2008  Aug 7  4<br /> REDOUBT Southwestern Alaska 2009  Mar 22  4<br /> SARYCHEV PEAK Kuril Islands 2009  Jun 11  4</p> <p><a href="http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/largeeruptions.cfm">http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/largeeruptions.cfm</a></p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2210211&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="IT5C1Pcx4anNZgFxcSUD9qVifVgDYausKN6cjJ5QXW4"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.lifestylesconsulting.com" lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Ed Murphy (not verified)</a> on 14 Aug 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2210211">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2210212" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1282265075"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>I read your post very impressed seen this kind of important informationâs. Really am interested to back to your blog again to gather some more informationâs.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2210212&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="7Gt1gAjv-2g83NVkEe8Dblbt3qyeRsjGkULyXaA1fLM"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <a rel="nofollow" href="http://echografilm.com/echographie-3D-4D-questions.html" lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="" content="centre d&#039; echographie 3d  ">centre d&#039; echo… (not verified)</a> on 19 Aug 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2210212">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2210213" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1282830204"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>I'm Sally's grandma, and LOVED the article she wrote ! Talk about a proud grandma ! Way to go , Sally Sue ! You are special , and much loved !</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2210213&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="kJE3n83C3AfKlCWKEUUsrCrNT3x-iCC6DteAkRgy4KY"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Esther Norris (not verified)</span> on 26 Aug 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2210213">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2210214" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1282916573"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Hi Sally,<br /> What a wonderful article. I had no idea I had such a smart, talented great niece! Your field has to be very exciting and interesting. Keep up the good work!<br /> Virginia Norris, Fla.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2210214&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="cSqvEmwT5lJMjSuYqr3tSVKNzFycqBy486ZeFRYPzBw"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <a rel="nofollow" href="http://vn34695" lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Virginia Norris (not verified)</a> on 27 Aug 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2210214">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2210215" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1283158976"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Wow, Sally, I am impressed with all you do. Of course, I don't understand much of it, but I'm impressed nonetheless.<br /> I have such a smart niece!!</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2210215&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="8gmPCkTk_SdnFwZithLaDJH8Eacxu37EvUPH1oB5x84"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Aunt Lynne (not verified)</span> on 30 Aug 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2210215">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2210216" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1283335103"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>What a great article and interesting career you have! I am ERUPTING with envy!!!!</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2210216&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="KnHShFiqtfm6Hx2lEQndLve91mUaPQtHQkLPREAVC2w"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Bill Norris (not verified)</span> on 01 Sep 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2210216">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2210217" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1289221369"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>I have been here before but this is among the best blogposts yet. continue the good work!</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2210217&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="Zrcmh7Rkbz3Zofzvt8APnb1T5xRELmddhrVImvFsfVM"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.culturadigital.cl/wp/?p=1011" lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">webkinz (not verified)</a> on 08 Nov 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2210217">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> </section> <ul class="links inline list-inline"><li class="comment-forbidden"><a href="/user/login?destination=/eruptions/2010/08/13/gvps-sally-kuhn-sennert-answer%23comment-form">Log in</a> to post comments</li></ul> Fri, 13 Aug 2010 02:49:04 +0000 eklemetti 104350 at https://www.scienceblogs.com GVP Weekly Volcanic Activity Report for July 28-August 3, 2010 https://www.scienceblogs.com/eruptions/2010/08/05/gvp-weekly-volcanic-activity-r-5 <span>GVP Weekly Volcanic Activity Report for July 28-August 3, 2010</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p>A <a href="http://www.volcano.si.edu/reports/usgs/index.cfm?wvarweek=20100728" target="_blank">new Weekly Volcanic Activity Report</a> from the Smithsonian and USGS <a href="http://www.volcano.si.edu/" target="_blank">Global Volcanism Program</a>!</p> <p>Highlights from this week's report include:</p> <ul> <li>Things are getting a little noisy in Colombia. I mentioned a few weeks ago about a possible explosion at <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/eruptions/2010/07/late_wednesday_whatzits_hawaii.php" target="_blank">Nevado del Ruiz</a>. Now we have reports of increased seismicity under nearby <a href="http://www.volcano.si.edu/reports/usgs/index.cfm?wvarweek=20100728#machin" target="_blank"><strong>Cerro MachÃn</strong></a> and ash plumes from <a href="http://www.volcano.si.edu/reports/usgs/index.cfm?wvarweek=20100728#huila" target="_blank"><strong>Nevado del Huila</strong></a>. After a few centuries of relative quiet, it looks like the volcanoes of the Colombian Andes are looking more lively.</li> <li>Also in South America, a gas plume was spotted at Chile's <a href="ttp://www.volcano.si.edu/reports/usgs/index.cfm?wvarweek=20100728#planchon" target="_blank"><strong>Planchon-Peteroa</strong></a>. This is <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/eruptions/2010/01/siusgs_weekly_volcano_report_f_3.php" target="_blank">the second time this year</a> that increased gas emissions have been noted at the volcano that hasn't erupted since 1998.</li> <li><a href="http://www.volcano.si.edu/reports/usgs/index.cfm?wvarweek=20100728#shiveluc" target="_blank"><strong>Shiveluch</strong></a> on the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia continues to rumble - ash plumes were produced from pyroclastic flows and steam-and-gas plumes reaching 4 km / ~13,100 feet were spotted as well.</li> </ul></div> <span><a title="View user profile." href="/author/eklemetti" lang="" about="/author/eklemetti" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">eklemetti</a></span> <span>Thu, 08/05/2010 - 05:54</span> <div class="field field--name-field-blog-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-inline"> <div class="field--label">Tags</div> <div class="field--items"> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/andes" hreflang="en">Andes</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/ash-plumes" hreflang="en">ash plumes</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/colombia" hreflang="en">colombia</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/global-volcanism-program" hreflang="en">Global Volcanism Program</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/huila" hreflang="en">Huila</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/machin" hreflang="en">Machin</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/nevado-del-ruiz" hreflang="en">Nevado del Ruiz</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/planchon-peteroa" hreflang="en">Planchon-Peteroa</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/pyroclastic-flow" hreflang="en">pyroclastic flow</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/russia" hreflang="en">russia</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/shiveluch" hreflang="en">Shiveluch</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/usgs" hreflang="en">USGS</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/volcanic-gases" hreflang="en">volcanic gases</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/volcanic-hazards" hreflang="en">volcanic hazards</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/volcano-monitoring" hreflang="en">volcano monitoring</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/ash-plume" hreflang="en">ash plume</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/kamchatka" hreflang="en">Kamchatka</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/seismicity" hreflang="en">seismicity</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/pyroclastic-flow" hreflang="en">pyroclastic flow</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/volcanic-gases" hreflang="en">volcanic gases</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/volcanic-hazards" hreflang="en">volcanic hazards</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/volcano-monitoring" hreflang="en">volcano monitoring</a></div> </div> </div> <section> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2209767" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1281003731"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>More activity in Wyoming just south of Yellowstone this morning, bringing the current EQ list to:<br /> 4.22010/08/05 14:59:28 43.646-110.416 5.0 34 km ( 21 mi) ENE of Teton Village, WY<br /> 4.82010/08/05 00:04:17 43.585-110.440 5.0 29 km ( 18 mi) ENE of Jackson, WY<br /> 3.02010/08/05 00:04:03 43.585-110.438 5.0 29 km ( 18 mi) ENE of Jackson, WY</p> <p>though I can plainly see many aftershocks on this webicorder:<br /> <a href="http://quake.utah.edu/helicorder/moow_webi_1d.htm">http://quake.utah.edu/helicorder/moow_webi_1d.htm</a><br /> (for yesterday)</p> <p>and this one for today:<br /> <a href="http://quake.utah.edu/helicorder/moow_webi.htm">http://quake.utah.edu/helicorder/moow_webi.htm</a></p> <p>But there are still no updates to the earthquake map aside from the three larger earthquakes. What's up, USGS?</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2209767&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="_PUH3UJG6wb0T4bR_XYVn9uXu7IgVeAaC18AExBmQQE"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Jen (not verified)</span> on 05 Aug 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2209767">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2209768" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1281030909"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Hi Jen,</p> <p>There may be no official statements from the USGS yet, but there is a bit of chatter on a local blog at:</p> <p><a href="http://www.jhunderground.com/2010/08/05/quake-watch-along-teton-fault/">http://www.jhunderground.com/2010/08/05/quake-watch-along-teton-fault/</a></p> <p>I visited the place last summer, really interesting geology.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2209768&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="rUIuM2aHhXaGScLFa5UkL3pfT_3Ytq36UHwrMo3jDv4"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Holger, N California (not verified)</span> on 05 Aug 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2209768">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2209769" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1281031918"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>You can add another 3.2 at Wyoming @ 17:45 UTC. I can expect we'll see another swarm this winter.</p> <p>The rumblings in Columbia, I'm wondering, if they're the effects of all the recent quakes in Chile.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2209769&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="RYenSSA_s-2CeRznLCZf3p74GiWVpcM7VL_IJwJgGGM"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Chris (not verified)</span> on 05 Aug 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2209769">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2209770" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1281068003"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Just came across the photo collection of Owen K. N. (as it seems he's a geologist) on Flickr, which has some outrageously spectacular aerial views of Bezymianny and Kliuchevskoi (or Klyuchevskoy) taken late July:<br /> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=klyuchevskoy&amp;w=35670622%40N06&amp;ss=1&amp;s=rec">www.flickr.com/search/?q=klyuchevskoy&amp;w=35670622%40N06&amp;ss=1&amp;s=rec</a><br /> What strikes me most is the large cone that has grown within, and is now practically completely filling, the summit crater of Kliuchevskoi as seen in particular here:<br /> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/oneill244/4864468767/">www.flickr.com/photos/oneill244/4864468767/</a><br /> The outline of the old crater rim is still marked by small knobs on both sides of the new cone.<br /> Owen had the privilege to witness, from a safe distance, pyroclastic flows descending the southern or southwestern flank of Kliuchevskoi:<br /> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/oneill244/4864932936/">www.flickr.com/photos/oneill244/4864932936/</a><br /> There are also spectacular views of a lava flow extruded from Bezymianny after its latest explosive eruption in May this year, like this:<br /> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/oneill244/4865084090/">www.flickr.com/photos/oneill244/4865084090/</a></p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2209770&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="mPie3nu_dD9-7MOAGkZb16vczOntDd8OsqFYS9uShEQ"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.ct.ingv.it" lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="" content="Boris Behncke, Catania, Italy">Boris Behncke,… (not verified)</a> on 06 Aug 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2209770">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2209771" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1281074453"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Boris, just saw you on tv! Th Etna flank collapse program. Nice to put a face to a name!</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2209771&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="2EnPZ5qDrDxmDEEFcS2c802Ezs8Ftt2Nh5njxXaRhDE"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Rod (not verified)</span> on 06 Aug 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2209771">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2209772" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1281078449"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Amazing pics, Boris, thanks a lot!</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2209772&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="2Y9HZZjL1qxc36WfRMm8moLKWtXplipT192OSNeyiIA"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Renato Rio (not verified)</span> on 06 Aug 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2209772">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2209773" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1281080030"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>What Renato said - wish I'd been there; not only the volcanism, but also the fauna seems to be fascinating.</p> <p>When I saw the equipment pics, I thought, "That must be KVERT stuff." ;)</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2209773&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="Tz1Mk12cygTagwEyaHS1SeMMfBR3VmuzQMSREOIl_Do"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Kultsi, Askola, FI (not verified)</span> on 06 Aug 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2209773">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2209774" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1281085272"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Thanks Boris. I never thought a volcano could rebuild itself so quickly. What would be the mechanism? Super thick rhyolite? (ie so thick that it can't move?</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2209774&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="r55dA1f7yApFZbLriaASu64IEMBrVutd_KkBqXFvpOo"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">parclair (not verified)</span> on 06 Aug 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2209774">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2209775" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1281089647"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Yesterday, I wondered if the August 4-5 strong solar storm might have any effect on magma flow on earth and therefore on earthquake activity. Or perhaps there may be more simple interactions between strong electro-magnetic (E-M) disturbances and the Earth's crust - which might result in tectonic movements and earthquakes.</p> <p>I found that there were five magnitude 6.0 or greater (M6+) earthquakes during the solar storm's strong E-M disturbances of Earth's atmosphere and space environment. During the eight days from July 30 to August 6, there were only two other magnitude 6.0 or greater earthquakes, so there was a clear anomalously sharp increase in occurrence during the strong solar storm. </p> <p>Note: Sometimes multiple numbers of M6+ earthquakes will be recorded within minutes or hours because they are at the same approximate location and part of the same tectonic event. But the five M6+ earthquakes recorded during the solar storm were not at the same location, but rather widely dispersed in locations around the pacific ocean. </p> <p>This is only one correlation of a solar storm's E-M disturbances to the Earth's seismic activity, so no firm conclusions can be drawn. But the fact of the anomalously sharp jump in M6+ earthquake occurrences during the 33 hours of the solar storm's E-M disturbances upon Earth is very intriguing and should prompt for further study.</p> <p>Here is the data: </p> <p>----------------------------------------<br /> E-M Anomaly In Earth's Space Environment:<br /> ----------------------------------------<br /> Proton flux unusually high: Aug 3, 18:00 UTC to Aug 4, 06:00 UTC = 12 hours duration<br /> E-M disturbance very high: Aug 3: 18:00 UTC to Aug 5, 03:00 UTC = 33 hours duration</p> <p>Source: <a href="http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/ftpmenu/plots/satenv.html">http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/ftpmenu/plots/satenv.html</a></p> <p>----------------------------------------<br /> Quakes &gt;= Mag 6.0<br /> Eight Days: Jul 30, 2010 to Aug 6, 2010<br /> ----------------------------------------<br /> * 2010/08/05 03:00:00 SPACE E-M ANOMOLY ENDS</p> <p>6.0 2010/08/04 23:48:03 45.964 153.216 33.6 EAST OF THE KURIL ISLANDS<br /> 7.0 2010/08/04 22:01:44 -5.768 150.776 44.0 NEW BRITAIN REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA<br /> 6.4 2010/08/04 12:58:25 51.426 -178.607 27.0 ANDREANOF ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN IS., ALASKA<br /> 6.4 2010/08/04 07:15:33 -5.521 146.793 213.6 EASTERN NEW GUINEA REG, PAPUA NEW GUINEA<br /> 6.0 2010/08/04 04:46:22 -26.953 -177.148 23.7 SOUTH OF THE FIJI ISLANDS </p> <p>* 2010/08/03 18:00:00 SPACE E-M ANOMOLY BEGINS</p> <p>6.3 2010/08/03 12:08:27 1.243 126.277 42.8 MOLUCCA SEA<br /> 6.3 2010/07/30 03:56:13 52.461 159.902 18.6 OFF THE EAST COAST OF KAMCHATKA, RUSSIA </p> <p>Source: <a href="http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/quakes_all.php">http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/quakes_all.php</a></p> <p>William Boston</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2209775&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="YfxN7DIR6hpnKzH7c2oQ3_K2WIo5n6uX1mdEHMOSQbs"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">William Boston (not verified)</span> on 06 Aug 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2209775">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="148" id="comment-2209776" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1281092781"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>@ Chris - I would doubt there is any connection between volcanic activity in Colombia and the seismicity earlier this year in Chile.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2209776&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="j_nY8fj-p8yTCdsAhFk9mqyIDIdVAv_r6QX3KgKxLD0"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <a title="View user profile." href="/author/eklemetti" lang="" about="/author/eklemetti" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">eklemetti</a> on 06 Aug 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2209776">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/author/eklemetti"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/author/eklemetti" hreflang="en"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2209777" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1281116587"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>If Cerro Machin does erupt it could produce some very impressive and dangerous pyroclastic flows. The quote below is from<br /> <a href="http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/volcano.cfm?vnum=1501-04=">http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/volcano.cfm?vnum=1501-04=</a></p> <p>"Voluminous pyroclastic flows traveled up to 40 km from the volcano during eruptions in the mid-to-late Holocene perhaps associated with formation of the caldera."</p> <p>We are in the Holocene now correct? So the pyroclastic flows may not have happened in the extreme distant past. Maybe they haven't been able to study this volcano as well as they have studied many volcanoes in the US and that is why the dating of the pyroclastic flows isn't as precise as some of us would like.</p> <p>Now what are the odds that this increased seismic activity under Cerro Machin does not indicate that there will be an eruption there in the next few decades? This is where the experience of volcanologists is helpful in reading the physical signals given off by a long dormant volcano.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2209777&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="5brqObVf8NrmMHtP-uQ02qX1JQQ7acSB3XaDSK186Uk"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Thomas Donlon (not verified)</span> on 06 Aug 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2209777">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2209778" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1285447480"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>so informative, thanks to tell us.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2209778&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="Q7lfFhIaPVywEIWEVpjAkFixnELKiZnlrskW4TzWHBk"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">geatteGrano (not verified)</span> on 25 Sep 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2209778">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> </section> <ul class="links inline list-inline"><li class="comment-forbidden"><a href="/user/login?destination=/eruptions/2010/08/05/gvp-weekly-volcanic-activity-r-5%23comment-form">Log in</a> to post comments</li></ul> Thu, 05 Aug 2010 09:54:33 +0000 eklemetti 104345 at https://www.scienceblogs.com Thursday Throwdown: Stromboli's tiny bubbles, Hawaiian lava flow update and recovering from Eyjafjallajökull https://www.scienceblogs.com/eruptions/2010/07/29/thursday-throwdown <span>Thursday Throwdown: Stromboli&#039;s tiny bubbles, Hawaiian lava flow update and recovering from Eyjafjallajökull</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Lots of little pieces of news I've run across ... time to play a little catch up.</p> <p><img src="http://www.decadevolcano.net/photos/europe/stromboli/dec05jan06/stromboli_d1506.jpg" width="400" /><br /> <em>Stromboli: A volcano after Don Ho's heart.</em></p> <ul> <li>Every once in a while, my RSS feeds will dredge up some articles from years gone by ... and this week there were two <em>New York Times</em> pieces that are a few years old, but interesting nevertheless. The first is about research conducted by Dr. Robert Sohn at WHOI on <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/08/science/08obarct.html" target="_blank">explosive undersea eruptions</a>. The second is work by Corr and Vaughan about<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/21/world/21volcano.html" target="_blank"> finding subglacial volcanism</a> in Antarctica. Both are interesting reads if you missed them (like I did) the first time around.</li> <li>Yesterday I talked about <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/eruptions/2010/07/lava_flows_you_cant_stop_you_c.php" target="_blank">lava flows</a> - and specifically the Kilauea lavas that are in the Kalapana subdivision. Here is the <a href="http://www.hawaii247.com/2010/07/28/kalapana-lava-update-july-28/" target="_blank">current update from HVO</a> on the flows along with <a href="http://www.kitv.com/news/24428204/detail.html" target="_blank">some details</a> from the <a href="http://www.khon2.com/news/local/story/Lava-stops-flowing-toward-homes-at-Kalapana/RJRXDP7u2EC5iE8cCy5cog.cspx" target="_blank">local news</a> (<em>link has video</em>).</li> <li>We have a new <a href="http://www.volcano.si.edu/reports/usgs/index.cfm?wvarweek=20100721" target="_blank">Smithsonian/USGS Global Volcanism Program Weekly Volcanic Activity Report</a> - again, filled with great information, including news from <a href="http://www.volcano.si.edu/reports/usgs/index.cfm?wvarweek=20100721#rabaul" target="_blank"><strong>Rabaul</strong></a>, lava flows and a &gt;6 km ash plume from <a href="http://www.volcano.si.edu/reports/usgs/index.cfm?wvarweek=20100721#kliuchev" target="_blank"><strong>Kliuchevskoi</strong></a>, and continuing strombolian activity at <a href="http://www.volcano.si.edu/reports/usgs/index.cfm?wvarweek=20100721#pacaya" target="_blank"><strong>Pacaya</strong></a>.</li> <li>There was some news last week about recently published research on<a href="http://www.livescience.com/environment/stromboli-volcano-eruption-study-100724.html"> the mechanisms for eruptions at Stromboli</a>. I haven't had a chance to digest it all, but the long-and-short seems to be to think about these eruptions like <a href="http://www.nndb.com/people/341/000023272/donho01.jpg" target="_blank">Don Ho</a> would: "tiny bubbles". The <a href="http://www.agu.org/pubs/crossref/2010/2009JB006917.shtml" target="_blank">original paper</a> was published in the <em>Journal of Geophysical Research</em>.</li> <li>In case you haven't been visiting the NASA Earth Observatory page in a while, they posted <a href="http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=44956" target="_blank">an image taken last week of the current activity at Nyiragongo</a> in the DRC. The image shows the sulfur dioxide-rich plume coming from the main summit crater.</li> <li>And there have been <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9H8720O0.htm" target="_blank">a lot</a> of articles <a href="http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/business/Airline_Swiss_back_in_black_despite_volcano_chaos.html?cid=18585704" target="_blank">this week</a> with <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9H2K64G0.htm" target="_blank">airlines reporting the cost</a> of the <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/eruptions/2010/04/eyjafjallajokull_flight_cancel.php" target="_blank">Eyjafjallajökull airspace closures</a>. The reports are all in the <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2010/jul/28/easy-jet-puts-volcano-costs-at-65m" target="_blank">tens of millions of Euros</a>, but across the board, the airlines say ticket sales are back on track. Funny how quickly businesses recover after something like this eruption (even after all their wailing and moaning at the time).</li> </ul> </div> <span><a title="View user profile." href="/author/eklemetti" lang="" about="/author/eklemetti" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">eklemetti</a></span> <span>Thu, 07/29/2010 - 04:51</span> <div class="field field--name-field-blog-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-inline"> <div class="field--label">Tags</div> <div class="field--items"> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/africa" hreflang="en">Africa</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/antarctica" hreflang="en">antarctica</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/ash-plumes" hreflang="en">ash plumes</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/aviation" hreflang="en">aviation</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/congo-0" hreflang="en">Congo</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/eyjafjallajapkull" 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<drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2209368&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="5E-X1zEQR4rA-E2VKH2DWjRrJCw_USx84dcLMwvpbLc"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Dennis (not verified)</span> on 29 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2209368">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2209369" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1280402706"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>How about that:<br /> "RVO reported an eruption from Rabaul caldera's Tavurvur cone on 23 July, after increased seismicity likely beneath Tavurvur cone was detected the previous day."<br /> New Britain's sequence of EQs started after a 7.3 Sunday, July 18, 2010 at 13:34:59 UTC<br /> and then, on July 23rd the sequence of deep Mindanao EQs.<br /> No correlation?<br /> BTW: Another 6.6 aftershock today in Mindanao.<br /> (Data from USGS)</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2209369&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="wktw4P_C0VO0Rou_uzldza3JonTrwOlSgiqr5jYzCXw"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Renato Rio (not verified)</span> on 29 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2209369">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2209370" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1280406011"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Renato: It's a bit difficult to correlate a specific Tavurvur explosion with the New Britain quakes, since Tavurvur has been banging and thumping away on a pretty regular basis for most of the last fifteen years. (check previous GVP weekly reports) But maybe it's not impossible that the quake could have given magma in the conduit a good shaking up and encouraged gas bubble formation</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2209370&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="G-NKulqNtwiDjQtv7DiZfX6ScydSdAptUTcOlbjjyR4"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">mike don (not verified)</span> on 29 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2209370">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2209371" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1280406610"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Rio, you read this: Tectonic Setting and Volcanoes<br /> of Papua New Guinea, New Britain, and the Solomon Islands</p> <p>volcano.oregonstate.edu/vwdocs/volc_images/southeast_asia/papua_new_guinea/tectonics.html</p> <p>Think about Ekohs informative posts, my elaboration on the Mindanao deep focus EQs, the Russkie Model and the proof presented in the marvelous Cocos plate subduction and deep folding.</p> <p>The map of volcanoes active from 1900-1999 is interesting. From what we know of this area, most of the recent volcanic activity makes sense, although it's a tectonically complex region.</p> <p>And then there are the out-of-the-blue sleepers, like Lamington, with it's sole recent eruption occurring mid-20th century. It was a VEI 4, lasting several years with unfortunate pyroclastic flow deaths over a very large area. </p> <p>volcano.oregonstate.edu/vwdocs/volc_images/southeast_asia/lamington.html</p> <p>From John Seach: Lamington is a major andesite volcano located in an area without a Benioff-Wadati zone. The magmas erupted from the volcano have unusually high levels of Nickel and Chromium.</p> <p>That observation came from a 1983 publication, 'Ophiolite-contaminated andesites, trachybasalts, and cognate inclusions of Mount Lamington, Papua New Guinea: anhydrite-amphibole-bearing lavas and the 1951 cumulodome.', which mentions,</p> <p>'Mount Lamington, together with three other major andesitic centers â Mount Victory, Mount Trafalgar and Hydrographers Range â rest on a northeast-dipping ophiolite sheet, the Papuan Ultramafic Belt (PUB); there is no evidence for a Benioff-Wadati zone beneath this part of Papua.'</p> <p>That caused a bit of difficulty for subduction zone modelers, but a new regional model, </p> <p>New SW Pacific tectonic model: Cyclical intraoceanic magmatic arc construction and near-coeval emplacement along the Australia-Pacific margin in the Cenozoic. (AGU 2008 Wattman et al)</p> <p><a href="http://www.agu.org/journals/ABS/2008/2007GC001710.shtml">www.agu.org/journals/ABS/2008/2007GC001710.shtml</a> </p> <p>was published recently.</p> <p>'A new model is presented whereby the PUB, New Caledonia, and Northland ophiolites formed and were emplaced in a cyclical fashion above an extensive NE dipping Cenozoic intraoceanic arc system which diachronously propagated (N-S) along the entire eastern margin of the Australian Plate.'</p> <p>Chris, at Highly Allochonthous, has a great descriptive tectonic map of the region.<br /> all-geo.org/highlyallochthonous/2010/07/fridayish-focal-mechanisms/</p> <p>And that's what set us off exploring deep focus EQ mechanics. After reading our posts here, it should be a nobrainer to see the depth of these quakes and understand that stretching/thinning and folding quakes will be ongoing, once the Big Crackers released the potential energy of what must be a major fold forming.</p> <p>An aside: for those who were met with the inevitable NYTimes login webpage after clicking his hyperlinks to the articles on Antarctic subglacial volcanism, see</p> <p><a href="http://www.science20.com/news_releases/first_evidence_of_sub_glacial_volcano_in_antarctica">www.science20.com/news_releases/first_evidence_of_sub_glacial_volcano_i…</a></p> <p>and the original letter-article abstract by Corr and Vaughn, Nature Geoscience 1, 122 - 125 (2008), 'A recent volcanic eruption beneath the West Antarctic ice sheet'. </p> <p><a href="http://www.nature.com/ngeo/journal/v1/n2/full/ngeo106.html">www.nature.com/ngeo/journal/v1/n2/full/ngeo106.html</a></p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2209371&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="Wx974jsij5DuEgroAbu0waj6BJs-BET6FDMkIPA0tKY"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Passerby (not verified)</span> on 29 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2209371">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2209372" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1280407536"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>@mike don #3: this was a speculation we were arguing about on that day of New Britain's quake. Just wanted to post this as a reminder. Thank you.<br /> @Passerby: I haven't yet finished all my homework and you're already providing us with ever more precious information. I must confess it's a bit confusing to understand all mechanisms involved in plates/subduction over that specific area, but I'm getting closer. I'ts a big honor to have you here to help us. Many thanks.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2209372&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="IqwHfsw3aZrJK5dBH3Kp97YF9fIyvgwLMRCbpc8zXCo"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Renato Rio (not verified)</span> on 29 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2209372">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2209373" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1280408855"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Not to worry - the mention of Lamington was to point to the evolving understanding of the mishmash of plates and mechanisms at play in the New Britain-PNG area; SE Asia-South Pacific region IS tectonically busy - and confusing, if you don't tease it apart.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2209373&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="PxFM6J1jjMMtJbOO8Bj8e9lVbFLD4KtYe5CI-m-nLBk"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Passerby (not verified)</span> on 29 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2209373">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2209374" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1280413975"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>To pick up on the links above, to the research conducted by Dr. Robert Sohn at WHOI on explosive undersea eruptions, and the work by Corr and Vaughan about finding subglacial volcanism in Antarctica, I was interested to see the links between volcanism and global warming being explored. It is not yet accepted that volcanoes might release the heat currently warming the globe, before the earth will cool back down again. The 60 meter rise of the polar region could possibly be a linked factor, and the melting of methane hydrates might well contribute to the explosivity of undersea volcanoes. There are interesting articles on hydrates on pages 64-67 in Google Popular Science.<br /> Interesting times we live in! Thanks Passerby for the explanation of the deep quakes under Papua New Guinea and the Phillipines. There are so many different parts of the world working in different ways. The deep hammer action of the inverse Himalayas is not going to be anywhere near that sort of depth but do you think it has influence on the weaker gravitational field over India?</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2209374&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="xS5wgCYbbWlq1aSg2SVl9yBQC29SvfzXeAMI82ZdLo8"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Alyson (not verified)</span> on 29 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2209374">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2209375" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1280417114"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Interesting that Nevado del Ruiz was removed from the new Smithsonian/USGS Volcanic Activity Report. And we just had a 69km deep 5.0 EQ about 90 km SE of Ruiz. Let us see if it will give a "kick" and trigger volcanic activity.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2209375&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="xS_RRH4Z9wGB06mYkC-tHI-cD7eJMHMqkkgf_Z3rup0"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Renato Rio (not verified)</span> on 29 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2209375">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2209376" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1280420382"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>I don't like to insist on the subject, but steam activity in Eyjaföll is quite vigorous. There are too many clouds, but you can see how fast it's pushed up from the rim, from Ãórólfsfell cam. You can also compare it with other cams, weather permitting.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2209376&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="9p2TrlPSUpFsPbyOBVe7dMX6uE7G-2WrXwkIFFCZB1k"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Renato Rio (not verified)</span> on 29 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2209376">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2209377" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1280420721"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>You mean, do magnetic anomalies map to subduction zones?</p> <p>Yes. Also to isotactic (glacial) rebound.</p> <p>But you can verify this for yourself by mapping the geoid against global tectonic maps. </p> <p>First Complete Image Created Of Himalayan Fault, Subduction Zone. Science Daily September 2009.<br /> <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/09/090911164435.htm">www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/09/090911164435.htm</a></p> <p>Underplating in the Himalaya-Tibet Collision Zone Revealed by the Hi-CLIMB Experiment. (2009) Science 325:1371-1374. DOI: 10.1126/science.1167719</p> <p>Fig 2D. Interpretative cross section of the India-Eurasia collision zone. The graphic shows cross-sectional depth to 200Km, but you know it goes MUCH deeper, from the intense blue (the gravity is pushed down) over India as seen in the colored graphic of the new June 2010 ESA GOCE Satellite Geoid Map (see links below) </p> <p>Click on the righthand panel, Figures Only link to see the Tibet-India plate interaction graphic.</p> <p>GOCE Map<br /> <a href="http://www.esa.int/esaLP/SEMY0FOZVAG_LPgoce_0.html">www.esa.int/esaLP/SEMY0FOZVAG_LPgoce_0.html</a></p> <p>Tectonic map showing India Plate extent<br /> en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Plates_tect2_en.svg</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2209377&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="hgXWXmJbPwAR0pAD6vGQbiCD_OPUKzPXdMxkHe3JDFU"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Passerby (not verified)</span> on 29 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2209377">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2209378" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1280422259"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Thanks Passerby. I have learned a lot from these last 2 threads and you have confirmed what I suspected re India and conversely the Icelandic rifting. The layers within the Earth are very uneven...</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2209378&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="Gu0LLOJh0XovQcJDheDKW5tOSAqJDierDrxZmO43KxM"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Alyson (not verified)</span> on 29 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2209378">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2209379" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1280428587"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>@Renato: You missed the numerous other earthquakes and eruptions. No correlation, just numerous coincidences because these things really do happen all the time.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2209379&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="8cGWiGvkZ69XRXy3hP0fZEsA35zOWvrLX8LxK0zTdw0"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">MadScientist (not verified)</span> on 29 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2209379">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2209380" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1280433477"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>@Passerby</p> <p>The part that had me curious, is that there was an article a few months ago that indicated that a mid depth segment of the Himalaya range was flowing northward. The basement is moving south, and the surface is moving south. </p> <p>From the links you provided, this flow would seem to be associated with the Lhasa and Qiantang blocks. The flow evidently turns off towards SE Asia.</p> <p>This appeared in an article that equated the massive height of the Himalayas with the high rate of erosion on the southern face of the range.</p> <p><a href="http://www.pgi.gov.pl/pdf/sad0806Hodg2p.pdf">http://www.pgi.gov.pl/pdf/sad0806Hodg2p.pdf</a></p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2209380&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="CoO_yU73AXBsNhNcdXFiHwsDFa9XiausGqZe1cgro8Q"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Lurking (not verified)</span> on 29 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2209380">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2209381" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1280442141"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Region: Mindoro, Philippines<br /> Time: 2010-07-30 00:22:17.3 UTC<br /> Magnitude: 4.8<br /> Epicenter: 120.74°E 13.29°N<br /> Depth: 115 km</p> <p><a href="http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/read/index.php?pageid=seism_read&amp;rid=184017">http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/read/index.php?pageid=seism_read&amp;rid=184017</a></p> <p>(pffffft. pops opens a tall boy)</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2209381&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="tBr_lI-uJJiKERlec9S3BFYuZtxora-_TSO3q5ggpQE"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Raving (not verified)</span> on 29 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2209381">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2209382" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1280445083"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>*squinting at EQ Map, USGS, Mindano/Moro Gulf* </p> <p>Couldn't find any quakes, regardless of magnitude, at shallow depth in this cluster of 22 events. They are all deep.</p> <p>earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Maps/10/120_5.php</p> <p>The mapped 2010 quakes appear to be associated with the deep focus seismic events.</p> <p>USGS Map, historical seismicity, maps 1990-2010 and 2010, Moro Gulf, Mindano, Philippines.</p> <p>neic.usgs.gov/neis/bulletin/neic_zhbe_h.html</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2209382&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="FxWV48cAJR8ZUZJxdaB_MLMx1201MNMnRNii7EeIdZ8"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Passerby (not verified)</span> on 29 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2209382">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2209383" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1280446400"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p><a href="http://geofon.gfz-potsdam.de/db/eqpage.php?id=gfz2010otlz">http://geofon.gfz-potsdam.de/db/eqpage.php?id=gfz2010otlz</a></p> <p>Night Passerby and everyone. The tall boy has spoken to me.</p> <p> |-o</p> <p>----------------------------------<br /> For followers of the night life there is sex, drugs or rocking with rolling off the Kamchatka peninsula to entertain you.</p> <p>geofon.gfz-potsdam.de/db/eqinfo.php</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2209383&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="c-1AZ6IHiSRU2biEoxwM3HMDnj0VtECncv2knyhPY18"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Raving (not verified)</span> on 29 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2209383">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2209384" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1280458944"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Unusually high steam plume on Eyjaf!</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2209384&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="2bpkXRse8Gf9MNcKhnIwDvUwsh06zUr73yC8QXc7H2Q"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Renato Rio (not verified)</span> on 29 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2209384">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2209385" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1280472189"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Oh - as for a few tens of millions of euro lost for each operator? Hah - peanuts! They could easily have been spending over 30M euro per plane that flew through the volcanic debris. My suppressed evil ego is wishing they had flown after all - looking at available data after the fact, there is a good chance there would be no crashes and the operators could have discovered for themselves how their profits are affected by choosing to fly or to ground their fleet. Ultimately the market would have "rewarded" the operators who made the correct decision - those who didn't fly would have made much smaller losses than those who flew. Unfortunately there are no existing tools that would allow pilots to make appropriate decisions while flying in space with volcanic debris and, contrary to popular belief, what you don't know *can* hurt you.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2209385&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="_sCeG-LObpPRfw5IT7Ei-4HqVVXRp89UVMoQazdUyzc"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">MadScientist (not verified)</span> on 30 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2209385">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2209386" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1280479672"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Garry Hayes at Geotripper referenced this blog today. It covers, in detail, the current Kiluea lava flows, as well as a comparison to past flows:</p> <p><a href="http://hawaiianlavadaily.blogspot.com/">http://hawaiianlavadaily.blogspot.com/</a></p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2209386&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="L_AD-yTBF2XM55zXusQ2Rfic6q4znWbuzKKnKa9QtwM"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">parclair NoCal USA (not verified)</span> on 30 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2209386">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2209387" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1280497834"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>OT for Erik Klemetti, Boris Behncke or anyone of comparable knowledge.</p> <p>I have run across several mentionings of different crust blocks "now welded to" another crust block. For example the Jan Mayen continental fragment now being welded to the Eurasian plate or the Yucatan Basin being welded to North America.</p> <p>Is this just a cessation of fault activity or is there an actual process involved in making these welds? Or is it more of a case where the jagged edges become so snagged on each other that effectively no more movement is possible?</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2209387&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="IeKW8lGVVaw2bJYPcvxN4KVkNooYA31khgfLtLH3QtM"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Lurking (not verified)</span> on 30 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2209387">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2209388" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1280507801"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Again removed from the list:<br /> Code Red the (still) ongoing eruption of Chaitén Volcano:<br /> <a href="http://www.aipchile.cl/camara/show/id/14">http://www.aipchile.cl/camara/show/id/14</a></p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2209388&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="FT5BT8UgTdKxvvF1J9GtX_5ih5nh9KLtlKzQx6zIZXI"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">R. de Haan (not verified)</span> on 30 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2209388">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2209389" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1280529798"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>According to icelandic news yesterday, there is a good chance that Eyjafjallajökull has gone dormant already and is now just cooling off.</p> <p>Here is the news, <a href="http://www.ruv.is/frett/eyjafjallajokull-i-dvala">www.ruv.is/frett/eyjafjallajokull-i-dvala</a></p> <p>Translate at own risk with Google translate.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2209389&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="2sVvzAy74IoAuVXjqMh9ldQ6dXFKqfOUlinWz3SnNcY"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <a rel="nofollow" href="http://earthquakes.jonfr.com" lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Jón FrÃmann (not verified)</a> on 30 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2209389">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2209390" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1280575117"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Re. Airline losses, to paraphrase a comment once attributed to the founder of the New York Herald, "if you're running an airline at a profit, you need a new accountant"</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2209390&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="uYMWkrOI3A76iJRw6B1xFNYBwfLmIJxeLyFVY_K7Hmc"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">doug mcl (not verified)</span> on 31 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2209390">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2209391" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1280582211"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p><i>Is China's Riskiest Volcano Stirring Or Merely Biding Its Time?</i></p> <p>Author: Richard Stone<br /> Science 30 July 2010:<br /> Vol. 329. no. 5991, pp. 498 - 499</p> <p><b>AAAS ... Advancing 'science' by hiding behind a paywall</b></p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2209391&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="3zPNyb6jr4XteovHNr_AHFv2g8aWAaSrZAU-lqo0Tdc"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Raving (not verified)</span> on 31 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2209391">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2209392" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1280586951"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Raving: What's the odds this is a rehash of an article that has been mentioned (and linked to) several times already on this blog?</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2209392&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="fMeyw5hOFZzXet3wTzU07nOsXy32zIB7hFetOK9A8EY"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">mike don (not verified)</span> on 31 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2209392">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2209393" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1280590642"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>From the article:</p> <p>Science 30 July 2010, 329:498-499<br /> DOI: 10.1126/science.329.5991.498-a</p> <p>'Chinese volcanologists keep a close eye on Changbai; they say an eruption does not seem imminent. From 2002 to 2005, the volcano's magma chamber evidently was filling, says Xu. In quiet periods, seismometers register about 100 small tremors a year around the mountain, he says. In 2003, Changbaishan Tianchi Volcano Observatory recorded 1293 tremors. By 2006, the frequency had receded to background rate, and in the first 6 months of 2010 the station recorded 58 tremors. </p> <p>The mountain rose about 6.8 centimeters in 2003 and 2004, and the ratio of helium-3 to helium-4â"a good indication of magma activity because the source is the mantle," Xu saysânearly doubled during that time. Changbai has been largely quiet since 2005, says Xu, who expects it to kick into another "active phase" again in the next few years. "But that doesn't mean it will erupt," he says. Miyamoto agrees and notes that it is extremely unlikely that the next eruption would rival the millennium eruption.'</p> <p>There will be a 3-way meeting of scientists to 'get to the bottom' of the North Korean's assertions of eminent eruption. The North Korean scientists have limited, non realtime, access to seismic data. That's one of the problems. The other is China's secretive nature over volcano observatory upgrades and operations close to the border. Their specific desire is to limit data access to science use only - a charge that North Korea may not be willing to adhere to. </p> <p>China has magnanimously offered to build a seismic station and integrate observations in North Korea. That offer was declined.</p> <p>First, we need background on this volcano. Fortunately, the Chinese have published a useful background study on-line.</p> <p><a href="http://www.mantleplumes.org/Changbai.html">www.mantleplumes.org/Changbai.html</a></p> <p>The paper has a couple of familiar themes, eh?</p> <p>A related paper, cited in the Changbai article above, that answers questions of recent seismicity off the coast of China.</p> <p>So you see, my Droogie-Droogs, there won't be any of the old volcanic ultraviolence at Baekdu anytime soon. An elevated rate of tremors? Assuredly. </p> <p>Why? The aesthenosphere is in an active deep upwelling period, as our good friends at IMO/IES have quietly opined.</p> <p>Summer rainfall is very high at Baekdu; winter regional precipitation has been near or above historical records (despite the area being typically xeric in winter). </p> <p>Pore-pressure, gravity flux and major mountain-side erosion on the North Korean side. These should be points of discussion when China and the Koreas meet to discuss Baekdu concerns.</p> <p>The ESA 2009 GOCE Gradient Gravity Map is a useful thing to study to for a regional context of the Changbai tomography graphic.</p> <p><a href="http://www.esa.int/images/gradient_picture.jpg">www.esa.int/images/gradient_picture.jpg</a></p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2209393&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="9xC3vFOF0ftb9biGUVVvzz0fEaWqsI_CwoyqSY7eCIA"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Passerby (not verified)</span> on 31 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2209393">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2209394" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1280614568"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><blockquote><p>So you see, my Droogie-Droogs, there won't be any of the old volcanic ultraviolence at Baekdu anytime soon. An elevated rate of tremors? Assuredly.</p> <p>Why? The aesthenosphere is in an active deep upwelling period, as our good friends at IMO/IES have quietly opined.</p> <p>Posted by: Passerby | July 31, 2010 5:37 PM</p></blockquote> <p>Surely not a subterranean DEW line. Get bent hoser why don't you eh. beauty</p> <p>Interesting that the science is on a sufficiently firm footing now as to be confidently obvious? It might be so. ...</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2209394&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="ZqzvAiph0W7V0RWl2FCZjMAklGlrKvA8Zjj31kCl2iU"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Raving (not verified)</span> on 31 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2209394">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2209395" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1280617247"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Subterranean DEW line?</p> <p>I'm having a hard enough time equating "..there won't be any of the old volcanic ultraviolence at Baekdu anytime soon. An elevated rate of tremors? Assuredly..."</p> <p>with "...The aesthenosphere is in an active deep upwelling period, as our good friends at IMO/IES have quietly opined."</p> <p>With the other observations, I can agree with the increased seismic activity, but can not see how it rules out potential activity at Baekdu.</p> <p>I think the parked slab is a pretty wild event though.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2209395&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="gSpcJ9QYZSGp0zOvpIWsTPyEUtDionN1xCsC-UZZahw"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Lurking (not verified)</span> on 31 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2209395">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2209396" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1280617943"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>The Chinese, with their sophisticated monitoring program at Baekdu, know 'typical' from 'atypical'. 100 shakes per year is typical. We're just a hair over that for the year. Nothing like 2004-05, when the inflation and shakes, and chemistry, showed clear evidence of magma chamber filling.</p> <p>Since then, it's gone back to being quiet. </p> <p>The Aethenosphere plays a role in tectonic seismicity, near surface. Also in geothermal activity.</p> <p>Mass slumping and erosion, and unusual precipitation, lend pressure stress to susceptible stress-strain loaded faulting.</p> <p>Changbai has deep focus quakes and shall quakes. In order to suss out the cause, you need several layers of data.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2209396&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="w5-rtL8LO1qHsOurXzr6uURcG2EsH_XoWo6kX-nOtDo"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Passerby (not verified)</span> on 31 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2209396">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2209397" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1280624480"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Well, if your getting at there being a lack of inflation or a lack of a copious amount of quakes moving in a direction, then I follow that. </p> <p>I can also see the mass wasting as being contributory to the seismic noise. </p> <p>I just couldn't make out increased aesthenosphere activity as being indicative of a non volcanic threat.</p> <p>Probably a brain fart on my part for not picking up on that.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2209397&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="s87TUaIP_LzmMnumQXKmbEkdi82KJb3kz2UJLEh9rcs"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Lurking (not verified)</span> on 31 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2209397">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2209398" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1280656865"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>hi all, i was having problem with pc.i was watching a film last night called 'scorcher' were china were doing a nuclear test in there ocean,which sent the Earth of its Axis towards the sun,then had to to use 2 nukes underneath LA to correct the earth could this actually happen when North Korea were testing i think 2008/9 or 10 not sure</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2209398&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="pHGyU38IXfUuIYMQQJoD-i85WYCO47OwX_-Xpqq5HSU"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">leon (not verified)</span> on 01 Aug 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2209398">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2209399" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1280659554"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>@Leon, not a possibility. The quake on Dec. 26, 2004 was of such magnitude that we cannot build a bomb of the equivilent power. That quake was strong enough to affect the rotation of the earth a tiny bit as in microradians (I could be wrong on that term so Passerby correct me if I am wrong :-)) So the posibility of a bomb large enough to tilt the earth's axis is total nonsense. Movies are just that---movies. Most are just for entertainment and what you saw was for entertainment. As far as I know, there has not been a movie from Hollywood or anyone else that has been accurate about volcanoes. Documentaries are much better, especially when they talk to the people who are in the field of geology. Even then, sometimes there can be a bit of overkill. The best on volcanoes are the videoes and pictures of the real thing. Each eruption has a story to tell about the volcano itself and we learn from them. So don't worry about the earth's axis being thrown off by a bomb.</p> <p>BTW, the earth actually does have a wobble in its axis that takes thousands of years to make a full revolution on that wobble. It is just a natural part of the movement of the earth in rotation and orbit around the sun. The magnetic north pole also changes position. The earth doesn't need us to affect anything it does. We do sometimes out of ignorance such as when we cut too many trees as the clearing in South America and our industry, but the earth moves and quakes on its own.</p> <p>I hope you don't worry about what you saw in that movie. It was just a movie.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2209399&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="mWhRLdopH1wDAdUWmKnIUG5UE6bz84c_Jv4un3sHtKw"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Diane N CA (not verified)</span> on 01 Aug 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2209399">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2209400" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1280660664"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>No.</p> <p><b>For the sake of argument</b>, lets say that Earth was whacked by another object... much larger than a standard Mk1 mod-0 asteroid... say, the size of a dwarf planet. A 2410km object moving at 45km/s and striking at 45° will generate a seismic event of about Magnitude 15.1. </p> <p>According to the Earth Impact Effects Program, </p> <p><a href="http://impact.ese.ic.ac.uk/ImpactEffects/">http://impact.ese.ic.ac.uk/ImpactEffects/</a></p> <p>"<i><b>Major Global Changes:</b><br /> The Earth is not strongly disturbed by the impact and loses negligible mass.<br /> The impact does not make a noticeable change in the tilt of Earth's axis (&lt; 5 hundreths of a degree).<br /> Depending on the direction and location of impact, the collision may cause a change in the length of the day of up to 15.3 hours.<br /> <b>The impact does not shift the Earth's orbit noticeably.</b></i>"</p> <p>So.. I would say that the movie is stretching it a bit. </p> <p>You are most likely to see a perturbation to Earth's orbit if you add to or take away mass or momentum, and as the simulation notes, even a 2410km diameter rock doesn't make much of an effect. (other than killing all life with the possible exception of few extemophiles that can ride out the melt period on debris slung into space) </p> <p>Earthquakes don't add or subtract to the momentum of Earth in it's orbit. They can affect the compactness of Earth and change the rotation speed... making days longer or shorter.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2209400&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="DKD8C1Ilb8H1BhDyfx7WVwEu93OcLCpiSMLmX2gFM-E"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Lurking (not verified)</span> on 01 Aug 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2209400">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2209401" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1280660782"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>That was in response to leon. Diane N CA hit the button before I did.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2209401&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="jirTO_PRCvLhPo_3mvrJZj8OrY1kMOw7VrlW4mkoq5k"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Lurking (not verified)</span> on 01 Aug 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2209401">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2209402" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1280663219"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p><i>Subterranean DEW line</i></p> <p>I interpreted the 400-600km deep quakes as breaking/flexing of the subducted plate. .. which is fine because the source of signal has been identified.</p> <p>Given that energetic activity is taking place at 400 km depth, it takes time for the convection to carry it to the surface.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2209402&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="hT3dtehUQlJqS88N2xyRKZLmFwaKjHgdT_AONJKxsQo"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Raving (not verified)</span> on 01 Aug 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2209402">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2209403" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1280667399"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>@32: earth rotational axis wobble has a period of 433 days. See Chandler Wobble page, Wikipedia.</p> <p>@35 Not sure I'm following you on convective transfer of energy from deep quake upwards. </p> <p>A sort of Subterranean DEW line does exist: a deep ocean boreholes seismic and geomagnetic monitoring network</p> <p>(Japan) Ocean Hemispheric Network Project (OHP),<br /> eri-ndc.eri.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/ohp/index.html</p> <p>Article abstract describing use of OHP borehole seismometers to model subduction beneath the Pacific and Philippine Plates.</p> <p>Seismic Evidence for Sharp Lithosphere-Asthenosphere Boundaries of Oceanic Plates. Science, April 2009<br /> Vol.324, pp.499-502.<br /> <a href="http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/324/5926/499">www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/324/5926/499</a></p> <p>Good graphics, via Figs Only hyperlink, right panel.</p> <p>Graphic of the Lithosphere-Aesthenospere at divergent (spreading) ridges and volcanic/tectonic activity.<br /> <a href="http://www.windows2universe.org/earth/images/earths_crust_gif_image.html&amp;edu=high">www.windows2universe.org/earth/images/earths_crust_gif_image.html&amp;edu=h…</a></p> <p>Hypothetically, thermal/geomagnetic pulses migrate upward through near-surface aesthenosphere upwellings, spreading forces propagate through the crust with tectonic release at fissures and also under adjacent volcanic centers.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2209403&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="8Fy9qAjTC2nfyxaXGFxAUh3ievfi7WSiozAs98BLSN4"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Passerby (not verified)</span> on 01 Aug 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2209403">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2209404" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1280670969"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Sorry to throw a spanner Passerby, but Diane referred to the phenomenon of *precession* - <a href="http://www-istp.gsfc.nasa.gov/stargaze/Sprecess.htm">http://www-istp.gsfc.nasa.gov/stargaze/Sprecess.htm</a> The - discovered by Hipparchos some 2000 years ago. According to this site, the period is 26,000 years but in older Astronomy textbooks, I've seen a figure of 27,000 years.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2209404&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="yhVKpaijcKDavStZgmdkIxEmdxBVa88DYl95XCojXGM"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Henrik, Swe (not verified)</span> on 01 Aug 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2209404">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2209405" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1280671102"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Leon 31: Just curious, here; the plot of that film sounds very like the corny disaster-movie classic "The Day The Earth Caught Fire" (except that there the nukes were American and Russian, and the detonation to put things right was under Siberia). Just shows that you can't keep a scary-but-ridiculous idea down.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2209405&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="n_xN1tME5lFn8Enc60h75EY8QatD28NJZ0iihzTpQ3A"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">mike don (not verified)</span> on 01 Aug 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2209405">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2209406" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1280680692"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Dunno if it's real, dunno if it's photoshoped, but this screen cap of Eyjafjallajökull coming up on "Who Wants to be a Millionaire" is priceless.</p> <p><a href="http://i28.tinypic.com/4rakao.jpg">http://i28.tinypic.com/4rakao.jpg</a></p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2209406&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="cGhRi_sxQDzFv71gOi9WDi8GVzGu-ok1ktKrjU74H5g"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Lurking (not verified)</span> on 01 Aug 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2209406">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2209407" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1280684416"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>@ Lurking #38. Magic! I would love to have heard the host/questionmaster actually ask the question..... and the given alternatives!</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2209407&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="Ayl0YFwzGA2QXrktrsOFoTMtJ4GgKdJibt29yhxWUW0"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Kathryn, Australia (not verified)</span> on 01 Aug 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2209407">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2209408" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1280692799"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>@Passerby #36 and Henrik #37. I was referring to the procession (though I didn't know what to call it), and I didn't know about the wobble that takes 433 days. Thank you, gentlemen for letting me know what I was talking about. LOL </p> <p>Passerby, what is the 433 day wobble all about? Will you go into a bit more detail on that? Thanks.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2209408&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="p_Wn2oD81OLE82-nK9X3rMHLbOhEg_ThEssu_hkdU2k"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Diane N CA (not verified)</span> on 01 Aug 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2209408">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2209409" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1280698657"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>37: In her *exact words*<br /> 'BTW, the earth actually does have a wobble in its axis'</p> <p>She didn't type the word 'precession'. I suppose she was referring to the Chile EQ that changed the LOD, but as Lurking pointed out, it's not a change in the rotational axis.</p> <p>So I deliberately named one of a couple known free nutations. The decadeal-variation is called Markovitz Wobble. The primary excitation component appears to be atomospheric.</p> <p>The Excitation of the Chandler Wobble (JPL, 2000)<br /> trs-new.jpl.nasa.gov/dspace/bitstream/2014/18398/1/99-1877.pdf </p> <p>In 2006, the Wobble paused briefly for several weeks. Stopped all movement, and caused quite a bit of consternation. </p> <p>Indeed, there appears to be a connection between the change in amplitude of the Wobble cycle and excess LOD over time. USDOD-Navy data webpage.</p> <p>maia.usno.navy.mil/plot-eop.html</p> <p>Unfortunately, doomsday prophesy idiots have decided that the wobble has arcane significance. *sigh* You have to wade through their drivel when searching for papers on the wobble trends over time.</p> <p>Not surprisingly, several papers published in the past decade have related Chandler Wobble variation to significant earthquakes events at subduction zones.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2209409&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="AGnRaAbGSu1Z9BOnHdC_6nMxTLAOsyrptdR2R3c43bw"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Passerby (not verified)</span> on 01 Aug 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2209409">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2209410" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1280700303"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Iceland under "attack":<br /> "After Eyjaföl goes dormant, giant mosquitoes threaten webcams!"<br /> <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/MdAiNiSdzXQIIY_KlJaHzA?feat=directlink">http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/MdAiNiSdzXQIIY_KlJaHzA?feat=direct…</a><br /> (from: <a href="http://www.simnet.is/jonfr500/earthquake/vefmyndeyjafjalen.html">http://www.simnet.is/jonfr500/earthquake/vefmyndeyjafjalen.html</a>)</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2209410&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="pSE4i4nMeRvTOMWoMNT4oqwF4EeUjf9HLYS1mJOnDCE"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Renato Rio (not verified)</span> on 01 Aug 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2209410">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2209411" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1280700393"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Diane, see the JPL paper and the Wikipage. </p> <p>The mechanics of the Wobble are...complex. More so than the JPL paper suggests. This webpage supplies a reasonable laymans synopsis of Atmospheric Angular Momentum.</p> <p>Atmospheric Angular Momentum<br /> <a href="http://www.examiner.com/x-17371-Raleigh-Climate-Examiner~y2009m8d30-Atmospheric-Angular-Momentum-AAM-oversimplified">http://www.examiner.com/x-17371-Raleigh-Climate-Examiner~y2009m8d30-Atm…</a></p> <p>It describes the piling up of air masses at mid-latitudes and effect on LOD. We are emerging from a low-AAM pattern that spanned the last 3 years.</p> <p>Your original choice of wording was apt, as it does appear to pertain to variation in Wobble, rotation rate/LOD and plausibly, to earthquakes at subduction zones located under the air mass anomalies.</p> <p>Others have posited Wobble causative components in glacial isotactic rebound and polar ice-cap melting. </p> <p>I suspect that glacial rebound has more to do with intraplate fault earthquakes (New Madrid fault and St Laurence Seaway quakes) than with the Wobble.</p> <p>Earthquakes: Climate and intraplate shocks. Nature July 29, 2010. </p> <p><a href="http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v466/n7306/full/466568a.html">www.nature.com/nature/journal/v466/n7306/full/466568a.html</a></p> <p>Triggering of New Madrid seismicity by late-Pleistocene erosion. Nature 466: 608â611 (2010).<br /> DOI:10.1038/nature09258<br /> <a href="http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v466/n7306/full/nature09258.html">www.nature.com/nature/journal/v466/n7306/full/nature09258.html</a></p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2209411&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="kqywrl5WmjDdzbVYo1GGgzEipydWo2Gf4BZ3rWfYdBg"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Passerby (not verified)</span> on 01 Aug 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2209411">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2209412" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1280712864"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>I'm a bit skeptical of writing off the NMZ to a purely erosion activated feature. Granted, it probably played a large role in it, but there is a measurable slow wave zone underneath it.</p> <p>From <b>"Fossil flat-slab subduction beneath the Illinois basin, USA"</b> Heather Bedle, Suzan van der Lee; Tectonophysics 424 (2006) 53â68</p> <p><i>"b) a northeastâsouthwest transect that roughly aligns with the Mississippi River. All four cross-sections show the low velocity region beneath the Illinois basin in the uppermost mantle, and b) shows the slow upper mantle structure attributed to the Reelfoot Rift."</i></p> <p>Part of Figure 6 from that document (the "b" part):</p> <p><a href="http://i32.tinypic.com/904tjt.png">http://i32.tinypic.com/904tjt.png</a></p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2209412&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="2O0QAaiVV8vvDmIukP3HDrUg_ByZ1DZqzWksweH5qQo"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Lurking (not verified)</span> on 01 Aug 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2209412">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2209413" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1280727211"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>lol films are films and Documentaries are facts i just never heard of nukes moving the Axis.in fact i watch two documentaries on the Haiti earthquake 2010 and 2004 boxing day Tsunami on sunday morning which i found very sad for both.thanks for all your info though intresting read and yeah this film was cheesy but good.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2209413&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="Iql45HIabZjMdIX9sPscgMtKoNexztBlPv4tkOmDi5M"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">leon (not verified)</span> on 02 Aug 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2209413">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2209414" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1280744943"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>@45:<br /> passingstrangeness.wordpress.com/2009/01/16/reelfootrift/</p> <p>Interesting, a Mag 3 shake in Southern Louisiana, at 5 Km depth. Zero historical activity going back to 1900, hence an ultra low seismic hazard rating.</p> <p>Manmade?</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2209414&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="ULDww3JFYmLqJicad0moY-ZPUywdx_l_kdheFvl9O7g"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Passerby (not verified)</span> on 02 Aug 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2209414">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2209415" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1280753761"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Leon was a bit off on the plot of the 2002 Sci-Fi dud, 'Scorcher'. The Chinese bomb tests supposedly cause a rupture at the lower mantle-core interface, shifted the mass of large plates, and the resulting 'immense pressure' is thus endangering Earth by catalyzing a 'global eruption'. *eyes rolling upward*</p> <p>en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scorcher_%28film%29</p> <p>Nothing about axial precession, the Sun, etc. </p> <p>Axial precession is at one of the scale of polar motions, having a very long period and being associated with the Milankovitch_cycles that affect large shifts in climate, and nutation is at the other end that is thought to be caused by short quasi-periodic climate patterns. </p> <p>I thought that it might be a 'teachable moment' to segue chitchat towards recent publications on the causes of polar nutation and possible relation to seismic and volcanic activity.</p> <p>Polar Motion (Wikipedia): The slow drift, about 20 m since 1900, is partly due to motions in the Earth's core and mantle, and partly to the redistribution of water mass as the Greenland ice sheet melts, and to isostatic rebound, i.e. the slow rise of land that was formerly burdened with ice sheets or glaciers. The drift is roughly along the 80th meridian west.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2209415&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="WSi35rzYRrKFsQ5O8Fz484FYEDkQuMVpwcreq0gsCik"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Passerby (not verified)</span> on 02 Aug 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2209415">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2209416" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1280757911"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>strong Earthquake in Northern Norway today :</p> <p>3,5 scale </p> <p><a href="http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/distrikt/nordland/1.7233555">http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/distrikt/nordland/1.7233555</a></p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2209416&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="U5YQWiHQzvfzfgHDJ7D3zlWnOQdzP0Q8G-6Pae_MT1E"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">thor (not verified)</span> on 02 Aug 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2209416">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2209417" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1280764044"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>@#49 Thor,<br /> Perhaps in the Norwegian scale of things is was big, otherwise, no. In the article, they even gave it a big M 5 splat on the map, and clearly, the article was about the feelings of exited people, "Wow! I was in an earthquake!"</p> <p>The good point is that in the comments the people blame the gummint for the quake... ;)</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2209417&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="P4U9HT1cdiS83ApvdBWBJYK3YJQLnREId9FZF0q517Y"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Kultsi, Askola, FI (not verified)</span> on 02 Aug 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2209417">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2209418" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1280764544"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Shop Holiday soon past, and the first geologists have begun opining that Lady E has not only hit the snooze button, but also turned the clock off as well.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2209418&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="Q7LS75gIDUHhq5hxCePVdQwnh0KH-Xab8Vxh7OnbN-I"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Reynir, NK, .is (not verified)</span> on 02 Aug 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2209418">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2209419" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1280764923"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>@Kultsi - [50] Those that aren't blaming Statoil, that is. Waddya think... privatising EQs in .no is surely gunna make'em more expensive overall for the average Norwegian?</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2209419&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="ghKKpRkt07zHRcWXI0uFppRRfZUju70QZYmtAX0Erlk"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Reynir, NK, .is (not verified)</span> on 02 Aug 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2209419">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2209420" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1280766411"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Rana Region EQ activity &gt; post-glacial uplift, with local factors (last time this happened, I noted heavy precip preceded the event).</p> <p>See abstract: Seismic activity, inferred crustal stresses and seismo-tectonics in the Rana region, Northern Norway. Quaternary Science Reviews (2000) 19(14-15):1423-1436.</p> <p>Related paper you can read; The 31st of August 1819 Lurøy earthquake revisited. Norwegian J Geol. (2004) 85:245-25.</p> <p><a href="http://www.geologi.no/data/f/0/07/60/7_22301_0/Bungum_et_al.pdf">www.geologi.no/data/f/0/07/60/7_22301_0/Bungum_et_al.pdf</a></p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2209420&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="linWE94EOt39d__a6U5sOTVVHD13UjiUGWcTUvEJpKM"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Passerby (not verified)</span> on 02 Aug 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2209420">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2209421" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1280768451"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>@Passerby [47]</p> <p>It wouldn't be the first time. Natural Gas production is all through that area.</p> <p>The Wiggins Uplift is to the east of there, and from what I've read may be a fragment/shard from Gondwana. </p> <p>According to "Alleghenian Reconstruction and Subsequent Evolution of the Gulf Of Mexico, Bahamas, and Proto-Caribbean" by Pindell in Tectonica, vol. 4, no. 1, January 1985:</p> <p><i>"The probable suture zone, from east to west, lies between the Appalachians and the Mauritanides of western Africa; crosses Georgia between the Suwannee Basin and the Southern Appalachians; continues north of the Wiggins Arch and Sabine Uplift, following approximately the trend of the Gilber town-South Arkansas-Mexia graben system"</i> (Pg 17)</p> <p><a href="http://i25.tinypic.com/2yudovb.png">http://i25.tinypic.com/2yudovb.png</a></p> <p>Figure 1 from pg 2.</p> <p>In the figure,<br /> SU = Sabine Uplift<br /> WA = Wiggins Arch<br /> JD = Jackson Dome (old core of a volcano)<br /> MU = Monroe Uplift</p> <p>But, the basement there is anywhere from 8 to 10 km deep, so this event was up in the sedimentary layers above that at 5km depth.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2209421&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="3w0jhHeSTSCHx2D5Xu4QWm5z9H3rJKRJ4AtCqn-kBk8"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Lurking (not verified)</span> on 02 Aug 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2209421">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2209422" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1280771254"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Hmm...</p> <p>Now ya made me ponder that a bit. </p> <p>Roughly 81 myr ago, there was an impactor just North of Montgomery AL near a town now known as Wetumpka. The scar is still manifest on the landscape. Most opinion is that it hit in a shallow sea since most of the Mississippi embayment was... pretty much under water at the time.</p> <p>I grew up in Jackson, and had always heard about there being an extinct volcano down there. Jackson was originally LeFluer's Bluff and was a trading post on the Pearl River. The whole area is hilly, something that was attributed to the old volcano by my peer group. (drunk teenagers) Most likely it was in part due to the really nasty "Yazoo Clay", which has a HUGE volume change as it absorbs water or dries out. Building foundations usually suffer quite a bit from that. In later years, I figured that this clay was from altered rock... but it turns out that it has more to do with whatever critters were living in that ancient sea.</p> <p>So.. while digging around for info in that last post, I ran across this: </p> <p><i>...Monroe and Toler (1937) described both extrusive and intrusive igneous rocks from the Jackson Dome. Harrelson and Bicker (1979), Harrelson (1981) and Saunders and Harrelson (1992) subsequently studied these igneous rocks. Harrelson (1981) interpreted that doming of the Jackson structure was initiated in the Jurassic, based ostensibly on stratigraphic relations. The doming, which was due to plutonism, continued through Early and mid-Cretaceous time until several volcanic vents opened to the surface, causing explosive volcanism. The volcanism continued almost to the end of the Cretaceous (Saunders and Harrelson, 1992). The volcano is capped by the Jackson âGas Rock,â a reef consisting of bryozoans, foraminifera, and corals (Harrelson, 1981). K-Ar geochronology indicates that the igneous rocks of the Jackson Dome range from 79.0 ± 2.9 Ma to 69.2±2.9 Ma, although dates as young as 65.8 ± 2.7 Ma (Cook, 1975) and as old as 91.3 ± 3.4 Ma (Sundeen and Cook, 1977) are reported from other areas of Mississippi. These data indicate that the northern margin of the MISB was an area of intense tectonic activity throughout much of the latter part of the Mesozoic Era...</i></p> <p>"<b>Basin Analysis of the Mississippi Interior Salt Basin and Petroleum System Modeling of the Jurassic Smackover Formation, Eastern Gulf Coastal Plain</b>", Ernest A. Mancini, University of Alabama, 1998.</p> <p>So evidently, when Wetumpka got whacked by the meteor, there were already a lot of things going on with volcanoes and other seismic events.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2209422&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="lKufl0ELRJpbP0zAfjD0K1PjYjWpyiXpnrjhjuBGeC4"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Lurking (not verified)</span> on 02 Aug 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2209422">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2209423" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1280771898"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>As if we didn't have enough to worry about.</p> <p>"Spacequakes" Discovered in Earth's Upper Atmosphere </p> <p><a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/07/100730-science-space-spacequakes-themis-nasa-auroras-magnetic-field/?fb08022010b">http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/07/100730-science-space-sp…</a></p> <p>So, who is going to plot these? ;)</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2209423&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="wv6YiW0DBKRvOFnkz1eSPQAX5WAf_V-4svkfq0Lg25k"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Dan, Florida (not verified)</span> on 02 Aug 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2209423">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2209424" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1280774817"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Yazoo clays = Pachuta Marls. Laid down in a marine environment.<br /> en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marl<br /> a-c-s.confex.com/crops/2008am/webprogram/Paper48317.html</p> <p>Good general gab on Alabama Geology. I spent quite a bit of time at the Alabama Museum of Natural History (Smith Hall), back when it housed the Geological Survey, on the Univ. Alabama campus. </p> <p>Tuscaloosa was a handy place to be, for geological diversity.</p> <p>vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/LivingWith/VolcanicPast/Places/volcanic_past_alabama.html</p> <p>I know the Black Warrior Basin and geology and soils of the Gulf Coast tolerably well.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2209424&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="G6KGiBrLC23XVxVmiHuSxxKTFxzPCqGNDuSaEdG0OD0"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Passerby (not verified)</span> on 02 Aug 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2209424">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2209425" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1280775846"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Gawd I hate that "Volcanic Past" site. It has that "lets toss up a boilerplate to at least have something for them to look at" sort of appeal.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2209425&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="L2YvY7RteWmLTE9iatyDqFggNOW9ZxEIeL4njgheqL4"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Lurking (not verified)</span> on 02 Aug 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2209425">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2209426" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1280777468"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>*shrug*</p> <p>The State Geologic Survey has a decent geologic map. I didn't post another link that was dumbed down.</p> <p><a href="http://www.gsa.state.al.us/gsa/geo_mapping.html">www.gsa.state.al.us/gsa/geo_mapping.html</a></p> <p>UA Geological Sciences Dept has a better rendering:<br /> <a href="http://www.geo.ua.edu/algeomap.php">http://www.geo.ua.edu/algeomap.php</a></p> <p>The wiki page on geology of Alabama is too brief to be useful, but they do mention the Wetumpka impact. Confirmation of it's existence was published well after I had left 'Bama for the PNW.</p> <p>Looks like 'Bama is going to be the next phase of a national rolling detailed seismological survey, for the next two years.</p> <p><a href="http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/article/20100723/NEWS/100729880/1007?Title=State-prepared-for-seismic-snapshot">www.tuscaloosanews.com/article/20100723/NEWS/100729880/1007?Title=State…</a></p> <p>Smart idea, and not so far removed from the ocean crustal borehole program (OHP) that the Japanese are conducting throughout the western Pacific Plate and coastal Asia region.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2209426&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="IuN-xrcQXhFzK86kaZ5DHv-sDJGmPnoJpxz1SUBWMug"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Passerby (not verified)</span> on 02 Aug 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2209426">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2209427" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1280778200"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>@48 i think it was the actors in the film who said it. your site lead me to this site The national Academies press,Effects of nuclear-earth-penetrator weapons,and other weapons[2005] <a href="http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?records_id=11282">http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?records_id=11282</a></p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2209427&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="HIK7NnGRwUG_Ew70N5Hgt0ZPZfw7f6WYmeei7gXbtXA"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">leon (not verified)</span> on 02 Aug 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2209427">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2209428" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1280779395"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>"...rolling detailed seismological..."</p> <p>Very cool. Being in the armpit of Alabama we can't help but be included in the survey.... by proxy.</p> <p>(P'cola)</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2209428&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="j-cR3WsjBPrzesoRCVXV7lTMedDk2sHZWaRNelZ-A_M"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Lurking (not verified)</span> on 02 Aug 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2209428">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2209429" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1280786937"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>You might consider contacting the PIs to help them scope out sites in southern AL. Might get you inside the project with respect to cranking through data (eg, paid position). You're obviously experienced at working up data. </p> <p>The grad students are newbies. I've been locating/siting and planting remote environmental sensor systems for many years. They need pointers for safe sites that won't be molested - not an easy thing where the locals like to get drunk and shoot at new and interesting targets, like gubermint equipment housing, or solar panels to power them.</p> <p>Just ask any of the HIGHLY UNDERPAID and UNDERVALUED USGS state water quality hydrology techs.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2209429&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="FKEBniilGXhacDGuIwMpst8rwIKAup0aB6RKIPtN44Y"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Passerby (not verified)</span> on 02 Aug 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2209429">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2209430" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1280787537"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>*Clint Eastwood squint* </p> <p>Mobile is the armpit; the sugar sands of Pensacola Bay (Redneck Riviera) is heaven by comparison.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2209430&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="RmcGv3iAxbbMmYqKysmDwPya10LtCKa6Dizk_-aDV_s"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Passerby (not verified)</span> on 02 Aug 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2209430">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2209431" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1280789075"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Nope... Pensacola spends all it's time trying to be Destin.</p> <p>Well suited geologically for commerce (natural deep water bay), they do everything they can to drive it out so that they can put in condos and try to attract a tourist industry. Pensacola is truly <i>wedged</i> in the armpit, though it may not <b>be</b> the armpit.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2209431&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="iS4_LTa47FyXjzUoDbsjPz-TIDbL-JSgrzvudR_Bj8s"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Lurking (not verified)</span> on 02 Aug 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2209431">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2209432" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1280789761"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Ref [62] </p> <p>I'm probably ill suited for that position. My back road knowledge of Alabama is how to get across it when the roads are clogged with evacuees. MS back roads I had good working knowledge of, but that was 30 years ago. NW Florida I could do, I roam these roads on an almost daily basis... but I rarely get below 40 mph (have to make sure the traffic is clear on the other side of the combines and tractors that you occasionally run across) He##, I even found a Darlington Florida once. A few houses, some barns and a stop sign.</p> <p>As for the shooting... I'd be more concerned about being related to any one there. Recently just North of Graceville FL up in AL, a recently laid off worker went on a spree taking out anyone who he had a grudge with ... including family. That went on for about 15 miles before they figured out how to track him down.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2209432&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="l8Bei4SoLLcn1m9OTwdI5J_ZYzhwRvEJgP88fHEasII"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Lurking (not verified)</span> on 02 Aug 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2209432">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2209433" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1292095748"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Amazing content=) I will require a bit of time to ponder your points.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2209433&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="1BEQDK0Jv9QbQcHu3XuasY8YeDJOBhl6eLVA3cRcQXA"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <a rel="nofollow" href="http://srthjsryj.com" lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Fernando Mayland (not verified)</a> on 11 Dec 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2209433">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2209434" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1292196552"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Training also embraces scripts, handling objections, presentation, following up, closing, and different MLM qualified prospects topics. Often times there are HOT MLM prospects web pages around that really delivered on this fine of MLM sales opportunities training.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2209434&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="sm0D96_J0jCqNm5nNjL83igbSzvWswFQyCN1FHcE4iQ"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <a rel="nofollow" href="http://sarajsmith5.xanga.com/" lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="" content="network marketing groups in atlanta">network market… (not verified)</a> on 12 Dec 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2209434">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2209435" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1292474975"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>You'll have not supposed to take action, however I believe you might have managed to specific the mind-set that lots of people are in. 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Thank you! I always wanted to write on my blog something like that. Can I include a fragment of your post to my website?</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2209436&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="osgzR6HhPvmeIT1DcIGV-AbZ_KNNlyVobbXpJu6t998"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <a rel="nofollow" href="http://trtrtrukfteftgvcsdfgv.com" lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Kelsi Embrey (not verified)</a> on 16 Dec 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2209436">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> </section> <ul class="links inline list-inline"><li class="comment-forbidden"><a href="/user/login?destination=/eruptions/2010/07/29/thursday-throwdown%23comment-form">Log in</a> to post comments</li></ul> Thu, 29 Jul 2010 08:51:59 +0000 eklemetti 104339 at https://www.scienceblogs.com (Late) Wednesday Whatzits: Hawaiian lava flows, more Katla mongering and a possible eruption at Ruiz? https://www.scienceblogs.com/eruptions/2010/07/21/late-wednesday-whatzits-hawaii <span>(Late) Wednesday Whatzits: Hawaiian lava flows, more Katla mongering and a possible eruption at Ruiz?</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p><img src="http://hvo.wr.usgs.gov/kilauea/update/archive/2009/Nov/20100717_5991_mrp_L.jpg" width="400" /><br /> <em>Kilauea lavas on the move near Kalapana. Image taken July 17, courtesy of the <a href="http://hvo.wr.usgs.gov/observatory/" target="_blank">Hawaiian Volcano Observatory</a>.</em></p> <p>Some news over the last few days:</p> <ul> <li>The <a href="http://www.khon2.com/news/local/story/Scientists-keeping-close-eye-on-Kilauea-lava-flow/4ocOcHYAo0uCkcOIL6cHFQ.cspx" target="_blank">lava flows from Kilauea</a> are moving with a vengeance right now, <a href="http://hvo.wr.usgs.gov/kilauea/update/images.html" target="_blank">damaging roads and heading for some structures</a>. The <a href="http://www.hawaiimagazine.com/blogs/hawaii_today/2010/7/21/Kilauea_Volcano_sends_lava_flow_into_Kalapana_again" target="_blank">lava flows near Kalapana</a> have moved almost 200 meters since Sunday, closing within 100 yards of homes in the area. The lava is moving to the east along Highway 130 and 137 - and <a href="http://www.kpua.net/news.php?id=20472" target="_blank">tourists are making it difficult to get around</a> as they park to watch the lava - upwards of <a href="http://www.kitv.com/news/24333584/detail.html" target="_blank">2,000 people</a>! A number of <a href="http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/Global/story.asp?S=12833554" target="_blank">people (and dogs) have had to be evacuated</a> as the lava slowly flows into Kalapana - last inundated with lava 21 years ago. It is a <a href="http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/hvo/activity/kilaueastatus.php" target="_blank">busy summer for the Hawaiian volcano</a>, thats for sure.</li> <li>I would also like to derail some of this <a href="http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2010/07/20/here-comes-katla/" target="_blank">continued Katla-mongering, this time over at <em>Cosmic Variance</em></a>. This is not to say we shouldn't watch Katla, but <a href="http://en.vedur.is/earthquakes-and-volcanism/earthquakes/myrdalsjokull/" target="_blank">all these swarms</a> are still (1) too small; (2) too shallow and; (3) too short. I would place a safe bet that there are many more volcanoes worldwide that are much closer to eruption than Katla - and the connection between Eyjafjallajökull and Katla is tenuous at best. So relax!</li> <li>Now, when was the last time you saw a <a href="http://www.volcano.si.edu/reports/usgs/index.cfm?wvarweek=20100714" target="_blank">Smithsonian/USGS GVP Weekly Volcanic Report</a> with so little new activity? It is indeed a quiet summer for volcanoes - or maybe this is just in comparison to the Iceland furor of earlier this year. However, the latest report does talk about increasing signs that <a href="http://www.volcano.si.edu/reports/usgs/index.cfm?wvarweek=20100714#gorely" target="_blank">Gorely</a> may be headed for an eruption and a possible eruption at <a href="http://www.volcano.si.edu/reports/usgs/index.cfm?wvarweek=20100714#ruiz" target="_blank">Nevado del Ruiz</a> in Colombia! There are few details of this event beyond a seismic signal that suggests an explosion, but no ash was seen after the clouds allowed for direct observation. I'll be keeping a close eye on this if <a href="http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/volcano.cfm?vnum=1501-02=" target="_blank">Ruiz</a> is becoming active after 20 years of quiet.</li> <li>Finally, be sure to check out <a href="http://all-geo.org/highlyallochthonous/2010/07/geology-on-an-epic-scale-the-yellowstone-caldera/" target="_blank">the excellent article on Yellowstone</a> over at the new home of <em><a href="http://all-geo.org/highlyallochthonous/" target="_blank">Highly Allochthonous</a></em>. It is a great primer for folks who want to know why the caldera is there and see some of the great volcanic features - but I would say that the Hawaii-Emporer Seamount chain is Yellowstone's evil twin (rather than vice versa as Anne and Chris say) - <a href="http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/yvo/" target="_blank">Yellowstone</a> is just cleaning up all those mountains that crumpled North America!</li> </ul></div> <span><a title="View user profile." href="/author/eklemetti" lang="" about="/author/eklemetti" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">eklemetti</a></span> <span>Wed, 07/21/2010 - 11:54</span> <div class="field field--name-field-blog-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-inline"> <div class="field--label">Tags</div> <div class="field--items"> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/andes" hreflang="en">Andes</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/colombia" hreflang="en">colombia</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/eyjafjallajapkull" hreflang="en">Eyjafjallajökull</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/global-volcanism-program" hreflang="en">Global Volcanism Program</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/gorely" hreflang="en">Gorely</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/hawaii-0" hreflang="en">Hawai&#039;i</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/iceland" hreflang="en">Iceland</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/katla" hreflang="en">Katla</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/kilauea" hreflang="en">Kilauea</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/lava-flows" hreflang="en">lava flows</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/mitigation" hreflang="en">mitigation</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/nevado-del-ruiz" hreflang="en">Nevado del Ruiz</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/russia" hreflang="en">russia</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/science-journalism" hreflang="en">Science Journalism</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/seismicity" hreflang="en">seismicity</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/smithsonian-institution" hreflang="en">Smithsonian Institution</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/speculation" hreflang="en">speculation</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/united-states" hreflang="en">united states</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/volcanic-hazards" hreflang="en">volcanic hazards</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/volcano-monitoring" hreflang="en">volcano monitoring</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/volcanoes-media" hreflang="en">volcanoes in the media</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/volcanology-basics" hreflang="en">volcanology basics</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/yellowstone" hreflang="en">yellowstone</a></div> </div> </div> <section> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2209039" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1279743411"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Hi Erik,</p> <p>Glad you have been able to post more as I know you are writing like mad to get the reports done.</p> <p>I have thought it has been rather quiet on the volcano front for a while, but you never know when things will get rather noisy. That flow in Hawaii is wrecking havoc to some people and it is looking like some are going to loose their homes. Not a fun thing at all.</p> <p>I'm looking forward to your posts when you can get to it on your research trip. I have never been in that area and I want to know what you have found. I know I am not the only one!</p> <p>Cheers</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2209039&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="L6tMLug-Q4GwydAmiQ09nqLSUaI41Ql6kF6V28SMHDE"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Diane N CA (not verified)</span> on 21 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2209039">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2209040" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1279751307"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Katla is indeed quiet at the moment. So quiet that GPS data is stable and not much happening there at the moment.</p> <p>I am expecting a eruption at Katla in 5+ years time. But earthquake swarms are due to happen more often inside the caldera when Katla goes closer to a eruption. Currently the earthquakes that are happening are summer/autumn earthquakes due the ice-cap being lighter in the summer then in winter. The current area is known for high earthquake activity, and I have recorded earthquakes from there since I setup my Hekla seismometer in 2008 (soon after the Mw6.3 earthquake in the SISZ fracture area).</p> <p>So far it is all quiet. But that might change, but with Katla not without at least one week warning I would think.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2209040&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="xnCxHia9HBk7uMHebEBFsPUYWNjjQe5u2gwumm7hmbU"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <a rel="nofollow" href="http://earthquakes.jonfr.com" lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Jón FrÃmann (not verified)</a> on 21 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2209040">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2209041" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1279755177"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>S'okay! Back to the Turrialba webcam! I'll nix Katla from the hitlist and add it to the list with the prefix s- added to it.</p> <p>Can anybody link me the youtube video shot by the tourists in (unk. central american country) that were standing on the summit when it cut loose with a phreatic eruption?</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2209041&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="bdXOB1nwaKzFjMbLguWieMbAvqPjab7kU0q2D6srBFA"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Kver (not verified)</span> on 21 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2209041">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2209042" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1279757744"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>For Chris from the other thread just in case he missed it.</p> <p>By request.</p> <p>Plot is the number of quakes worldwide in 7 day and 30 day bins, USGS data source. Depth 100 to 900 km, Mag 4.5 and greater.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2209042&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="JlV72ISRrc36lQ8hdtgPadlv5tn3Xo9NNcJLVHn7evE"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Lurking (not verified)</span> on 21 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2209042">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2209043" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1279757905"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Oops... here's the plot.</p> <p><a href="http://i27.tinypic.com/10s4xti.png">http://i27.tinypic.com/10s4xti.png</a></p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2209043&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="BEp3v-lPPYTCOACURkLuutJoxvghQ9sbAFWbFzRYvuw"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Lurking (not verified)</span> on 21 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2209043">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2209044" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1279759367"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>If anyone wants to see some real volcanic action just watch the Sakurajima webcam for awhile. Especially when the volcano seems to have gone quiet - you may be in for a real treat before too long. <a href="http://webcam-svo2.pr.kyoto-u.ac.jp/local/camera.html">http://webcam-svo2.pr.kyoto-u.ac.jp/local/camera.html</a></p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2209044&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="p7c2w9F5jPFrNY3iqWgo5hbtPbKE--2DemojyIBv72I"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">mike (not verified)</span> on 21 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2209044">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2209045" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1279760250"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>@Kver -<br /> Not a video but a series of stills from Pacaya, showing tourists almost getting it: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsy5yuyN_aE">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsy5yuyN_aE</a></p> <p>This is a video: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlTJLbMRKm0&amp;NR=1">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlTJLbMRKm0&amp;NR=1</a></p> <p>As is this: <a href="http://vimeo.com/3376312">http://vimeo.com/3376312</a></p> <p>"Never underestimate the power of human stupidity."</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2209045&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="tpqGU6__c_gSp3G877DI3xAer0oITgMOay86-OngYlY"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Kultsi, Askola, FI (not verified)</span> on 21 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2209045">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2209046" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1279760396"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>@Kver - </p> <p>Ah, the first attempt with live URLs got stuck, let's try it without any obvious...</p> <p>Not a video but a series of stills from Pacaya, showing tourists almost getting it: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsy5yuyN_aE">www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsy5yuyN_aE</a></p> <p>This is a video: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlTJLbMRKm0&amp;NR=1">www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlTJLbMRKm0&amp;NR=1</a></p> <p>As is this: vimeo.com/3376312</p> <p>"Never underestimate the power of human stupidity."</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2209046&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="mWE-dBf-oErCQXGiAQ1qSx8d9BqhcpqLtfZlBn15mws"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Kultsi, Askola, FI (not verified)</span> on 21 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2209046">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2209047" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1279761537"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Isn't the Hawaii-Emperor Seamount chain a LOT older than the Yellowstone hotspot? Maybe a better 'family relationship' would be Hawaii as Yellowstone's evil grandpa...... ;-)</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2209047&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="YZPC1SSfLNaDjK4CQd6cgvFSzAVC8poi5gfd-T_PPtY"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">mjkbk (not verified)</span> on 21 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2209047">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2209048" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1279771429"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>@mike [6] -<br /> Good advice. I watched it for a while and caught a spectacular explosion. After the dust settles, it will be interesting to see if there was more than just an explosion.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2209048&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="6JTyOWNohF5JB4dR0KLDQjFPLFuRSkJ7ejzMf-d2hDc"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Kultsi, Askola, FI (not verified)</span> on 22 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2209048">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2209049" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1279777868"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Something seems to be shifting under Fox Island, Alaska. There are a lot of large earthquakes at 10km depth.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2209049&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="mLjW6-rUZoFEs7RPO4eKsRSxpoIBJzxmZvNtdPQMlbM"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Alyson (not verified)</span> on 22 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2209049">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2209050" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1279778427"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Sunrise in South America, and it looks like a gorgeous day.</p> <p>Cotopaxi, Turrialba, and Nevado del Huila looking really clear.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2209050&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="EM-8VS6ZoypjXY3tYnR9BPMCxar42VrUP72zBBEZYD4"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Gordon (not verified)</span> on 22 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2209050">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2209051" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1279779088"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Further to #11, Nevado del Huila is spectacular, sunlit bright red clouds flowing off the summit with sky still almost black<br /> <a href="http://intranet.ingeominas.gov.co/webcam/popayan/webcam_Huila.jpg">http://intranet.ingeominas.gov.co/webcam/popayan/webcam_Huila.jpg</a></p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2209051&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="as8XjoCPGAkmdxjETlXMNpsuSJLTwIdvw7uNvSUer5M"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Gordon (not verified)</span> on 22 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2209051">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2209052" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1279792763"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>A 3.8 at Long Valley last night, and the earthquake swarm inside the caldera is pretty active today. </p> <p><a href="http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsus/Maps/special/Long_Valley_eqs.php">http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsus/Maps/special/Long_Va…</a></p> <p>So far they all have about the same (8 KM) depth.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2209052&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="MTvFFyoQ_1yinivl24g69qNHBqffXmVb2ZdJzTGZHwk"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Jen (not verified)</span> on 22 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2209052">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2209053" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1279793433"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>OT a bit. There currently is a swarm going on in Long Valley. There have been two 3+ (largest is 3.8) quakes and they are about 1.5km SW from Whitmore Hot Springs and about .5km from the SE end of the Mammoth-June Lakes Airport. It is close to an intersection of US 395 and the road that goes to the hot springs. I am not sure, but Hot Creek could be involved (they did not name the creek on the map except to say "Creek") because the quakes seem to be right along the creek.</p> <p>The observatory is only posting updates once a week so for the moment there isn't any info about it. I do know that it is techtonic, most likely, as the depth of the quakes is around 5km avg. and there are a lot of faults in the area. </p> <p>If I find out any more info, I will be sure to post it. Of course, there are those of you who will probably find out more quickly than I can. :-)</p> <p>We will see how long this one goes.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2209053&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="_U6QhyRq8azRZLmyZZe-mp9rB0V7oGuP9mMZdZGv_Vw"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Diane N CA (not verified)</span> on 22 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2209053">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2209054" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1279793676"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Ooops! I meant to say 5mile, not 5km. LOL</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2209054&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="zldaEcTN0pVsuyj0KYJUakm752r94OL80lYQWSPOvKw"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Diane N CA (not verified)</span> on 22 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2209054">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2209055" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1279794313"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>I find the LVO updates frustrating. Lately they are always one paragraph with no mention of deformation, gas, or hydrology. These are the things we can't see just from looking at the earthquake lists, it would be nice if they'd at least throw in a sentence about them as they used to, particularly since the tiltmeter and magnetometer closest to the current swarm don't show any data on the website.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2209055&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="tAuB412XYGpQfVCAKmrDHOpYR-YCYehl-9uHfGbuoa4"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Jen (not verified)</span> on 22 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2209055">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2209056" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1279796215"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Jen,<br /> They probably changed who is writing the updates at LVO. They may have even had to have sent people to Hawaii to help out with activity there in the past year, I don't know.<br /> The activity there in 1980 and the late 90s has been attributed to dike intrusion. I believe the most likely scenario for the next eruption there is such a dike reaching the surface.<br /> Anyone out there plugged in to happenings at LVO?</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2209056&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="QunHj6ODIirOQvhHuSG_R8XNfiInpD9AQc8MkXKb3Oc"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">EKoh (not verified)</span> on 22 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2209056">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2209057" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1279797012"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>@ Ekoh and Jen, I don't like the way they are doing the reports either. I have written to them to see if I can get an answer, but I bet they won't very quickly if they do. We can try the USGS at Berkely to see if anyone there will give us an answer. I was communicating with Steve Walter, but he quit answering my emails so I figured I was bothering him too much. I know they went though, but no answer from him. Anyway that is about all I can say at the moment about it. I think they should at least write up something when a swarm takes place. I mean it is close to the airport and right by the road going to Whitmore Springs and also the creek. Almost right on the creek.</p> <p>Oh well...</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2209057&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="LSToBagObrL42Cgm4vwjnOeeCEdaZGDoye4dM59gpCQ"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Diane N CA (not verified)</span> on 22 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2209057">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2209058" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1279797343"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Well, lo and behold, I did get an answer of sorts from Long Valley. It is an automated message telling me that Dina Y. Venezky is out of the office until Friday. She was presenting at the Google Teacher Institute.</p> <p>So maybe we will hear something then as this is the only message I will get until tomorrow.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2209058&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="G34iKQBvORNeuR5es1RExM21EiuBIssS_eWPpJhrJ7w"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Diane N CA (not verified)</span> on 22 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2209058">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2209059" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1279799214"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>On an unrelated topic:</p> <p>A grad student at MIT came up with a new theory on the fluid dynamics within Stromboli volcano. Apparently the old theory of large gas bubble popping and causing the frequent eruptions didn't use realistic values for the viscosity and surface tension of lava....</p> <p>Science in action, we'll see if this new approach will find broader acceptance or not.</p> <p>You can read a short article at:</p> <p><a href="http://www.laboratoryequipment.com/news-fluid-dynamics-kill-volcano-theory-072210.aspx">http://www.laboratoryequipment.com/news-fluid-dynamics-kill-volcano-the…</a></p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2209059&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="v3EdrzPpUkW8NM8YaLrM-O8opojVTiqbnVu61WckcdI"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Holger, N California (not verified)</span> on 22 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2209059">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2209060" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1279799300"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>&gt;I find the LVO updates frustrating. Lately they are always one paragraph with no mention of deformation, gas, or hydrology. </p> <p>The updates may be brief, but it's not like you can't quickly access the data for recent trends.</p> <p>The LVO website is loaded with information and is one of the better organized and annotated USGS-VO electronic data centers. The only monitoring data link that sucked was gas, although do provide a recent trend synopsis.</p> <p>They even have QuickLinks for accessing data. </p> <p>The only monitoring station data that looks a bit odd is Fossil.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2209060&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="XPr8rKkoOY_JSBnc1_5zZyWcBaccq8v37xPVyiIGdpg"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Passerby (not verified)</span> on 22 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2209060">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2209061" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1279801767"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>I did some checking on the LVO site and I found out there is a geothermal plant in the vacinity so the quakes may be from that activity. I did not see just where the quakes are in relation to the plant as I had to make a guess on that, but I don't think they are too far apart. The site has some good information on the effects of quakes on the hydrology of the area and also has info on the plant. Here is part of what they say:</p> <p>"Wells drilled on the southwest side of the resurgent dome at Casa Diablo tap into the caldera's hydrothermal system by pumping hot water (170°C) to supply three hydrothermal power plants that generate about 40 megawatts of electricity. Using a binary technology, a secondary fluid (isobutane) is heated by the pressurized geothermal water, vaporized, and then run through the generating turbines. Cooled geothermal water is reinjected underground.</p> <p>The hydrologic monitoring program has detected changes in the hydrologic system caused by geothermal development and variations in precipitation and recharge. For example, we have delineated decreases in thermal-spring discharge at sites within about 5 km to the east of Casa Diablo that are caused by subsurface pressure declines at the geothermal well field. No changes have as yet been detected in the springs in Hot Creek Gorge. There has also been an increase in steam discharge at Casa Diablo and sites farther west due to increased boiling in the geothermal reservoir caused by geothermal production."</p> <p>Link: volcanoes.usgs.gov/ivo/activity/monitoring/hydrology/intex.php</p> <p>don't use www.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2209061&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="yYc2h3b5sy6WOEV-kcPyKm2OtPArRqpO4NdY0S5vCFk"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Diane N CA (not verified)</span> on 22 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2209061">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2209062" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1279801878"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Thanks Passerby for steering me in that direction.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2209062&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="hZ290_rFm1b3lzMNmdNRJNlIQb_9_qbSllZcslpKzc0"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Diane N CA (not verified)</span> on 22 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2209062">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2209063" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1279805068"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>@Diane -<br /> Copy/paste, pls...<br /> <a href="http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/lvo/activity/monitoring/hydrology/index.php">http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/lvo/activity/monitoring/hydrology/index.php</a><br /> works</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2209063&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="j1xfMgheEM-zzIOIxR6RHz0npN6VZLnvBxNC99EYc3s"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Kultsi, Askola, FI (not verified)</span> on 22 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2209063">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2209064" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1279809607"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>@21 Passerby, the other monitoring info is there, but not included in the updates, which I think is what the informed and interested layperson would be looking for.</p> <p>In any case, it looks like just a tectonic quake and aftershocks. No change in depth, gas emission or deformation, all things that would occur if magma was on the move. The fact that its in the caldera doesn't mean too much, since future eruptions need not occur there, in fact many of the past events did not.<br /> Long Valley would be an interesting topic for Erik sometime if things are slow.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2209064&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="xroKN6dFABsabCdWJemm2efLyqLA6Zx0rGTovEhO4Ro"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">EKoh (not verified)</span> on 22 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2209064">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2209065" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1279812523"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>@Lurking: I think we need a graph for Grimsey. Pretty interesting swarm going on there.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2209065&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="WJ_FpxzmsKMINnw0fVnCctKL8YycpgybGeVMGQ_3jvo"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Renato Rio (not verified)</span> on 22 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2209065">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2209066" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1279814531"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>@mike [6] Thanks for the tip re Sakurajima; clicked on the link and was rewarded with quite a show ( about 3:55pm MST )</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2209066&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="zFyfULh923kFMg3uMg3osoZlUVvKVCwUU7SCQ9j8eaY"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Alastair (not verified)</span> on 22 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2209066">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2209067" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1279814714"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>@mike [6] Thanks for the tip re Sakurajima; clicked on the link and was rewarded with quite a show ( about 3:55pm MST )</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2209067&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="hYfk7Ja33_YjCzxl-HwtNamQ2-KQhhVMWxXybR2lJxY"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Alastair (not verified)</span> on 22 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2209067">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2209068" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1279818880"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>A very nice swarm in the Tjörnes Fracture Zone - 70+ quakes ranging up to M2.8 and from 1km to 25km deep, probably tectonic(?). Those of you who missed the lead up to Eyjafjallajökull, take a look because this is the kind of swarms you'd expect if Katla was up to anything! But please note what Erik said about EQs starting deep and moving upwards with time - Lady E kept going for almost two months with up to 350+ quakes over the 48-hour period displayed by Iceland Met.</p> <p>//en.vedur.is/earthquakes-and-volcanism/earthquakes/tjornes-small/</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2209068&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="6zlRA9u_opfnAsoXnNkAowIAYgesU7iSwsgoiUo4AtI"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Henrik, Swe (not verified)</span> on 22 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2209068">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2209069" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1279821274"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>*squint* The Longterm Trend statement, right underneath the weekly report, reports on seismic, deformation, gas data. There has been very little change for quite some time, with the exception of the Fossil site.</p> <p>The weekly report hasn't mentioned deformation and gas data for many moons now. Years. The weekly report covers automated seismic detection system reports EQ number, and LVO staff add depth data for larger quakes above the monitoring threshold, as well manually reported quakes and nearby activity (sourced from an additional 20 stations within 50-km of the caldera boundary). </p> <p>The only item that has been missing from recent weekly LVO reports is the monotonic recitation:</p> <p>'The Long Valley Observatory (LVO) monitors and studies earthquakes, ground deformation, degassing, and other types of geologic unrest in and around the Long Valley Caldera. The 15 by 30 km Long Valley Caldera was formed during an eruption 760,000 years ago and is located 20 km south of Mono Lake along the east side of the Sierra Nevada in east-central California. There have been multiple smaller eruptions since the caldera-forming eruption with the most recent occurring 250 years ago in Mono Lake at the north end of Mono-Inyo Craters volcanic chain. LVO is one of the five USGS Volcano Observatories that monitor volcanoes within the United States for science and public safety.'</p> <p>USGS staff monitor this blog. The informical wording can be added to the weekly reporting page for public peace of mind.</p> <p>Agreed on the suitability Long Valley for discussion topic.</p> <p>'Future eruptions are more likely to occur somewhere along the Mono-Inyo Craters volcanic chain than from the resurgent dome or south moat area within the caldera. '</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2209069&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="4cfijta3tJt9_CirUtT5fQR1-rsN1d1oPxOy8RT17lQ"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Passerby (not verified)</span> on 22 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2209069">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2209070" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1279823074"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>@Kulsi #24, Sorry about that. The reason I didn't post it as a copy and paste is because 1) I tried it and it didn't work, and 2) I didn't think it would post if I typed it in because some have had trouble posting links. Next time I will type or paste the whole thing and hope it gets posted as one you can click on.</p> <p>@Passerby, I just wish LVO would go back to daily or at least twice/week on their updates. However, I can see why they might not do that if there isn't much going on in the first place. Anyway, I will see if I get any response tomorrow on the email I sent them. I think it is techtonic and I also think there may be a connection to the geothermal plant because of the close proximity. I don't think it means anything other than that. </p> <p>I thought it was interesting because it is happening in an area I have not seen before since I have been monitoring Long Valley. I have seen them on Mammoth Mt. and those could have been techtonic also because there are two faults up there. I have also seen swarms outside of Long Valley over in the Adobe Hills in NV. Those are not that uncommon and are techtonic.</p> <p>I would like for Erik to do a blurb on Long Valley because it is a very interesting place. I have been there and I would love to go back and do some more nosing around at the geology in more depth. I have been to one of the Inyo Craters and that was interesting to look at. Lookout Mt. is an obsidian dome and there is another one called Obsidian Dome and these domes are not small by any means. Cool place to study volcanic geology.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2209070&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="bfapR53gjkokquv_WL_vksG62peC0qlehlIlr2RfdA0"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Diane N CA (not verified)</span> on 22 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2209070">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2209071" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1279824032"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Err... okay</p> <p>17 - 22 July</p> <p>Looking North:<br /> <a href="http://i30.tinypic.com/29v0952.png">http://i30.tinypic.com/29v0952.png</a></p> <p>Looking East:<br /> <a href="http://i30.tinypic.com/jh98xx.png">http://i30.tinypic.com/jh98xx.png</a></p> <p>I might get to Long Valley later this evening. Still canning and working on a beer.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2209071&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="uPRFN2pl5Twwx7W4v8F5VNysp5yhxlN_zyOPXqq2dU0"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Lurking (not verified)</span> on 22 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2209071">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2209072" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1279825116"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Long Valley Area</p> <p>Quakes 7/15 - 7/22 Quake Plot</p> <p>View North<br /> <a href="http://i25.tinypic.com/33nu9si.png">http://i25.tinypic.com/33nu9si.png</a></p> <p>View East<br /> <a href="http://i31.tinypic.com/2hrnwr6.png">http://i31.tinypic.com/2hrnwr6.png</a></p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2209072&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="bj7wjLYPmfDgWDEkOaSa_JEPYIyH28Q1Hllhc134YnA"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Lurking (not verified)</span> on 22 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2209072">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2209073" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1279826316"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>This is more attention than my griping probably deserves, but this is the kind of thing I mean, from May 28, 2010. "We have detected no ground deformation associated with this swarm and see no other evidence that it might be associated with a magmatic intrusion. Low-level earthquake activity elsewhere in the region continued with little change from the past several weeks. " </p> <p>It's nice to get an update on these things, because honestly I can't make any sense out of most of the monitoring data links. I'm just interested in the area and like to know what's going on. YVO usually includes a ground deformation summary in their updates, I guess that's what I was thinking of, I hadn't noticed that it wasn't included in the LVO updates until recently. (Probably because there wasn't as much going on there.)</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2209073&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="cwYo7_SOjGk6RTEB14oD5PrVWT05_b0ni013qN4zg2Y"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Jen (not verified)</span> on 22 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2209073">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2209074" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1279827162"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>It's instructive to spool through several years of weekly reports, as it affords a baseline that accentuates the increased activity this year. Still not enough, however, to warrant more than weekly updates. </p> <p>As usual, the USGS has useful background reading, a history of Inyo Craters:</p> <p><a href="http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/lvo/about/inyo/history.php">http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/lvo/about/inyo/history.php</a></p> <p>and another USGS classic: GEOLOGIC MAP OF LONG VALLEY CALDERA, MONO-INYO CRATERS VOLCANIC CHAIN, AND VICINITY, EASTERN CALIFORNIA (Baily 1989)<br /> pubs.usgs.gov/dds/dds-81/GeologicalMaps/ScannedMap/sheet2b.pdf</p> <p>Detailed explanatory text to go with the scanned map/figures<br /> <a href="http://www.joshfeinberg.org/Geo3890/Schedule_files">www.joshfeinberg.org/Geo3890/Schedule_files</a><br /> /Bailey_1989_text.pdf</p> <p>(part 2a is Mono Lake, we'll throw it in here for completeness sake)<br /> pubs.usgs.gov/dds/dds-81/GeologicalMaps/ScannedMap/sheet2a.pdf</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2209074&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="EpS0qGYNnIrHF7icUCOEdaWpt1--T2W6MGMKU3ETvPI"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Passerby (not verified)</span> on 22 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2209074">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2209075" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1279828971"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>@Lurking: Amazing, as always, you plot those quakes giving us a dimension of what's taking place underneath. Thanks a lot.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2209075&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="_5Oj0LInCBhRu0tFZffZ14gZqGU-yMiEyJSjUIJ0o18"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Renato Rio (not verified)</span> on 22 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2209075">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2209076" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1279835665"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>@ any seismologists/other experts who might read this:</p> <p>What possible explanations are there for such stacked earthquake sequences?</p> <p>I can get my head around Coulomb stress transfer and migration of seismic activity along a stressed fault but these stacks "look" more like dikes and intrusions. Could they however also be stress transfer along a vertical plane, such as you would get in a graben? Somehow they look to neat to me for that.</p> <p>@Lurking, Passerby. ... thanks! great stuff!</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2209076&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="LcsCBqD0DCfZ5Sromhcu29FtJqjYJR73QzNy-ChDaFQ"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">bruce stout (not verified)</span> on 22 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2209076">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2209077" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1279836097"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Several months ago, we spent time examining Tjornes. Similar plots were superimposed onto graphics from informative explanatory articles, and recent bursts of activity from this year were found to line up with historical EQ series rather precisely, but with a evidence of further extensional activity (attributed to either geothermal or magmetic intrusion at depth) between faults. The faults trended in a particular geometry horizontally and also vertically.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2209077&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="zHsDln0HdOW-hlXnJOQgjHMtsjifXp8H3cCCDrxlE_0"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Passerby (not verified)</span> on 22 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2209077">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2209078" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1279836508"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>so... you're saying intrusion at depth pops open the overlying strata in a pattern that creates vertical (and horizontal) sequences?</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2209078&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="uUYRUmMv8GLppg1VhYGfAMF8xBcsuJQ2Ofgrq3-6MrU"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">bruce stout (not verified)</span> on 22 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2209078">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2209079" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1279839100"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>#39 There's evidence of past submarine eruptions at the region. Could it be the case? EQs don't seem to get to a halt.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2209079&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="Ezlzd99aWBbYa5PBZRkKV_nlqm157VGKanF1bq-SR1U"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Renato Rio (not verified)</span> on 22 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2209079">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2209080" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1279840149"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Garry Hayes at Geotripper has these to posts on Long Valley/owens lake/ mammoth lakes</p> <p>geotripper.blogspot.com/2010/04/my-first-day-of-summer.html</p> <p>geotripper.blogspot.com/2010/05/who-knew-smokey-bear-story-behind-story.html</p> <p>geotripper.blogspot.com/2009/10/keeler-earthquake-swarm.html</p> <p>He references this article "A field trip to Owens Valley/Mammoth Lakes<br /> <a href="http://geology.csupomona.edu/docs/sierra.html">http://geology.csupomona.edu/docs/sierra.html</a></p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2209080&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="MNklMrDEB34j7S2jKUHEVC6NAQZSAguxzm6zs__BjyM"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="" content="parclair, lost in the ether">parclair, lost… (not verified)</span> on 22 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2209080">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2209081" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1279840566"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Present EQ series patterns match geographically *tightly* to previous history of miniquakes on segmental faults, with newer quake series extending the end of the segment (Grimsey Lineament and Husavik-Flatey Fault), with a spattering of quakes roughly parallel to the two primary dense clusters (tympanic).</p> <p>Papers (open access docs)</p> <p>RECENT AND PRESENT-DAY TECTONICS NEAR A HOT SPOT: THE<br /> TRANSFORM ZONES OF ICELAND. F. Bergerat, J. Angelier, C. Homberg, S. Garcia, S. Verrier and M. Bellou (2010)</p> <p>Tjörnes fracture zone. New and old seismic evidence for the link between the North Iceland Rift Zone and the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. </p> <p>has Tjornes microquake data 1994-2005, see first paper<br /> Fig 1. was overlayed with May 27-30 EQs from IMO map.<br /> Fig 2 has historical swarms 1994-2005</p> <p>Excellent explanation of the tectonics:<br /> Fig 3a from Garcia paper, second paper.</p> <p>Off to bed.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2209081&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="ZqEeG1rixapZtuKNw6sae41n4Hq-N2F_S1Ydh5-lhTs"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Passerby (not verified)</span> on 22 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2209081">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2209082" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1279841385"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>@ passerby, juicy paper!! beachballs and all. Thanks!</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2209082&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="w3y-cdUbr6zCSMgWtWxUuag_-e8DcMzmzxHMLM4M4VU"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">bruce stout (not verified)</span> on 22 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2209082">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2209083" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1279841805"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>damn, second paper seems to have been taken down by IMO</p> <p>Tjörnes fracture zone. New and old seismic evidence for the link between the North Iceland Rift Zone and the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2209083&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="RF7lHt5uRFTw-ChgVv6M9atLsVrKSghBkdoZFKxifDs"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">bruce stout (not verified)</span> on 22 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2209083">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2209084" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1279848527"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>parclair, thanks for the link to "A field trip to Owens Valley/Mammoth Lakes." Boy, does that bring back memories of the many trips my family took up and down Highway 395 east of the Sierras in my youth. So many familiar, but nearly-forgotten place names. At different times we camped at Rock Creek and at Mammoth Mountain (before there was a ski area), stayed at a ranch in the Alabama Hills, hiked the Mt. Whitney Trail (when I was only 4 or 5), visited so MANY fascinating geologic sites over the years. 40 years ago, I picked up a volcanic bomb at the Red Hill cinder cone in the Coso volcanic field. It has served as a hefty bookend in my den ever since. Good times.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2209084&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="D2jHSKU1MUVdEiszBY9ugkT-TdpczMmZqWXOzEcngHo"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">mjkbk (not verified)</span> on 22 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2209084">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2209085" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1279854201"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Friday<br /> 23.07.2010 08:38:23 66.650 -17.946 22.5 km4.190.0112.4 km NNE of GrÃmsey<br /> Two 4.1 quakes!</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2209085&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="VSB_p2ShLDzW2V9Wyf621PN-tjpLq3x3rE0M-5Mewkc"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Renato Rio (not verified)</span> on 22 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2209085">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2209086" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1279854422"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Friday<br /> 23.07.2010 08:38:23 66.656 -17.997 13.4 km4.190.0412.7 km N of GrÃmsey</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2209086&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="vga2QmR_pAZDpg61bMDXdWnexL4c9_HNJqE4dYF_zw8"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Renato Rio (not verified)</span> on 22 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2209086">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2209087" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1279863648"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>@ Renato, now we're talking. That's a good swarm going on there. Most between 8 and 12 km depth with a suspiciously high number of M1.1 quakes at 100 m depth (which obviously need checking!)</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2209087&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="YgWFHWRXYuQSu_qzDQyIwYR6bG38rArywkxQW0DjCGI"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">bruce stout (not verified)</span> on 23 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2209087">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2209088" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1279880154"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Ahh.. found it. I lost track of which thread was talking about GrÃmsey.</p> <p>This is a cross post.</p> <p>GrÃmsey Perspective View<br /> i25.tinypic.com/33yqqmv.png</p> <p>Time vs Depth<br /> i25.tinypic.com/2ujjspc.png</p> <p>Time vs Depth for the last batch of activity (End of May)<br /> i28.tinypic.com/1z67dpj.png</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2209088&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="Trbf_zvfuv7r3spBvyV5P0TUXn2rokwzI1qeHyWuGEA"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Lurking (not verified)</span> on 23 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2209088">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2209089" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1279886136"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>@Lurking: It looks pretty much like rising magma to me, what do you say?</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2209089&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="4Kipz4bHXGvTdItJn5q2HcZv-bCdZx6V5UTDlIzQtA8"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Renato Rio (not verified)</span> on 23 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2209089">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2209090" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1279899711"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>EQ 3.5 off north shore, cal. near SF earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsus/Quakes/nc71436076.html#details</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2209090&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="mWa3L44X2xkxLCcDtDrzYG5y8q4j-sFnlSsYSa0zmE0"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">stigger (not verified)</span> on 23 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2209090">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2209091" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1279901555"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>There is internet chatter that the 3.5 off California coast is a pre-quake and that a 6 or 7 pointer will hit by Tuesday. What do you all think of that idea or is it just chatter?</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2209091&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="agRd7Fw6W3mqjsnXHsKgQL-7F8HImXhv8gEXZGiTKpI"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">stigger (not verified)</span> on 23 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2209091">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2209092" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1279903131"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>@Stigger: there will be a 6 or 7 quake in California, but probably not by Tuesday. All scientific chatter around the matter agree that these things are unpredictable.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2209092&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="Ud6GpmOb3Ehcoc0U79R_c8UNTd20MJGR7PPb61T27cw"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Renato Rio (not verified)</span> on 23 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2209092">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2209093" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1279904577"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>@54 Renato: Yes, agree it will happen at some point and that they are very unpredictable; no one actually knows<br /> I find it quite alarming how quickly all these self proclaimed experts suddenly appear and predict unpredictable events.<br /> Not sure why I even asked other than sheer curiosity.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2209093&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="3mjwIs-Mx7F6j9Js7GmFRbTiE3GwjVxBkvL-mpbS42Y"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">stigger (not verified)</span> on 23 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2209093">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2209094" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1279910041"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>@stigger [53]/[54]</p> <p>"...chatter that...will hit by Tuesday, ...just chatter?"</p> <p>Mostly chatter with a significant chance of actually coming true... much like predicting that a tree is going to fall by wenesday. No particular tree, just a tree, somewhere, will fall. California just happens to have more seismic event's than you can shake a stick at, and with the hype and fear from the Mex 7.2, a lot of people have concerns over it.</p> <p>I have my own pet loon theory about stress waves. I had a good track on one moving up the center of the Gulf of California, tracked it quite well from the quakes and swarms that would happen about every two months 135 miles north of the previous quake. It was a nice wave. Then I lost it in the clutter of SoCal and it's multi-fractured crust blocks. I can't say one way or another if any of the events going on there are part of the wave or not. I believe that there is increased stress there, but I can't prove it. California has quakes all the time. The Mendocino triple junction has them more often. ('cuz it's a triple junction)</p> <p>Here's a redo of an old plot of mine</p> <p><a href="http://i30.tinypic.com/1zmzeo4.png">http://i30.tinypic.com/1zmzeo4.png</a></p> <p>This is a plot of quakes along the length of the interface of the Pacific plate and North American plate from the Mendocino triple junction to the triple junction at the Rivera microplate (next to the Cocos plate) The vertical axis is the Latitude.</p> <p>What you are essentially looking at, is the grinding along this fault system. Some creaks and pops migrate north, some migrate south. The disparity between North of â32°N and South of â32°N is because of the difference in Mexican seismic networks and US Seismic networks.</p> <p>Other than that, it's a pretty neat graph. </p> <p>Will there be a large quake in California? Most definitely. When? BTFOOM.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2209094&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="br1GcFNiIG3YJZ7y6EJgyH5x9KDQW1LA-3CNKU8ReVw"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Lurking (not verified)</span> on 23 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2209094">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2209095" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1279912820"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>@Lurking @stigger: Talking about disparities, take a look at ongoing discussion over Philippines EQs on the other thread. It's really amazing what's happening at the Pacific right now.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2209095&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="ZZivEJu2RTr_Q-Zg9_MmNXPqqH-mqFdTJl78H7B7DWo"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Renato Rio (not verified)</span> on 23 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2209095">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2209096" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1288540738"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>excellent book you admit</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2209096&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="-YVEERuRcJDAayr3qEAIk52zuRPnuW8C93k3L6fBfkg"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.angelfood.org/" lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Erwin Virts (not verified)</a> on 31 Oct 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2209096">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2209097" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1289392998"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Sorry regarding the offtopic however I in truth necessity Some assistance. 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Anyway, my penis is bent liking 15 degrees how to The kept regarding 2 inches from The ubicazione of The shaft. and also yes, I'm a virgin.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2209097&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="8O0kt55e1ap2L51jHPtZUc0w7UQPI88Pb3P0MB4piOw"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <a rel="nofollow" href="http://crookedpenis.weebly.com/" lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="" content="crooked penile erection">crooked penile… (not verified)</a> on 10 Nov 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2209097">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2209098" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1291590728"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>I was wondering if you ever considered changing the layout of your blog? Its very well written; I love what youve got to say. But maybe you could a little more in the way of content so people could connect with it better. Youve got an awful lot of text for only having one or two images. Maybe you could space it out better?</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2209098&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="4Zluz9OaFXY3PU77THUTPe4J3T7Exe6V6OTm5YpmAuQ"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <a rel="nofollow" href="http://ematio.nl" lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">matio (not verified)</a> on 05 Dec 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2209098">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2209099" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1292864868"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>So I tried subscribing to your RSS Feed, and it outputted a "Malformed XML" error... Can you tell me if it's me or your site?</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2209099&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="NcKDn9wyiIOcJZAcOuxbNHm1zDZoAPpQE2p8BjGu2wA"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.popsci.com" lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Alec Baldwin (not verified)</a> on 20 Dec 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2209099">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> </section> <ul class="links inline list-inline"><li class="comment-forbidden"><a href="/user/login?destination=/eruptions/2010/07/21/late-wednesday-whatzits-hawaii%23comment-form">Log in</a> to post comments</li></ul> Wed, 21 Jul 2010 15:54:13 +0000 eklemetti 104333 at https://www.scienceblogs.com GVP Weekly Volcanic Activity Report for June 30-July 6, 2010 https://www.scienceblogs.com/eruptions/2010/07/09/gvp-weekly-volcanic-activity-r-4 <span>GVP Weekly Volcanic Activity Report for June 30-July 6, 2010</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p>So, I'm a little late with this thanks to a little hiatus, but I thought I would post the<a href="http://www.volcano.si.edu/reports/usgs/index.cfm?wvarweek=20100630" target="_blank"> latest GVP Weekly Volcanic Activity Report</a>. Thanks again to the Smithsonian, USGS and especially Sally Kuhn Sennert!</p> <p>Some highlights include:</p> <ul> <li>There were more ash explosions spotted at <a href="http://www.volcano.si.edu/reports/usgs/#ebeko" target="_blank"><strong>Ebeko</strong></a> in Kamchatka, producing ~1.8 km (5,900 foot) ash columns. This activity prompted <a href="http://www.kscnet.ru/ivs/kvert/updates.shtml" target="_blank">KVERT</a> to raise the Alert Status to Yellow. This goes along with news from a pile of other Kamchatka/Kuril Island volcanoes: <strong>Gorely, Tiatia, Karymsky, Kliuchevskoi</strong> and <strong>Shiveluch</strong>.</li> <li>More activity at <strong><a href="http://www.volcano.si.edu/reports/usgs/#arenal" target="_blank">Arenal</a></strong> in Costa Rica - its almost always busy - including strombolian activity shaking windows up to 4 km from the vent.</li> <li>Over in Hawai`i, activity at <a href="http://www.volcano.si.edu/reports/usgs/#kilauea" target="_blank"><strong>Kilauea</strong></a> continues, with the lava lake in the summit Halema`uma`u Crater and the growth of several rootless shield vents on the East Rift Zone.</li> <li>Finally, light ash fall was observed around <a href="http://www.volcano.si.edu/reports/usgs/#soufhill" target="_blank"><strong>Soufriere Hills</strong></a> on Montserrat for the first time since February of this year - coincident with some seismicity underneath the volcano. Alert Status remains at 3 for the volcano.</li> </ul></div> <span><a title="View user profile." href="/author/eklemetti" lang="" about="/author/eklemetti" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">eklemetti</a></span> <span>Thu, 07/08/2010 - 21:35</span> <div class="field field--name-field-blog-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-inline"> <div class="field--label">Tags</div> <div class="field--items"> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/arenal" hreflang="en">Arenal</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/costa-rica" hreflang="en">Costa Rica</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/global-volcanism-program" hreflang="en">Global Volcanism Program</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/gorely" hreflang="en">Gorely</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/halemaumau" hreflang="en">Halema`uma`u</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/hawaii-0" hreflang="en">Hawai&#039;i</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/kamchatka" hreflang="en">Kamchatka</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/karymsky" hreflang="en">Karymsky</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/kilauea" hreflang="en">Kilauea</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/kliuchevskoi" hreflang="en">Kliuchevskoi</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/klyuchevskaya" hreflang="en">Klyuchevskaya</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/kuril-islands" hreflang="en">Kuril Islands</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/kvert" hreflang="en">KVERT</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/lava-lake" hreflang="en">lava lake</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/montserrat" hreflang="en">Montserrat</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/shiveluch" hreflang="en">Shiveluch</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/smithsonian-institution" hreflang="en">Smithsonian Institution</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/soufriere-hills" hreflang="en">Soufriere Hills</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/tiatia" hreflang="en">Tiatia</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/usgs" hreflang="en">USGS</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/volcanic-hazards" hreflang="en">volcanic hazards</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/volcano-monitoring" hreflang="en">volcano monitoring</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/ash" hreflang="en">ash</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/ebeko" hreflang="en">Ebeko</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/hawaii-1" hreflang="en">Hawai`i</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/russia" hreflang="en">russia</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/smithsonian" hreflang="en">Smithsonian</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/lava-lake" hreflang="en">lava lake</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/volcanic-hazards" hreflang="en">volcanic hazards</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/volcano-monitoring" hreflang="en">volcano monitoring</a></div> </div> </div> <section> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2208588" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278639783"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Rootless shield vents?</p> <p>What is that? Would that be small shield volcanos never connecting to the magma-chamber or?<br /> Feeling more stupid than ever. Could this be a topic for "Word of the Day"?</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2208588&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="07hoNzYKIWIw3XKWLp9q-dSMLWKhQeaFPcY1TRW9r60"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Carl (not verified)</span> on 08 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2208588">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2208589" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278642464"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>hi all can someone tell if katla ruv webcam is on live or switch off i tried codec9 windows and still not getting no images tried different codec but nothing just the web page with a blank webcam, using vista any help</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2208589&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="2NpcbUUuR1qRaUdbCK26v4PIRzcHqGPh1efQwx2LOxU"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">leon (not verified)</span> on 08 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2208589">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2208590" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278645003"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>look at lady E PLUME BIG</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2208590&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="5XOCwr5gttax1O4TWKVLp_Qz6qxgwKHpExyeizIDeh8"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">leon (not verified)</span> on 08 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2208590">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2208591" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278645018"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Thanks for keeping us updated!</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2208591&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="JeCpg5Nesh_slXUsPhERADQvYoRigrOO8YqFPWt-uwo"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Dennis (not verified)</span> on 08 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2208591">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2208592" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278647766"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Has a new fissure opened at Eyja? There's been a large plume for a while now...</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2208592&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="xdf8Vza3zR0l2dLFc_yTCWiJuzvvsp1A5_G1ENUc_K8"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Helen Leggatt (not verified)</span> on 08 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2208592">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2208593" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278647886"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Something has happened at E... What is up for grabs, but a 3km steam plume is a bit to large.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2208593&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="VgtaHHnwUqZiRFGC1dsWrKepvtXJ9ulZKTHqqX2dCRA"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Carl (not verified)</span> on 08 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2208593">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2208594" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278648106"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Could be shadow but looks like plume has got darker over last half hour, too.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2208594&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="VQy2YSKo5tTRekNc-9Y_bXDZYW6e3fRdQKbW4yvnDhE"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Helen Leggatt (not verified)</span> on 09 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2208594">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2208595" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278648450"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Probably just shadow, the cloud is imense by now. It is a bit easier to see at the Hekla-cam. You can see the plume right above the barn.<br /> <a href="http://www.simnet.is/jonfr500/earthquake/vefmyndeyjafjalen.html">http://www.simnet.is/jonfr500/earthquake/vefmyndeyjafjalen.html</a></p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2208595&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="hoGN-o9qGjw1BmwAUlwzZ3fLZSwCoosgjCnDcM9UfqA"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Carl (not verified)</span> on 09 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2208595">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2208596" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278649105"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>For those of you who where sleeping when it started.<br /> In just a few minutes the plume grew 10 times in height and about 100 times in volume, and it has now been going on for 3 hours without slowing, it is not a big burst of steam, it is an ongoing process. If I didn't know better I would say that E just decided to become Kilauea without even making a farting quake and foregoing any large tremors. I would guess that the tremors have been hidden behind all the storming during the last few days.</p> <p>I think one can see it both on Jóns helicorders now that one knows what to look for and here at HVO and ESK</p> <p><a href="http://hraun.vedur.is/ja/Katla2009/stodvaplott.html">http://hraun.vedur.is/ja/Katla2009/stodvaplott.html</a></p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2208596&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="eHqW1sUH_nbCkMI2ZCCWI9KnIybF8BrCODgfGlV_bzU"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Carl (not verified)</span> on 09 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2208596">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2208597" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278651061"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>I have started to see things that is impossible.<br /> I think I just saw a couple of lava-bombs and a side vent opening up on the Thoro cam... which is impossible and probably an illusion, but what is clear is that the steam is not pure any more, definite smoke.<br /> <a href="http://eldgos.mila.is/eyjafjallajokull-fra-thorolfsfelli/">http://eldgos.mila.is/eyjafjallajokull-fra-thorolfsfelli/</a></p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2208597&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="CcP0yTMq2uErKLpioVq897dv6-5QYnoCTn8gs0vYk9s"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Carl (not verified)</span> on 09 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2208597">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2208598" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278651489"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p><a href="http://www.weatherline.co.uk/cgi-app/volcanic?lang=en&amp;am=1">http://www.weatherline.co.uk/cgi-app/volcanic?lang=en&amp;am=1</a><br /> web cam for lady E i have katla cam back on re installed windows media 9</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2208598&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="udik3vGZ5vN1E0E0SodvkJGERKRIXU_St2sMsgiXLLY"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">leon (not verified)</span> on 09 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2208598">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2208599" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278651831"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Could someone take a look at this picture who is online.<br /> Eyjafjallajökull is right above the red barn in the foreground. What is that thing to the left. Is that another plume? It couldn't be?</p> <p><a href="http://www.simnet.is/jonfr500/earthquake/vefmyndeyjafjalen.html">http://www.simnet.is/jonfr500/earthquake/vefmyndeyjafjalen.html</a></p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2208599&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="C8zqlb8Syk5bE2UFXguVFwLOcFatJPml7kpj4UinwR4"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Carl (not verified)</span> on 09 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2208599">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2208600" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278652075"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>@Carl [10] -<br /> Yes, you've started to see things. ;) For something to be visible at that distance (about 7 km from the cam to the shoulder, I think) it would need to be colossal. OTOH, not quite impossible: the hardened lava cracks open enough to let water in - remember the glowing insides of the Fimmvörduhals lava - and a relatively big bang might follow. There was, indeed, grayish steam for a while, but the sun is just on the opposite side, so anything, especially in the shadow of the other clouds, looks gray.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2208600&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="yD1GqdjMiUoVollf2INY0Bfvn_7TWyPv_rU4KSRgCnQ"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Kultsi, Askola, FI (not verified)</span> on 09 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2208600">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2208601" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278652372"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>I just saw a helo up Gigjökull - now they are doing the check we just talked about. Did they read us?</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2208601&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="AZCYBJjOl1pkWFy6sC-Od3OXU8xGqaxJSvxb01GgACI"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Kultsi, Askola, FI (not verified)</span> on 09 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2208601">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2208602" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278652478"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>the link above has 2 letters missing sorry<br /> <a href="http://www.weatheronline.co.uk/cgi-app/volcanic?LANG=en&amp;cam=1">http://www.weatheronline.co.uk/cgi-app/volcanic?LANG=en&amp;cam=1</a><br /> maybe this will help</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2208602&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="3hns-M_wkpT6vBXJdDU8sH5CO9vBpJCaavDhG14GIT0"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">leon (not verified)</span> on 09 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2208602">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2208603" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278652624"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Or I could be seeing things, too. Anyway, something white up there, moving pretty fast horizontally.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2208603&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="kkoaOPucbVZZy16zXHCSPOzERKZTPRSFagx3ev4vf0I"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Kultsi, Askola, FI (not verified)</span> on 09 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2208603">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2208604" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278653191"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>@Carl [12] -<br /> I think that nuke cloud is a nasty weather system - at least I hope it is, 'cause otherwise it's deep s*t.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2208604&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="x1GEwYuILbqjXLBzU6PyGdITXDCAb50sTSxS3rwi6OI"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Kultsi, Askola, FI (not verified)</span> on 09 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2208604">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2208605" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278653290"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>I guess that a 3 kilometre steam-plume had them racing to have a look. You missed it Kultsi, it was rather spectacular seeing it develop. The Heklubyggd camera is very good for some lazy trigonometry in the morning:)</p> <p>I would hazard a guess, we will have an update later today from Vedhurstofa Islands.</p> <p>You can still see it, it is the thing right behind the red barn (swedish "lada"), the thing to the left that looks like a huge plume is probably just a cloud.<br /> <a href="http://www.simnet.is/jonfr500/earthquake/vefmyndeyjafjalen.html">http://www.simnet.is/jonfr500/earthquake/vefmyndeyjafjalen.html</a></p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2208605&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="GmjNJiErfxxahr_GGPXCQTBszCLh6rOC5SxYlt47VSg"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Carl (not verified)</span> on 09 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2208605">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2208606" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278653549"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>i can see white dots down moving to the bottom left of porol cam</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2208606&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="WWl0d5yeKe57nlg_qY0j9cdx8wlIyR2q9JwFnsA0Qw0"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">leon (not verified)</span> on 09 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2208606">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2208607" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278654420"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>@leon [15] - </p> <p>What ARE you trying to accomplish? How would that map link help in anything? It's ages old, and there is no web cam in the location of the pointer in the map, not for two months, at least. I repeat: there is no web cam in that location.</p> <p>Try eldgos.mila.is or <a href="http://www.ruv.is/katla">www.ruv.is/katla</a> and you'll get some pics of volcanoes in Iceland.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2208607&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="006yglBLZ_hIVvxNr5IkcYAZpXWB_qHOVwMRlodmG4I"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Kultsi, Askola, FI (not verified)</span> on 09 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2208607">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2208608" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278654433"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>leons delivery-trucks, or whatever it was have driven away now. I guess that was a gang of party-goers, or take-away pizza. ¨<br /> Looked like thos coolish icelandic mega-trucks. Nice catch leon.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2208608&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="yKjiDacax3KZ27qmajb9Z7EEbXvStVDHbXy3s7ZQzHE"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Carl (not verified)</span> on 09 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2208608">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2208609" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278655000"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>@Carl - an inside joke; I beg the others for pardon</p> <p>Q "Var har Ryssen sin hö?"<br /> A "I Lada."</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2208609&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="3RLRCF8gehS9Ow39Hj4eYGuZqG4dVXhJRsDwpBGVZJs"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Kultsi, Askola, FI (not verified)</span> on 09 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2208609">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2208610" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278655238"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>@Kultsi:<br /> Muahahaha! Had completely forgotten that one! (Sorry all, it would take half a day to explain that joke)</p> <p>Something good came out of leons link, this movie really put the original Eyja eruption into proportion. Best photage I've seen sofar of the eruption.<br /> <a href="http://www.weatheronline.co.uk/cgi-app/video?LANG=en&amp;ID=54">http://www.weatheronline.co.uk/cgi-app/video?LANG=en&amp;ID=54</a></p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2208610&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="BIM3QK61mgy61Euu763UXaf5WH3fi3i9whVHVWKbJ10"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Carl (not verified)</span> on 09 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2208610">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2208611" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278656235"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Useles math excercise warning (Public health)</p> <p>I just calculated that during Laki-eruption the average sinkage of Iceland was 2 decimtres. If we then take into acount that Iceland is 60 metres above average earth height and then imagine what would happen if all of that was released in a volcanic eruption, then that would release 5250 kubic kilometres of lava.<br /> Why I should never have a friday off and no bear at home.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2208611&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="7l-n0TXMBju_Ir-0249YivjtzEIRm9-zj6enKBwjcNU"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Carl (not verified)</span> on 09 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2208611">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2208612" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278656465"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Mag 5.2 Quake adjacent to KrakaTau in Indonesia in the last hour. Now, there will be an interesting subject if some activity sparks up there.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2208612&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="GXk88e1E4wSjDxe31RI3JT70Pm4t0m-kiyFX-LmFL3M"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Les Francis (not verified)</span> on 09 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2208612">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2208613" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278657050"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>@Carl, nice job! Good final product, an Eyja-main-eruption tutorial....</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2208613&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="Ziy_hDOSh3ct489uR7JcKLIjNRdUoJfaNxN4qjIoQE8"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">birdseye USA (not verified)</span> on 09 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2208613">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2208614" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278657243"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>@Kultsi #22: Heh. Good'yin. For the Nordically-challenged, Lada is not only the Swedish word for 'barn', but also a Russian car make. Thus, "Where does a Russian keep his hay?" "In the Lada." gets a Swede grinning.</p> <p>Aside: Heklubyggð is a summerhouse village.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2208614&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="Eo4T4DNE3ogxF0xTyC7voVVgzQVRRJo36g-8r3BU6lg"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Reynir, NK, .is (not verified)</span> on 09 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2208614">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2208615" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278657312"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Waving at thorolfsfell camera. Guess some volcanologist up there, or tourists that are in luck.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2208615&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="nB7eZOhylotejM-fNYFE9cHl76R_dC3KYRiPVO55qUA"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Carl (not verified)</span> on 09 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2208615">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2208616" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278657360"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>@20 yes its old new but click onto it and click web cam then you get what i mean</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2208616&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="nRLBlBDjaYrvuj4s_M08ycBhi0EJ17_vDXvcMkMYN3E"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">leon (not verified)</span> on 09 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2208616">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2208617" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278657760"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Shame the clouds are closing in :( not stopping the party at Thoro cam tho!</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2208617&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="F1iBBQ2gX3dB8opZLZsuL3w-yjw-PPhWYXACO8f-gzQ"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Helen Leggatt (not verified)</span> on 09 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2208617">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2208618" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278658033"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Two interesting links for people who are interested in old earthquakes:<br /> Graphical view: hraun.vedur.is/ja/viku/2010/vika_26/index.html#mark<br /> table view: hraun.vedur.is/ja/viku/2010/vika_26/listi<br /> You can change year and week in the URL and go back to 1996 this way.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2208618&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="4OXdotqrOSCbSq3dp5FV7gePm-Z9xWB5sHFXAofPbMI"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.snaefell.de" lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Chris, Reykjavik (not verified)</a> on 09 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2208618">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2208619" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278658166"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>@leon #29: No worries. It's the apron cam in Múlakot. I usually go to this page to check it: <a href="http://www.mulakot.net/myndavelar.html">www.mulakot.net/myndavelar.html</a></p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2208619&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="5SuPXP_MX3OTMtqf7I2J4Gxr_CijFpr9RCVKJt3rhj4"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Reynir, NK, .is (not verified)</span> on 09 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2208619">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2208620" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278658259"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Did they just steal the camera???<br /> Must be german souvenir-hunters... My bad...</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2208620&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="dVi5bDZGrUSfLovuNIPkdGVLOIclfz8jT_BJ3j5smNI"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Carl (not verified)</span> on 09 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2208620">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2208621" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278659097"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Back on and something is coming over the top of the glacier...</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2208621&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="1t6O1yf0xXnK-L-zGdDVm7rfQX0xxy49wrWDsNx34To"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Helen Leggatt (not verified)</span> on 09 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2208621">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2208622" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278659252"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>@32 lol its ok yeah my link is link to your link which i only just realized carl was asking some of us on line to check if there was a new plume eariler and thought this link could help but you got it with the main server mulakot cam</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2208622&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="PUBUfQZlvKe98mA8koKHQ99cWqpcA9a2_DMSWEJV3r4"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">leon (not verified)</span> on 09 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2208622">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2208623" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278659262"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>It has gone behind the white cloud now, but something was definitely flowing down over top of crest of glacier... v. strange.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2208623&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="R6ZkwxdRKAH3xUHYdtRxN6xNpiBhtCFr3HYT6i0gd-s"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Helen Leggatt (not verified)</span> on 09 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2208623">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2208624" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278660251"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Screen shots of the earlier plume in view here (scroll down through page): <a href="http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread561305/pg84#pid9180382">http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread561305/pg84#pid9180382</a></p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2208624&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="S7Jpt1TXYaG7tF-RViUagkQv5QUlbCoEI6cFKYCfRvU"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Helen Leggatt (not verified)</span> on 09 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2208624">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2208625" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278662038"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p><a href="http://www.mulakot.net/images/myndavelar/14flugv.jpg">http://www.mulakot.net/images/myndavelar/14flugv.jpg</a><br /> seems to have 2 plume's going on one at the regular location the other above the circular light spot on the side of the hill<br /> but having been fooled by the dragon before i am a bit cautious to say for sure</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2208625&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="Dq27UhGW2ziyWA4F2ndBwwDQMrAQxO6dZ8cCmfFFxfs"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">gina ct (not verified)</span> on 09 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2208625">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2208626" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278662311"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Hi to all !,<br /> Just got back from getting some provisions in and whats been going on !!! Carl,reading your posts from the last two hours,I was just on Mulakot and it definately looks as if another vent has opened to the right of the main plume,big brute too ! Of course,I could be completely wrong and it may be .....just cloud.<br /> Keep this frequency clear.<br /> Birdseye,im glad that you did,nt throw the towel in !<br /> Hi Helen,long time no hear !</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2208626&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="Zb1_dnOT5fxZB3GoUdeBZdAgoERgR-Vkz01XaslfKHQ"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Adrian,Dorset, UK (not verified)</span> on 09 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2208626">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2208627" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278662453"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Been concentrating on left of crater via Thoro and I wonder if there has been a "leak" down that side as seems to be steam generation there (different formation and movement to the clouds).</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2208627&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="c4dirkhWuEj7H5JcEnEO4UVXeZnf1CWlOf8GNIQOyuU"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Helen Leggatt (not verified)</span> on 09 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2208627">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2208628" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278662536"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Now I can see the white thing Helen saw earlier just below the rim.<br /> Looks like a rather oddly placed fumarole.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2208628&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="kmFmKb7x2x3S0qltjoNuSh5g0FE571tlNj95h5iDnLU"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Carl (not verified)</span> on 09 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2208628">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2208629" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278662585"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>G'day Adrian :)</p> <p>2am here but I'm loathed to leave the screen - shame hubby won't allow the lappy in bed LOL</p> <p>Not sure about the other vent, but something's going on - although no tremors or quakes to suggest movement of magma etc. Hopefully by the time I awake there will be more info.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2208629&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="oLxIGF-QuHar_r_ZxRu_AcliKrTojpN5O6gW_pahneE"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Helen Leggatt (not verified)</span> on 09 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2208629">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2208630" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278662861"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>@41 Carl - I'm certain it's steam now... it's constant and unmoving in location. I thought it might have been cloud hanging / rising from the crevice there but now I'm sure it's steam</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2208630&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="uG7ELWxdI0fqeuBQVff6PDmYfPL_vJh4IY0iEQR-Gmc"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Helen Leggatt (not verified)</span> on 09 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2208630">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2208631" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278663027"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>It appears to be descending? Or do I need sleep?</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2208631&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="selCp9RR0Gnt0YpPg8ZPMGcmB2AYE12ueZmDMb5y8UQ"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Helen Leggatt (not verified)</span> on 09 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2208631">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2208632" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278663165"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>its is a 2nd steam plume i think</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2208632&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="T-qA51Yn9ZYlI7_pWd4hisSI6tpn-fF6S9FP5-NGP04"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">leon (not verified)</span> on 09 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2208632">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2208633" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278663216"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>@Helen:<br /> It is definitly steam, not cloud. And I think it is descending slowly. And there looks like another fumarolic thingamabit quite far down.<br /> There was two like that up on the right side earlier today.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2208633&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="c1rwWmgcURCMhrpRWYlyYNXac2ESXneL7ISfzZRJX_M"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Carl (not verified)</span> on 09 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2208633">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2208634" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278663384"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Has already anyone mentioned, that there seems to bee a shift in earthquake activity towards Katla in the recent days? i'm just wondering what others think about this "develoment" or is it just some "nomal" activity?</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2208634&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="SSb8_zUt-mfvSrmdNcdoiuvYS0ic9ioQrEX4GEDsTjo"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Stefan (not verified)</span> on 09 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2208634">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2208635" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278663497"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Are we looking at same thing? I don't think it's a fumerole, too big? I am looking at the steam rising from behind the slope of the "peaked" part of the lip of the crater - to the right of centre of horizon.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2208635&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="37cFT4phsZiAEQrbHETjfsrnPMJ-CfZ0g378UF93qK0"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Helen Leggatt (not verified)</span> on 09 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2208635">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2208636" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278663624"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>@47 maybe the magma is going toward that area i dont no for sure i just a bystander who has intrests in this stuff and learning from the above</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2208636&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="-J5J1HQyPSZDcGw9ej58yjbzSdwkLNLE706TsT1Rkwg"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">leon (not verified)</span> on 09 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2208636">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2208637" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278663943"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>My take on what's up!</p> <p>I think that a crack opened up directly under the lake.<br /> The cracking was probably so small that it didn't really register, but I think one can see when the water hit whatever is under and hot, both on Jóns helicorder and at the spike on GOD (link below). Remember that even if the crack is just one square metre 9,82+ cubic metres of water would fall down into the hot crack, and I guess the crack is larger than that. The spike at GOD would then be the initial steam explosion when the water hit.</p> <p>Something like that would make steam gush forth out of every nook and cranny in the mountain I think. I wouldn't even be surprised if it started to gush steam from one of the other two open craters when the water fell down from Eyjalake.</p> <p><a href="http://hraun.vedur.is/ja/Katla2009/stodvaplott.html">http://hraun.vedur.is/ja/Katla2009/stodvaplott.html</a></p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2208637&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="VRB6KodhMn4Fog8l5DJFrf1SB3e9lA8FuYpOTgZrjDY"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Carl (not verified)</span> on 09 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2208637">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2208638" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278663961"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>@various people wondering about steam down Gigjökull -<br /> The way the water gets splashed from the crater (or crumbling of the lava channel walls) sends periodical steaming down the lava channel in Gigjökull. Often that stops before it reaches the shoulder of the glacier (I suspect there's an obstruction that stops the flow) but every now and then some of the water flows as far as approximately about 600 meters from the split rock.</p> <p>It appears that the lava (solidified on the outside) is still plenty hot enough to steam away most of the water escaping the crater lake.</p> <p>I don't know what's going on at the moment; the steaming, however, is very vigorous in the crater area and the uppermost part of the lava channel. Steaming downslope, however, is fairly recent and has been going on for about two hours at the time of writing this - that kind of steaming is not a new phenomenon, so don't get your britches in a twist because of it.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2208638&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="iQJGpNjHu7HCsk1nP1Tve3rkAK1WxRH_gpY-gUHw4jk"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Kultsi, Askola, FI (not verified)</span> on 09 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2208638">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2208639" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278664193"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>@Kultsi:<br /> I guess it would take the bravery of a Finn to actually wear britches:)<br /> I agree with you, I guess this is not enough excitement to put on a bungy-rope and shout cawabungah at;)</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2208639&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="yWVew3pgkIOt4k6cyPHqXse4T6fLu8FDNC2_ulrAfn4"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Carl (not verified)</span> on 09 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2208639">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2208640" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278664362"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Eyjafjallajökull frá Hvolsvelli far right side has huge white cloud or steam rising really fast</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2208640&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="3FXC1a2Tp7m9TxjrRcUpAZzkEWrmLYH8m7RRZOxqiX8"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">gina ct (not verified)</span> on 09 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2208640">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2208641" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278664368"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>No twisted britches here :) - as I thought, steam, off to bed, hope she behaves overnight!</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2208641&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="rGeXkIGk12UZqaEepLL1i2WaEExW9uo9Co1GgASMNZI"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Helen Leggatt (not verified)</span> on 09 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2208641">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2208642" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278666420"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Hello, perhaps you wanted to see 'E' steaming quietly this morning? Click here!<br /> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvNtBxLQP8g">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvNtBxLQP8g</a><br /> But if you want to see yesterday's storm clouds, click here!<br /> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1J9aoLDbCo">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1J9aoLDbCo</a></p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2208642&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="nG1fPQ_NgrF8ghRK7Cwqyalnsh5Ik56VzdgjtvHVO1g"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">d9tRotterdam (not verified)</span> on 09 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2208642">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2208643" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278666564"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>It would seem that Taal remains at Level 2</p> <p>My appologies for Google Translate's (Tagalog?) unintended humor :-|</p> <blockquote><p> <b>Taal Volcano, is still alert level 2</b><br /> Posted: 11:52 AM 07/09/2010 Posted: 07/09/2010 11:52 AM </p> <p>Defined by the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) in alert level 2 still Taal Volcano in Batangas even naitatalang shaking down around it.</p> <p>PHIVOLCS Director Renato said Solidum continue to expand the bubbling activity on the lake with a recorded temperature of 34 degrees Centigrade.</p> <p>Still heating the main crater and tumitindi more swelling of the volcano so that means you still aalburuto Taal Volcano.</p> <p>In the past night, five volcanic quake recorded compared to yesterday but only two can mean a lower level of warning for them not only pinagbabasehan.</p> <p>PHIVOLCS reminded of taboo still go to the main crater of Taal Volcano. Despite this, said Jing Segismundo, Public Information Officer of Batangas, the most evacuee, who going home to their home but also allegedly prepared the Provincial Disaster Coordinating Council (PDCC) in case required</p> <p>Google translation of <a href="http://www.dzmm.com.ph/tabid/82/Article/10101/Taal-Volcano-nasa-alert-level-2-pa-rin.aspx">http://www.dzmm.com.ph/tabid/82/Article/10101/Taal-Volcano-nasa-alert-l…</a> </p></blockquote> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2208643&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="arjoE5BhRBigv5hIwhq2IsFanMnOM09kAXskaNLiTAQ"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Raving (not verified)</span> on 09 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2208643">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2208644" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278669168"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>@#56 Hi Raving,<br /> Two points,(1)So Taal remains classified as Level Two and<br /> (2)Im going to write a programme to translate<br /> Google Translator......<br /> Meanwhile,there are far too many clouds cunningly disguised as Volcanic plumes at Eyja.Hopefully,sigh,the cloud will clear.<br /> Kultsi;I love your words of calm and objectivity in the face of,albeit,intelligent speculation.Thank you.<br /> As for "twisted britches",I hope that the IMO have'nt been caught with their britches round there ankles....</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2208644&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="niq9T5PJwtadO02DLoEKT5fTR9fpAa4s6keg3CqLeHs"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Adrian,Dorset, UK (not verified)</span> on 09 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2208644">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2208645" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278670864"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>On the live Katla website there is steam rising far off just left of the center of the screen. Here is the link,<br /> <a href="http://www.ruv.is/katla/">http://www.ruv.is/katla/</a></p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2208645&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="tEtPQ4DT_s7GFNzSlw8R64mj9d8O9F4XwCyvxJkXyQY"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Robert Hurst (not verified)</span> on 09 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2208645">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2208646" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278671347"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Why is it I wonder..that every time I log on and see reports of new dramatic plumes from Eyja, I check the webcams and see only weather clouds (and maybe a wispy steam plume just above the crater lip)?</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2208646&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="e89dWUHrWjkuc_mF6-Dwsh6ZWJUMY9TUVEGJDmpDFl8"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">mike don (not verified)</span> on 09 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2208646">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2208647" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278672242"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>For those who didn't see it, a nice Hvol view of plume at <a href="http://www.ruv.is/frett/gufustrokur-ur-eyjafjallajokli">http://www.ruv.is/frett/gufustrokur-ur-eyjafjallajokli</a> along with Icelandic text available in english at Iceland Review, where I found the link. Also a Thorocam pic around 22:30 last night (cam time) showing steam picking up, a 'bump' in the cloud. <a href="http://yfrog.com/5dpicture12eyxp">http://yfrog.com/5dpicture12eyxp</a></p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2208647&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="T5XMpGtqJ4CHK3NY7gmhKYlGGecxTT7x0h6CWEwmW_4"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">birdseye USA (not verified)</span> on 09 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2208647">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2208648" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278672328"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>@Mike don, it is probably the same reason it happens to me. I live in CA and I am late getting to the computer because I am still asleep! LOL</p> <p>@Carl, #1, a rootless shield is caused by lava breaking out of a tube and flowing on top. If it keeps flowing on the top, it will form a shield and sometimes the lave will pool and form a lava lake on top of the shield. It will over-flow and that helps build up the shield. The reason it is called a rootless shield is because it does not come from a vent, but rather from a break in the tube system.</p> <p>I hope this helps. I know Erik can provide a more in-depth explaination and he probaby will evenutally. Lots of things to discover here.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2208648&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="O4sWbRJYV6g4wEgF2W3HTqxfASk3MqHAAxln1paMQ10"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Diane N CA (not verified)</span> on 09 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2208648">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2208649" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278672763"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>@Birdseye, glad you stayed around. I would have missed you!</p> <p>Thanks for posting the pictures. It helped me to see what everybody was talking about earlier. I have to rememeber what time the posts were made about seeing what is happening because it is usually gone by the time I get online. Oh well...</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2208649&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="fXDsCWJdYWpzfy9n6nYoCTm_77pgsLLOEJKo0ozZDmw"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Diane N CA (not verified)</span> on 09 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2208649">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2208650" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278672955"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Umm, I must be tired.Thanks birdseye for the "heads-up" re the ruv.is link.It got me thinking and I found this <a href="http://grapevine.is/Home/ReadArticle/Steam-rises-from-Eyjafjallajokull">http://grapevine.is/Home/ReadArticle/Steam-rises-from-Eyjafjallajokull</a><br /> Looks as if you were spot-on Kultsi.May'be they do read what we say lol.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2208650&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="C1N0j9V7-w40KyHLRwoQVQuZsH7W-eueD6YmPz-G7ok"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Adrian,Dorset, UK (not verified)</span> on 09 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2208650">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2208651" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278673350"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>@Birdseye [60] -</p> <p>Heh. I like it better the way I got it from the Icelandic text, "...a lot of water in the kettle and the heat under..."</p> <p>Of course, the words could be what are called "false friends", i.e. apparent cognates when they are not.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2208651&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="Ux22HweD5TKCrZ1k8Mh4ifr3AJNdbkxixhQEd25h8nA"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Kultsi, Askola, FI (not verified)</span> on 09 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2208651">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2208652" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278673801"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Ditto Mike Don</p> <p>Too much weather to see anything conclusive.</p> <p>Been watching these cams for months...look too long and stuff moves and mirages happen. We could watch these Icelandic cams for many years before the next VEI 4 eruption happens.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2208652&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="T7WnWm93okctQELc2yTAIkDCi8UJrW4y4iGRPzn04dE"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Jeff (not verified)</span> on 09 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2208652">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2208653" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278674022"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>@Renato, #13 on the last thread, nooooo I have not been to Venice, LOL. I have this brain that sometimes goes against me when I am trying to remember a name, LOL. Sorry about that. :-}</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2208653&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="aGAPBj6PxGNHJG32SF85hMlREkr52MJ-PkI3GTBfjyg"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Diane N CA (not verified)</span> on 09 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2208653">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2208654" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278674174"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>@Birdseye [60] -</p> <p>I looked at the pic at your link, <a href="http://yfrog.com/5dpicture12eyxp">http://yfrog.com/5dpicture12eyxp</a> - and I got pissed off: why don't we get the same quality of feed? Look at that pic, sharp as a razor; not the pixel mush we are forced to look at!</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2208654&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="JFVi0Btj-5ZytGyQbJTSVuVyyTjw85N_BEyVJP1OlD4"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Kultsi, Askola, FI (not verified)</span> on 09 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2208654">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2208655" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278674566"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Eruptions blog Volcano Word of the Day: </p> <p>Rootless Shield<br /> USGS definition<br /> Rootless Shields are not a Gang of Nomadic Warriors<br /> volcanoes.usgs.gov/images/pglossary/rootless.php<br /> hvo.wr.usgs.gov/volcanowatch/2008/08_01_24.html</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2208655&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="513f0iFUOr4y9WEVmQ0HxnGvlbynlAAdL8TOJBwDNvA"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Passerby (not verified)</span> on 09 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2208655">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2208656" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278675089"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>@Kultsi 67 - that was my screenshot - I don't look at the cams full-screen - and some times of day are definitely better than others,(once the sun comes around around and goes low in the sky, for instance) plus for once there wasn't any cloud or dust or fog!<br /> @Adrian, DianeNCa, thanks. Couldn't not keep checking on the family, at least.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2208656&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="oKT25a0enb1Qp-rlzn2tSTnSEPpXAfrbnmkgy4eGaXY"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">birdseyeUSA (not verified)</span> on 09 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2208656">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2208657" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278676106"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>@Birdsyey [69] - </p> <p>Well, the time of the screen capture is one of those when I prefer sleeping - midnight in Iceland is 3 am here.</p> <p>I agree that the pic quality is very much a function of the available light - but I'd wish for more Kodak moments for me.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2208657&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="kVX4FGNifgNiK22TqWJaN8d9wN4s8sRer5hp4Ae2itc"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Kultsi, Askola, FI (not verified)</span> on 09 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2208657">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2208658" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278676576"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>@#69 Hi birdseye,<br /> Your more than welcome.Im glad your still here and Thank You for your comment.Friendship,even like this,means a helluva lot !<br /> @#70 Kultsi,<br /> Reminds me of a song.I want my,I want my,I want my Vodacam.<br /> It's ok,im going back under my rock now...</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2208658&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="cCofztO4tYRuqGcOaRfCRIZE3IE-xBmhKrMHA1pnRqQ"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Adrian,Dorset, UK (not verified)</span> on 09 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2208658">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2208659" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278678649"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>@Adrian [71] -<br /> lol! And how many of us have not been seeing things on the Vodacam? (The original was banned 'cause it was thought to promote hallucinogens.)</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2208659&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="kL3m9HG6Abmu75XZqKxGR6iZdd8ZNiSYVjBhOuZ0ucI"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Kultsi, Askola, FI (not verified)</span> on 09 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2208659">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2208660" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278679284"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>@#72 Kultsi,<br /> Woops,I did'nt know that.Well,now that I have recovered my sensibility (sanity)I will see you on the new thread,'Bye.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2208660&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="jPylS0FAe1ZUdxvmJscRjEpz54X8oD6iEt0zA7u-weI"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Adrian,Dorset, UK (not verified)</span> on 09 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2208660">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2208661" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278679960"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>@#55 Hi d9trotterdam,<br /> Fascinating time-lapse as per usual.Thanks for those two,especially the one from today,Cheers !</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2208661&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="E4wmoHuRYgqKMmNbNChRG7AS6stR_FbIXfgfxacbRmA"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Adrian,Dorset, UK (not verified)</span> on 09 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2208661">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2208662" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278689996"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Well, I've been so blasted busy I seem to miss all the fun. And of course as I am now getting ready to fly to England I come in here and find Eyjafjallajökull causing a little fuss. Guess as long as I only see white on the cams I'll be fine. At the very least, if things start kicking up and I get detoured, it can wait until my flight and I get stuck in Iceland so I could see things first hand. Wife kind of likes the idea. :)</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2208662&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="olIHIQVAYKv8wFsONr5bz_aLNM2eUyonNlCdUrznrrQ"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.wunderground.com/blog/PcolaDan/show.html" lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Dan, Florida (not verified)</a> on 09 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2208662">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2208663" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278690856"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>@Adrian #71: That's the way to do it!</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2208663&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="xKSNuOTG8EfX6-XtJ7NKk11euJV1ba--sOIflkMQYCo"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Reynir, NK, .is (not verified)</span> on 09 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2208663">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2208664" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278690992"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Screenshots for nothing and those pix for free!</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2208664&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="SFifYA-V_kNntaUw2djcHkk9eOk5Ka7C4TTbIWcQnUY"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Reynir, NK, .is (not verified)</span> on 09 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2208664">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2208665" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278692775"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Too right Reynir,there has to be a little humour at times !</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2208665&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="bgmEfJGoWU8UKteY6r1tbW27qQkeGaKS8h5i0hAZa48"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Adrian,Dorset, UK (not verified)</span> on 09 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2208665">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2208666" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1292317567"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Good points. I will require a bit of time to toy with this job.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2208666&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="FE6zbt6KDZqEM2lj6O89EmP6SIh20_I3wRsIwsvaQrw"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <a rel="nofollow" href="http://srtjhsrfjsry.com" lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Marivel Besner (not verified)</a> on 14 Dec 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2208666">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2208667" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1292662197"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>love your blog, however it is obvious to me that to eliminate the</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2208667&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="aIG7RZ1ybD7x7uSVRrfle-mYdG6rR804HjpX9pROzuE"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <a rel="nofollow" href="http://autocarmotornews.blogspot.com/2010/11/learning-about-car-insurance.html" lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Meta Sovey (not verified)</a> on 18 Dec 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2208667">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> </section> <ul class="links inline list-inline"><li class="comment-forbidden"><a href="/user/login?destination=/eruptions/2010/07/09/gvp-weekly-volcanic-activity-r-4%23comment-form">Log in</a> to post comments</li></ul> Fri, 09 Jul 2010 01:35:13 +0000 eklemetti 104327 at https://www.scienceblogs.com GVP Weekly Volcanic Activity Report for June 23-29, 2010 https://www.scienceblogs.com/eruptions/2010/07/01/gvp-weekly-volcanic-activity-r-3 <span>GVP Weekly Volcanic Activity Report for June 23-29, 2010</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Just a reminder, if you any questions for Sally Kuhn Sennert of the <a href="http://www.volcano.si.edu/" target="_blank">Smithsonian/USGS Global Volcanism Program</a> - about the Weekly Report, about life at the GVP, about volcanoes - be sure to send them to me soon at <img src="http://scienceblogs.com/eruptions/wp-content/blogs.dir/312/files/2012/04/i-84cc6bc3cf2966742ba05c49f79ef53a-email.jpg" alt="i-84cc6bc3cf2966742ba05c49f79ef53a-email.jpg" />.</p> <p>Now, on to <a href="http://www.volcano.si.edu/reports/usgs/index.cfm?wvarweek=20100623" target="_blank">this week's update</a>!</p> <p>Some highlights (not including <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/eruptions/2010/06/monday_musings_kvert_in_troubl.php" target="_blank">Gorely</a>):</p> <ul> <li>Lahars from <a href="http://www.volcano.si.edu/reports/usgs/index.cfm?wvarweek=20100623#tungurah" target="_blank"><strong>Tungurahua</strong></a> in Ecuador moved blocks upwards of 2 m in diameter downstream over the last week and ash fall was reported over 20 km from the volcano's vent. For some reason, <em>FoxNews</em> decided to use an image of Tungurahua for <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/06/28/natures-wrath-tallied-country/" target="_blank">an article on stats of natural disasters in 2009</a> - nice image, but the volcano isn't mentioned anywhere but in the captions.</li> <li>Small <a href="http://english.ruvr.ru/2010/06/30/11109446.html" target="_blank">ash-and-steam clouds</a> were spotted at <a href="http://www.volcano.si.edu/reports/usgs/index.cfm?wvarweek=20100623#karymsky" target="_blank"><strong>Karymsky</strong></a> in Kamchatka over the last week, reaching upwards of 10 km / 32,000 feet. This goes with the current activity at <a href="http://www.volcano.si.edu/reports/usgs/index.cfm?wvarweek=20100623#kliuchev" target="_blank"><strong>Kliuchevskoi</strong></a> and <a href="http://www.volcano.si.edu/reports/usgs/index.cfm?wvarweek=20100623#shiveluc" target="_blank"><strong>Shiveluch</strong></a>, both of which are experiencing explosions produced ash-and-steam columns that reach over 7 km / 22,000 feet. I've been trying to figure out the situation at KVERT now that we've past the date on which they said they would be "closed" due to lack of funding, but no luck. I did notice that the statement about the closure was removed on June 28 from <a href="http://www.kscnet.ru/ivs/kvert/updates.shtml" target="_blank">the June 24 update</a>, but that is as far as I've gotten. Anybody have any more insight?</li> <li><strong><a href="http://www.volcano.si.edu/reports/usgs/index.cfm?wvarweek=20100623#kirishim" target="_blank">Kirishima</a></strong> in Japan might have has a small eruption on June 28, however the details are scant at best.</li> </ul></div> <span><a title="View user profile." href="/author/eklemetti" lang="" about="/author/eklemetti" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">eklemetti</a></span> <span>Thu, 07/01/2010 - 04:25</span> <div class="field field--name-field-blog-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-inline"> <div class="field--label">Tags</div> <div class="field--items"> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/andes" hreflang="en">Andes</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/ash-fall" hreflang="en">Ash fall</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/ash-plumes" hreflang="en">ash plumes</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/ecuador" hreflang="en">Ecuador</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/global-volcanism-program" hreflang="en">Global Volcanism Program</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/japan-1" hreflang="en">japan</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/kamchatka" hreflang="en">Kamchatka</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/karymsky" hreflang="en">Karymsky</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/kirishima" hreflang="en">Kirishima</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/kliuchevskoi" hreflang="en">Kliuchevskoi</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/klyuchevskaya" hreflang="en">Klyuchevskaya</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/kvert" hreflang="en">KVERT</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/lahar" hreflang="en">lahar</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/russia" hreflang="en">russia</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/shiveluch" hreflang="en">Shiveluch</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/smithsonian-institution" hreflang="en">Smithsonian Institution</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/usgs" hreflang="en">USGS</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/volcanic-hazards" hreflang="en">volcanic hazards</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/volcano-monitoring" hreflang="en">volcano monitoring</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/ash-plume" hreflang="en">ash plume</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/explosive-eruption" hreflang="en">explosive eruption</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/gorely" hreflang="en">Gorely</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/smithsonian" hreflang="en">Smithsonian</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/tungurahua" hreflang="en">Tungurahua</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/lahar" hreflang="en">lahar</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/volcanic-hazards" hreflang="en">volcanic hazards</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/volcano-monitoring" hreflang="en">volcano monitoring</a></div> </div> </div> <section> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2207859" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1277978394"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Would someone like to look at the Porosfelli cam, and the heat cam? I have been checking this for some hours to make sure I am not mistaken (but could be). There seems to torrents of water flowing in front of Lady E and a smoke plume travelling from left to right (that is also the wind direction) that is traversing over the top of the Eyjaf crater.</p> <p>At first I thought it had to be cloud, but now I am really not so sure. Is there any indication on the tremor measurements that might suggest activity around Katla?</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2207859&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="e2CJ65PPTv5YqVpHFoWmOehQDMX4DNPbq9as0_jQMN0"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">JulesP (not verified)</span> on 01 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2207859">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2207860" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1277981669"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>After hours of checking on what looked very much like an ash plume from something to the left of Eujaf, it appears to be settling - but if someone is still recording time lapse at the poro cam, please do take a look. No doubt there will be more if it is an eruption close by.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2207860&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="s0g0OH5eYiVeM5eiEymmhVSyjPvwqQh_QSR82LdiWak"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">JulesP (not verified)</span> on 01 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2207860">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2207861" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1277986525"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>There are gale warnings for Iceland for today,July 1, so tremor plots may not be very useful. Could be gusts of wind blowing ash/dust up as well. There does seem to be some steam, near the crater lake or at least near that area-its hard to tell with the camera angle.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2207861&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="tuY7W3slaOPJQkEeWi35GpqT-OXwT_r3W4i7tnqg3pw"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">jec (not verified)</span> on 01 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2207861">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2207862" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1277990072"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>hey, you are right about the steam from the left side of the old crater rim..<br /> there has been some earthquakes lately, that probably has opened some hot steampockets and small fissures, so steam and hot air can rise up under the ice..<br /> but yes its steaming goood, and Its probably very very hot indeed,.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2207862&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="dD9m--KP56sd1tv4zKtdlqW673f03B5SRl6qeTxfNNo"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">thor (not verified)</span> on 01 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2207862">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2207863" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1277990413"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>and here comes the water down Gigjökull!!!</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2207863&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="9ak7SQ5Om9LSchU2NeuZ4_51sAEgYgu_nnFLGLia6is"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">thor (not verified)</span> on 01 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2207863">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2207864" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1277991654"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Can Zombies survive volcanic eruptions?</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2207864&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="fmtkioc5r79DzDBNJqijHn8cStlo4pnAlZpz0e1WjB8"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Maria (not verified)</span> on 01 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2207864">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2207865" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1277992702"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>-If they not are staying near the explotions and near or in the lavaflow or pyroclastic flow..Then Zombies can survive a volcanic eruption..Just as humans does,or animals for that matter..</p> <p>but why asking about zombies?? </p> <p>Anyways I think, im pulling back the water post,</p> <p>- It was just steam,I think ,even tough I swear it looked like water flowing down the glacier(Gigjøkull),can anybody confirm or bust me on that one or is it plausible that it actually was some water flowing??..</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2207865&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="JD8JED8vn523OVGG-fuAZ21eQY59nCUgXTEbcy6QLmc"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">thor (not verified)</span> on 01 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2207865">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2207866" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1277994213"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>@#1, #2, #3, #6 - No</p> <p>Lady E is steaming nicely and every now and then water gets into the lava trench, which appears to be pretty hot and is steaming very well, too.</p> <p>The hurricane force winds around Thórólfsfell (and it's Thorolfsfelli, Jules, if you can't do copy paste; the first letter is what used to be 'thorn' in Old English) have played havoc with good viewing today.</p> <p>@Thor - I've been following the passage of water down the Gigjökull lava trench, trying to spot places where the flow gets dammed, trying to estimate the probability of a jökullhlaup. One of the best indicators of water passage is, indeed, the steam emitted, and that is the only way to see it, until it bursts out at the end of Gigjökull.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2207866&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="pX6gjsUGRT8my3sH515dEi1x17WGHkRZ2WUm69l3Ka0"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Kultsi, Askola, FI (not verified)</span> on 01 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2207866">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2207867" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1277996000"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Hi folks !,</p> <p>Just found this <a href="http://www.icelandreview.com/icelandreview/daily_news/?cat_id=29314&amp;ew_0_a_id=364504">http://www.icelandreview.com/icelandreview/daily_news/?cat_id=29314&amp;ew_…</a></p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2207867&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="v08NVCtQC_qQQ2I2KkQ-2psvTfdp65_EPXcreKHMxtk"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Adrian,Dorset, UK (not verified)</span> on 01 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2207867">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2207868" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1277997950"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>@Adrian - </p> <p>That article is one way to look at things; the other opposite is the Japanese way: according to their counting, Shakurajima has erupted about 600 times - this year. Apparently, if there is a lull of a few hours, the next spew of ash counts as a different eruption. (IMO, Shakurajima has been erupting for ages)</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2207868&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="8igbvkpgripZlYw0RcThsxaQHJ0qM9dHcvkn1_ugVEE"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Kultsi, Askola, FI (not verified)</span> on 01 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2207868">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2207869" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1277998926"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Umm,thats a very good point Kultsi; so,using Japanese reasoning,Eyja can't be too far behind Shakurajima!(I do like a bit of a contest,hehe).</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2207869&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="lI7hMgRku9qUzVK8TSV3mWaLGZB6jMmamkFasnSIM_M"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Adrian,Dorset, UK (not verified)</span> on 01 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2207869">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2207870" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278001251"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Thor, re Zombies, check this blog for today:</p> <p><a href="http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/">http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/</a></p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2207870&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="8U2TcBUO9dHVRa7tJk9WzPXy9oOIsZL6DY2slbU9AYw"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">parclair, NoCal USA (not verified)</span> on 01 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2207870">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2207871" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278007604"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Impressive view on Múlakot cam!<br /> <a href="http://www.simnet.is/jonfr500/earthquake/vefmyndeyjafjalmulaen.html">http://www.simnet.is/jonfr500/earthquake/vefmyndeyjafjalmulaen.html</a></p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2207871&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="uLIREPcPC1qPfNbKM37i8MYWtaxCofGGC0fesY9PhrY"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Renato I Silveira (not verified)</span> on 01 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2207871">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2207872" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278007703"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>If anyone is interested in current Iceland water/floods/water, check out the Skafta River, which flow comes out of Lake Grimsvotn in the middle of the Vatnajokull Glacier. It has been flooding, which is normal in the summer time, but since its partially glacier fed it may indicate one of the several volcanoes under that ice cap are heating up.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2207872&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="Drclsdwj7Es9XpeKJQMW2rQ5LMdoX5J5kVbdGjl048U"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">jec (not verified)</span> on 01 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2207872">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2207873" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278007869"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Ok, now it's gone, but I got an image of it:<br /> <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/110366256140084081552/Eyjaf#5489094393807148098">http://picasaweb.google.com/110366256140084081552/Eyjaf#548909439380714…</a></p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2207873&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="z2bgZXfOtGLooCBGSqGfDdu-dhIYcAVaR36jtngWhng"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Renato I Silveira (not verified)</span> on 01 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2207873">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2207874" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278015648"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Hey, random thing not really related to EJ or the post.</p> <p>I'm currently in Kihei, Maui, HI, and will probably be travelling up to the top of Haleakela Saturday or Sunday morning. Of course, I'll be after sunrise pictures (and some night sky if the moon cooperates), but if there's anything in particular you folks here would like a shot of, I'll do my best. Remember, though, I'm just a guy with a camera, so it's not like I've got a back-stage pass or anything.</p> <p>Regardless, I'll post whatever pictures I get. I plan on doing at least a little hiking in and around the crater, weather permitting. I just wanted to offer a little something back for all the fun times you guys have given with regards to the Iceland eruption.</p> <p>Anyway, either post here (I'm day-tripping to Lana'i Friday, but I'll check back before I head up the hill) or email me at dstarfire (at) hotmail (dot) com if you've got anything particular.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2207874&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="FxHU4VdNXiQx6kF2qCbkzi_Rl8Yc5eTvx9Tt6qhYvH4"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Austin (not verified)</span> on 01 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2207874">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2207875" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278017246"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>The 600 count for Sakurajima is for explosions. The volcano has been in nearly continuous eruption since 1955, and that is counted as one eruption.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2207875&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="3L2lE_Zp5jJ_hXmemBvIvaPzB7jQF9A8UWD_jbX8K4I"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">mike (not verified)</span> on 01 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2207875">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2207876" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278018919"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Renato, that looks like a huge tornado on top of the volcano. Wait, is that Dorothy? And Toto too? :)</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2207876&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="mfVdJfTtHHXddFa8ked4XTyY8OV8IlGDHMLoiee3A2w"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Dan, Florida (not verified)</span> on 01 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2207876">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2207877" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278019085"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>#18 Yeah, Dan, just waiting for her to come from somewhere over the rainbow... ;)</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2207877&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="VfiUgq4ix5VM6zJGiqVPS-tiCjkWsGOxGpsewOL9GTw"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Renato I Silveira (not verified)</span> on 01 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2207877">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2207878" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278019304"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>"Alex may continue to spawn isolated tornadoes today over South Texas and northern Mexico." Wunder Blog Weather</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2207878&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="nCqSnfsHyK2yC4ZpTHe1DF7oSRGVk-lrV3n_VI8NBlE"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Renato I Silveira (not verified)</span> on 01 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2207878">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2207879" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278019454"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>@20 And I have relatives in both places, but all is well so far.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2207879&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="BjyWMjqJXJg_yo2eTO2zta-5Y8anMHGnP0nfnQiKixQ"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Dan, Florida (not verified)</span> on 01 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2207879">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2207880" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278019751"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>#21 That's not to worry, I'm sure the worst is gone for them. But Surges are not helping much for oil spreading, but looks like Florida is being spared for the moment.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2207880&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="L0eLqRCkKTQ5frYxjUKaquTrKRW-MI00jxUX_-9cZEY"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Renato I Silveira (not verified)</span> on 01 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2207880">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2207881" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278022266"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p><a href="https://twitter.com/fitumitradingco">https://twitter.com/fitumitradingco</a></p> <p>Oh yah eh</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2207881&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="yozMEumvNKROBoA5X8jCpt5Wte06nmxpg-5xM0JgaTg"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Raving (not verified)</span> on 01 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2207881">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2207882" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278027799"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Iceland, cumulative quake energy, 15 minute binning window + 48 hour moving average.</p> <p><a href="http://i49.tinypic.com/10iat7n.png">http://i49.tinypic.com/10iat7n.png</a></p> <p>... so. They gather up about 40 to 50 thousand sea turtle eggs and move them to a part of Florida unaffected by the oil. If, as I have seen mentioned elsewhere, the turtles know what beach to lay their egg on by navigating back to where they hatched... does that mean that some stretch of beach is soon to inherit a large influx of native turtles? Turtles that will return come egg laying time?</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2207882&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="lnJ01ENHhcazVkpIX8gy3eLxIBd6Ajxl81-GnymdhTM"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Lurking (not verified)</span> on 01 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2207882">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2207883" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278028634"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>And a cross section from Eyj to Grim looking North. Period 06/20/10 01:48:30 to 07/2/10 04:06:21. </p> <p><a href="http://i48.tinypic.com/n2ykax.png">http://i48.tinypic.com/n2ykax.png</a></p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2207883&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="Rp-iefmO6phL3xgSSQWH7-dG5ps_bkP4Lp3lJi-jhgU"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Lurking (not verified)</span> on 01 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2207883">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2207884" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278029214"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Last Updated: 07/01/2010 18:50 GMT<br /> Substantial ash storm is now under Eyjafjöllum. Ãlafur Eggertsson farmer in Ãorvaldseyri says that nothing has rained. Very windy is in these areas and has Hvid exceeded 40 meters per second. He says that the ride is dust, ash and sand that blow to the ground and damaging trees and bushes, and leaves of tætist eyðileggist. There is not any way to be outdoors unless it be well-armored in the sand so the wind is full of travel in front of people. Visibility is about 300 meters.<br /> <a href="mailto:frettir@ruv.is">frettir@ruv.is</a></p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2207884&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="zBrCcjYejYQQm17BwZa4hbouYVb_B7_Efratv64TOvs"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Renato I Silveira (not verified)</span> on 01 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2207884">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2207885" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278029475"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>@Lurking #24 #25 How does it look for you? Seems to me the shaking is somewhat less frequent?</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2207885&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="25Hc6J3QzJFm8X_eVwK9Dnl5OQ9tqJaBRvoZcRy97uw"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Renato I Silveira (not verified)</span> on 01 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2207885">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2207886" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278037566"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>@Lurking:<br /> Thank you for the E to Grimsvötn graph, it kind of clarified one thing that I have suspected since I was recuperating from Midsummer-partying. I had mentally maped into my poor (then) hungover brain to ask if you could do a picture like that, and here it is without me asking:) Are you a mind-reader?<br /> I have been working on a fluid-motion/stress-tensor modell for that part of Iceland in particular and Iceland in general based on a modell for how ice behaves when breaking apart. The results was pretty odd, but that picture actually showed that I at least am not that totally off and that you can use the ice-modell for calculating the fluid motion patterns of Iceland out of it. Problem was that I used pen and paper for my calculations (normal for me) so getting that into a nice computer picture for all was beyond me. Thanks!</p> <p>I will write a short summary on my thoughts after some more coffee. I had originally planned to actually write something more substantial for you all to laugh at, but due to changing conditions I do not have time any longer. My plan to retire at the old age of 38 failed after only four weeks:(<br /> My friends are laughing their pants off right now since they hade a book running on how long I would stand sitting on my buttocks doing nothing...</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2207886&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="cEkGVteHZnyXad7t-6GyDlemq6cGFE6GDtNjjCsJXhY"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Carl (not verified)</span> on 01 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2207886">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2207887" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278039697"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Grimsvötn-Askja Vortex Plume, part 1</p> <p>The local tectonics of Iceland bear a strong resemblance to ice breaking up in moving low salt ocean water where a large sheat of ice is being pulled apart in two different directions.</p> <p><a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ab/Iceland_Mid-Atlantic_Ridge_Fig16.gif">http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ab/Iceland_Mid-Atlantic…</a><br /> As seen in the image-link above there is a strong motion (2.5cm year) apart of the eastern and western parts. It is also possible to see a large fractured part in the middle that is also modeleable according to ice-fracturing.</p> <p>Here one should make an exception to the ice-modell, iceland has been around long enough to actually be reshaped by the pent up pressures, ice is not around long enough for that to happen in the modell I am using.<br /> The result of this is that mid-atlantic-rift here is bent strongly. Out of this we can deduce some things.</p> <p>1. As the bend progresses it becomes to far stretched and the fracture should become detached from the main band and "die out" over time. Which is shown on this image:<br /> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Volcanic_system_of_Iceland-Map-en.svg">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Volcanic_system_of_Iceland-Map-en.svg</a><br /> Look at the Ãraefajökull belt, that is probably the original part of the MAR before it started to bend wildly across Iceland. </p> <p>2. As the Ãraefajökull belt moved far enough the Vestmannaeyjar/Grimsvötn/Grimsöy-line opened up and was then the actual part belonging to MAR propper. But as motion of that line went to far a new line was formed from Reykjaness Ridge, but instead of going straight it fractured its way up to Grimsvötn, something that will have large implications in the next posting.</p> <p>3. A new line should soon (geologically speaking) open up from the northern tip of the WVZ to Kolbinsöy-ridge since the pent up east to west-skewing energy is to large in the Reykjaness Peninsula to Hekla area to be contained for long. When and if that happens there will probably be an epoch of rapid tectonic movement as the pent up stresses quickly releases, partnered with very large magmatic release. Something that probably happened back when the Reykjanes Ridge to Grimsvötn opened up. Please note that the main bulk of the magma then did not come up for obvious reasons in the RR to Grimsvötn line, instead it of course flowed up in the line from Grimsvötn to Kolbinsöy line.</p> <p>After that diversion, back to the GAVP.<br /> (I will post that in a new posting since I do not know how long posts are possible)</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2207887&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="89QdFekzV4WFq6GfaDr6ylz31QFbZx31VSVNTtoUGXs"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Carl (not verified)</span> on 01 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2207887">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2207888" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278041537"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Grimsvötn-Askja Vortex Plume, part 2</p> <p>The main part of storing energy in the Icelandic tectonic system is in lines going west to east where the plates rub against each other causing tension stresses, which are released in larger earthquakes now and then. The figures I used for the pent up energy is to be found here:<br /> <a href="http://hraun.vedur.is/ja/skyrslur/June17and21_2000/index.html">http://hraun.vedur.is/ja/skyrslur/June17and21_2000/index.html</a></p> <p>I then recalculated those nombers as a whole for the RR to Grimsvötn line.</p> <p>That pent up energy gives the energy potential for the Vestmannaeyjar to to Kolbinsöy line and the WVZ combined. The pent up tension-stress is of course translated into negative values since we are here talking of something as basic as suction when the parts are pulled apart.<br /> When Ice is torn apart water is pulled up into the crack by this suction-force, here it is magma pulled up, but the principle is the same.</p> <p>Then we can go into simple fluid dynamics. A rule of thumb is that we will get small vorticii in the water sucked up and that these will be spread out evenly if the fracture is straight-lined. If it is not we will get differently sized Vorticii. The power of the vortex increases with the angle of any corner-structure in the ice, and if the corner is at 90 degrees the vortex will be squared compared to a straight-line vortex. In this case we have 2 (almost) 90 degree corners adding up the power. The vortex thusly created is so powerfull that it can and will controll any other vorticii in the straight-line zone that is ripping apart.<br /> I am not here going to explain why vorticii is always going to start in fluid dynamics, that is really school-book physics and I am pressed for time today.</p> <p>So what is so wonderfull with a Vortix?<br /> Well it can explain a few things. If a vortex like that exists (remember that this is a theoretical modell based on fluid dynamics using calculations normally used on Ice and water, not magma) it explains a few things and makes one prediction (possible to falsify).<br /> The pent up energy in the RR to Grimsvötn line is large enough to sustain a vortex streatching from Grimsvötn up to Askja, the spead of outer edge movement would be 10cm a year, and it sucks up an average of five centimetres of magma per year, and the area is large so we are talking about something rather massive here. That sucked up magma then spreads out from the Vortex when it hits the crust. When I did the first calculations I got a number for how much Iceland could be sucked up to be between 25 to 100 metres. Then someone posted a link from BBC that gave the actual number to be 50 metres.</p> <p>(Next instalment, What does Vorticiis have to do with Volcanos?)</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2207888&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="fGB5SNJbKVmeOkMrTs2d32kOAbuiQ921eQwd9lx_DWI"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Carl (not verified)</span> on 01 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2207888">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2207889" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278044951"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Grimsvötn-Askja Vortex Plume, part 3</p> <p>So what did this all have to do with a Volcano?<br /> Well, a large vortix sucking up water is not so bad when we are talking about fracturing ice. But things change if we add one factor. Let's say that it is really cold and that the water in the fracture almost emediatly freezes over creating a new (thinner) ice-layer. That is what is happening here, almost emediatly the upwelling magma cools of and solidifies into new crust. But the water, sorry magma is still welling up and wants to surface. And it will at the weakest points, and those will be found where the outer edge of the vortix (fastest moving, highest energy) meet the fracture in the ice.<br /> In this case that would be the Grimsvötn volcanic system and the volcanic system around Askja.</p> <p>Sub-vorticii:<br /> Any main vortix will dominate any other vortix that is along the straight-line fracture. There is a mathematical rule that tells us that from a large vortix there will be subvorticiis in a progression outwards and that those are calculable to be the power potential times (in relation) both distance and sub-energy-potential and that is relative to the mathematical irrational constant of approximately 1.6180339887 (I know, but nature really loves that one).<br /> When you calculate it the main southern sub-vortix would be quite a distance away around where one finds Katla. (The same proportionality actually goes for Katlas little slave vortix Eyjafjallajökull.) The main subvortix is about one quarter in energy potential to the Main-vortex (give or take 25 percent). So that is why E has one quarter of Ks energy-potential, next in line would be Heimöy then.<br /> Northward we have Krafla and so on.</p> <p>So what has this to do with a plume?<br /> Well the suction force is so large that it will start a very deep-going vortix. If you want to you can see it as an inverted tornado, sucking up magma from far below (ground) up to the surface (cloud). Albeit here surface is the core boundary and the surface is either crust or actual surface during an eruption. </p> <p>This gives that we are here talking about a plume that is actually generated at the surface, and not at the bottom as the standard modell plumes generating heatspots. The standard modell plumes move over time so you get timelined volcanos (Hawaii for instance) as the heatspot generated by the plume moves since the plume is "anchored" to the bottom at the core boundary.<br /> Here instead we are talking about a plume that (for now at least) is anchored to the surface, that is why we are not seeing any timelined volcanos on Iceland. Though we are seeing timelined volcano-bands as I talked about in part 1.</p> <p>Now someone will probably say that Grimsvötn and Askja has different magmatic composition, and that is probably true. Does this falsify the theory? No, not really. One has to keap in mind that we are talking about a large slowly turning (in human time-understanding) vortex that is succing magma over a large distance of depth, in that vortix you are bound to have "globs" of different origin. But if someone finds lava that is wildly out of line it probably would put the entire theory in jeopardy (I suspect Eric will shot this theory in the foot about here).</p> <p>So, what does this help? Well, if one want to one can calculate the tension-break points for the intersections of the fractures and the vorticiis. There is probably a pretty distinct height that those parts of Iceland can stand before breaking. Let's say that Askja can be lifted 10cm before magma is pushed up starting an eruption. That number would have to be calculated from the zero level and not todays plus 50 number, but that is just a small problem mathematically. The real problem is to calculate with any grade of exactitude the point of breaking for Askja.<br /> But, when an area is lifted enough it will erupt, release enough of lava to lower to magma level-pressure untill the vortix has moved and sucked up new magma and it all starts over again. </p> <p>My guess is that this entire area is allways very close to the breaking point and that is why the period of increasing signs of eruption is in many cases so short on iceland. Just think about it, if all that is neaded is a couple of centimetres over a (comparatively) small area just one little wave can tip the waggon and start an eruption in minutes.</p> <p>It wass rather fun to think about this, I am probably wrong, and you are all welcome to shot me in the fot now. I am sorry though that I didn't have time to write a proper paper about this presenting the graphs for it, and of course the mathematical formulae, but I guess that most of you can deduce those on your own.</p> <p>Oh, and thanks Lurking (whomever you might be) for that wonderfull image showing the vorticiis of "Grimsvötn-Askja", Katla and the sub-slave Eyjafjallajökull.<br /> <a href="http://i48.tinypic.com/n2ykax.png">http://i48.tinypic.com/n2ykax.png</a></p> <p>Oh, and by the way, if I should do a prediction out of this my little theory, it would be that the likelyhood of the next eruption on Iceland would be either around Grimsvötn or Askja, and the statistical likelihood is 42 percent and that the apparant pent up energy is large, so that would probably be a VEI-3 or larger and will release a larger than average amount of lava. The likelihood of this happening within 15 years is 73 percent.<br /> But the margins for error is massive since I haven't been able to calculate the fracture points...</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2207889&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="1o_mX2IPqUdxJsRoqxNEyR4WsmYOjq-DfIE7vL_2U0U"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Carl (not verified)</span> on 02 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2207889">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2207890" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278051492"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>@Carl That makes sense to me, though I'm no expert, and it would explain the strange "mantle plume" behavior ("the plume is "anchored" to the the surface" ).<br /> I have my own inferred suspicions that next eruption was to take place in the region you mentioned, just didn't know why. Now you got me into this. Good job.<br /> @Lurking: Thanks once more to the invaluable contributions.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2207890&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="Pp7wsiE_VokmwThbwHnbLLJA55SfgTweGgqUmUC4TyU"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Renato I Silveira (not verified)</span> on 02 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2207890">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2207891" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278060503"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>English version of @32<br /> 02/07/2010 | 14:00<br /> Ash Storm under Eyjafjallajökull<br /> Last night, a severe ash storm raged in the area around Eyjafjallajökull glacier, ruv.is reports. According to the farmer at Thorvaldseyri Ãlafur Eggertsson, it has not rained.</p> <p>The area was extremely windy with gusts exceeding 40 meters per second [89 mph and it's still blowing hard this morning by Thoro cam]. Dust, ash and sand were being blown around, causing damage to trees and bushes with leaves shredding and being destroyed.</p> <p>There is no way to stay outdoors if not well prepared, since in a storm such as this one, the sand hits peopleâs faces with full force, Eggertsson explained.</p> <p>The visibility last night was approximately 300 meters.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2207891&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="WG-mdtf85f2TgAe8_UZJ1TmngYLGuFnP4X5IhGWNwZk"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">birdseyeUSA (not verified)</span> on 02 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2207891">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2207892" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278062498"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>@31 Carl,<br /> You have to understand the situation is not analogous to ice (solid) floating on water (liquid). There is not a vast ocean of magma beneath the crust. The mantle beneath the crust is crystalline rock, but it does flow (as a solid) very slowly at the correct pressures and temperatures.<br /> Where plates pull apart(such as in Iceland), what is pulling apart is the crust with the very top part of the mantle. Deeper mantle will well up into the area and the rock will melt a bit as it rises. That's the source of the magma.<br /> Iceland has more melting and heat flow than the other parts of the Mid-Atlantic ridge, such areas are "hotspots". This hotspot has been attributed to a "mantle plume", which again is not rising hot magma, but solid, crystalline, yet plastic and flowing rock from deep in the Earth.<br /> There is quite a bit of study of mantle flow, geophysics can image it because the mineral crystals deform and align, which affects the behavior of seismic waves passing through.<br /> Also, the plume model for Hawaii assumes the plume is fixed in place, there is a linear chain of islands because the plate moves over it. Imagine holding a pen in one place, pointing up. Then move a paper over it -same idea.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2207892&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="Ubox_Qx6l4PFkUBJ-IQMTQPYx7B4DFABKCDYRUxpvl0"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Ekoh (not verified)</span> on 02 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2207892">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2207893" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278066460"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>@Carl. I think your theory is intriguing. I'm not by any means an expert, but I'm pretty good at seeing connections. (think Podkayne of Mars ;-D) As I've been reading the papers over the last few months, it appears that there is no certainty over plume vs MAR as the source of magma. This would explain the confusion-- a vortex. (Albeit very slooooowww). My (current) understanding of the mantle is that it's semi-solid (mushy ice). So I guess the question may be: what's the take of someone who understands fluid dyanamic?</p> <p>I keep thinking that the rotation of the earth has got to be bumping the mantle around so that it circulates like the oceans, and massive earthquakes now and then cause waves through the mantle. Then, these waves hit the equivalent of blow-holes (volcanoes, rifts) and the magma starts rising. Your vortex theory would make the mixing-up of plume magma, MAR magma, and local rock explain the differences between the various lava compositions.</p> <p>Hmm. More thinking and research.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2207893&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="896jFotiSsm6NFWHj-UD9qoyIhKp5Zsiw-m3zHAgIMQ"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">parclair NoCal USA (not verified)</span> on 02 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2207893">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2207894" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278068661"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>@Ekoh:</p> <p>Yes, I am aware of the semi-solid state of the mantle. Thing is that what we in ordinary life concieve as the "solid" part of the word semi-solid is not at all solid. They are just less viscous than pure non-solids like water. But if you go into the geological scale the difference between a semi-solid like the mantle and the non-solid like water is none at all. The mantle behaves exactly as a fluid in longer timespans. </p> <p>But you are very much correct in me being unclear concerning mantle and magma interaction, I am very much an amateur concerning that. Regarding fluidity in solids, non-solids and semi-solids I am not.<br /> You are also correct in that I knowingly stretched the Ice-water/magma-crust analogy quite a bit, but I tried to explain in things in laymans terms. There are differences, but the fluid dynamic model from ice-water that I used is still quite aplicable for semi-solids interacting with solids. It is as I said, just a question of the timescale, and here we are talking about 100Ks of years...</p> <p>Concerning Hawaii, I wrote that it is fixed in the coreboundary, which if I have understood plume-theory is where it is suposed to be attached, and I wrote that it is the upper part that progresses. What I was probably unclear about is that the plates glide over the mantle, mea culpa:)</p> <p>For those who want a more earthly example of what I am talking about, if you remember your school science you will remember that the flow-rate of silicate-glasses are one millimetre per hundred years in supension-state. And that is counted as a solid since it is in a chrystalline lattice.</p> <p>I am quite certain that the physics is correct, the things I worry about is the geological facts.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2207894&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="q2i-g5X4fEWZjJ9v7bvMU5HVapPeO2sGEthziB610Jk"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Carl (not verified)</span> on 02 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2207894">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2207895" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278069474"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>hi does anyone have a link/sat/webcam to show above volcano E would be nice to see above on a clear day</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2207895&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="_qqIAlgQYDMzKL0kSF1Z_zj9NOFOOCINKwJqLgY2LM8"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">leon (not verified)</span> on 02 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2207895">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2207896" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278071390"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Eyjafj webcam shows past eruptions maybe useful if you have not got, <a href="http://www.vodafone.is/eldgos/en">http://www.vodafone.is/eldgos/en</a></p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2207896&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="iYBh-MUbqanPaFG9aGLCURiU9oRSWK3gdo96hZLNcDs"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">leon (not verified)</span> on 02 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2207896">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2207897" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278074109"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>@Carl #36 are you talking about how window glass flows and using that as an analogy for the mantle's crystaline state, yet being able to flow as glass?</p> <p>I am wondering about the vortex idea and how much the rotation of the earth can affect that and also the tilt of the axis. I would expect if there is any affect at all, it would not be dramatic from our perspective, but it may be from a geological perspective. Now what would cause some of the magma to be so fluid it runs like pancake syrup out of a bottle and at other times it is like holding a catcup bottle waiting for something to come out and you end up having to bang on the side or bottom of the bottle to get it to come out? I know it has different chemical make-up. The more silicic it is the more viscous it is. How does your vortex (I think of eddies)theory fit into this senario? Also you have to figure in all the gases that come along with the magma. I would think if there was a lot of gas, it would affect the vorticii. When it boils down to it, we really don't know exactly how things are working below the crust, though we do have some ideas about it based on what we see when there is an eruption and also what we see from studying areas that have had a lot of eruptions.</p> <p>There is so much we don't know and I know you agree with that. I don't have a very good grasp of physics as I did not take it in high school. I did have some in college, but I don't remember anything about water-ice interactions. What I had was just a basic course and then a course called Electron Optics. And all that was 30 years ago. LOL</p> <p>I will say I do know something about vorticii, though, of a different kind. I was taking flying lessons and my instructor and I were coming in for a landing behind a Piper Cherokee or Dakota (I think it was the Dakota) and all at once our little Cessna 152 started bouncing around and behaving sort of weird. I asked my instructor what that was all about and he told me it was the vorticii from the wings of the plane ahead of us. I can tell you I did not like that at all. I have been told that a 757's wing vorticii can flip a 737. You really get them when the plane is flying hot, heavy, and slow. They teach you how to avoid the problem by either landing in front of where the plane in front of you landed or waaaay behind it. Otherwise, you may find yourself up-side-down.</p> <p>Vorticii are powerful whether you are talking about water, air, or maybe even magma. I wouldn't be surprised if there are some very slow eddies in magma, but it is so thick and crystaline that it may not work as I don't think there are any vorticii in window glass. But you never know. What could be going on at the molecular level? I have seen the original glass double doors at Jefferson's home Monticello and you can see the waviness in the glass. BTW, you open one of the doors and the other one opens as they are driven by a figure 8 chain under the floor. Original chain, too. If you have never been to Monticello, do go if you can. It is a really neat place.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2207897&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="PccZGtg05-hpzn48KHjbliOXcKu3nZ7mkezdOG3y2YQ"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Diane N CA (not verified)</span> on 02 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2207897">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2207898" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278080023"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Here's a Mulakot webcam time-lapse of yesterday's dust storm <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzOmr6u8k5E">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzOmr6u8k5E</a><br /> You wouldn't want to be out in that!</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2207898&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="aD9F5NgaMkMEwwm5eUYhBFdpW4Ep2oqqVxrsROtoYew"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">d9tRotterdam (not verified)</span> on 02 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2207898">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2207899" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278081869"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>@dt9Rotterdam - </p> <p>No, I would not want to be out in that - although at Múlakot it was... pretty tame, as inferred from other data.</p> <p>I appreciate the fact that our storms very, very seldom reach 25 m/s, compared to 40 m/s in gusts in this one.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2207899&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="_KLuWNpI-Fvz-Q_04hzeHEqL5XNzkzRhcBavDpdyl5k"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Kultsi, Askola, FI (not verified)</span> on 02 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2207899">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2207900" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278081980"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>@dt9Rotterdam - </p> <p>No, I would not want to be out in that - although at Múlakot it was... pretty tame, as inferred from other data.</p> <p>I appreciate the fact that our storms very, very seldom reach 25 m/s, compared to 40 m/s in gusts in this one.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2207900&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="Nde-k6Pcb-c1v763jtWGSI7RrdUGMJYDswyz4hPxADs"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Kultsi, Askola, FI (not verified)</span> on 02 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2207900">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2207901" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278087935"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p><a href="http://www.weatheronline.co.uk/">http://www.weatheronline.co.uk/</a> click on the home page and look for eyjafjall webcam its shows video footage one i like most was Eyjafjallajokull at the crater</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2207901&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="TWRrjP87Br-ikncmY_OhDEQpBNP4BTQrnYPDSPUVJnU"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">leon (not verified)</span> on 02 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2207901">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2207902" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278096503"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>OT: </p> <p>Just plain odd. Using the USGS data, this is a plot of the number of days between quakes mag 6.9 or above, world wide.</p> <p><a href="http://i49.tinypic.com/15d50mv.png">http://i49.tinypic.com/15d50mv.png</a></p> <p>The odd part is 1988 to 1990. Any Geo specialists around then care to elaborate what was going on? Major shift in technology and/or resources?</p> <p>Just curious.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2207902&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="iSC0jN_Nt2h1nYFZn7ODGLecj6GAV7uWTMTE1ywAees"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Lurking (not verified)</span> on 02 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2207902">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2207903" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278097508"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Apologies if these have already been posted, but there are some awesome photos taken of Yasur in Vanuatu.</p> <p><a href="http://news.discovery.com/earth/volcano-bombs-eruption.html">http://news.discovery.com/earth/volcano-bombs-eruption.html</a></p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2207903&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="uPVmv4blV-wS3Hs1XwrHonBZdgK6qBPoy3EO_sFUqlU"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Mike Richards (not verified)</span> on 02 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2207903">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2207904" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278100151"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>@44: data gaps, 1986-1990, and outlier bias.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2207904&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="sQCpeVo5UZwja_uj04XUrFktgt4cs_eKVEJmM5Bndlk"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Passerby (not verified)</span> on 02 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2207904">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2207905" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278103395"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>So I guess that makes this a lunch bias for Iceland...</p> <p>11:00 to 12:00, look for 18 to 21 km deep quakes.</p> <p><a href="http://i50.tinypic.com/ve4zsj.png">http://i50.tinypic.com/ve4zsj.png</a></p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2207905&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="lp5spuvAjn6zDe7YXEEA1v7TmdXLa4Qtj_rxANqxRFk"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Lurking (not verified)</span> on 02 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2207905">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2207906" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278103824"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Magnitude isn't so weird.... not a real specific cluster at midnight or lunch.</p> <p><a href="http://i50.tinypic.com/dos7c3.png">http://i50.tinypic.com/dos7c3.png</a></p> <p>(bored s'less)</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2207906&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="g31Ln4oGt00FwnnIN4-hdqyymFGOenPxh2Qh6S-3hLA"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Lurking (not verified)</span> on 02 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2207906">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2207907" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278106866"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Sampling temporal duration isn't long enough to establish a trend, because there could be confounding factors, like seasonal (temperature, melting, wind) bias, or sources of electronic (false signal positives) errors*. You also have questionable data quality in negative magnitudes reported.</p> <p>*Could have bias from ongoing regional geothermal project construction during this period.</p> <p>Another source of induced analysis bias is the smoothing window selected.</p> <p>All your data is telling you is that there isn't much of a discernible pattern of distribution about the average.</p> <p>Is the distribution of values 'normal' (natural phenomena usually post as normal or log normal distributions)?</p> <p>(on boredom, you too could be writing reports on WNV, be glad)</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2207907&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="JXbpGGtFvuTttzUNzB-qdYRHzP1dUWNqVH8uHbKBiG4"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Passerby (not verified)</span> on 02 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2207907">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2207908" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278115780"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Nonetheless, I still think there is a trend for lunch. Lunch is always a good thing. It give you a chance to ponder the 200 miles you put down that morning and contemplate what exactly you are gonna do once you get there. </p> <p>I hate road days, but they pay well.</p> <p>And... the lunchtime cluster is amusing. As for the smoothing window, that's the line, the raw data are the dots. Dunno if I can wrangle them into a smiley face though...</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2207908&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="CC2lh7x0-hrbg1Dtdutg894MiDOlJDuYrq3GOPa9HUo"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Lurking (not verified)</span> on 02 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2207908">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2207909" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278129293"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Hi to you all !</p> <p>Quite a good steam plume coming from Eyja,now visible on Thoro cam.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2207909&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="LZY1ereSyX0bcTsyop_bDXJHe1CU4EWfeN8SDKEkQJM"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Adrian,Dorset, UK (not verified)</span> on 02 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2207909">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2207910" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278132596"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>POPO is glowing again though not as vigorously as last week.</p> <p>I think he'll let out a blast or 2 sometime this summer.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2207910&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="2KOc_zOjeMW1HmQlbC0Sj9P1rgtfRoeda3qHRXiVKYo"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Dasnowskier (not verified)</span> on 03 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2207910">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2207911" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278132909"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Just after I posted I went back, there must have been clouds before because the glow is now quite strong.<br /> It is reflecting off the billowing material(steam?) for probably hundreds of feet.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2207911&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="utfynDE0W0ebLT569oFG1Mif0F7ps3sYeXYu28QIgCQ"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Dasnowskier (not verified)</span> on 03 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2207911">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2207912" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278135669"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>@Diane:<br /> Yes, in a way I was thinking about windows flowing like in the Monticello (One of the places I must go to one of these days:). But I was more thinking in the way of a glass rod hanging suspended, the flow pattern is more exact there and you do not have to worry about the glass shattering.<br /> Here I do have to make many sad, the waviness seen in old glass is not glass-flow, it is due to the glass panes having been blown, not floated. Pilkingtons floated glass technic was not invented when Monticello was built.<br /> The way to see glass flow is to measure the top and bottom of old glass, if the top is thinner than the bottom, then you have glass-flow. The waviness and stuff in old glass will rather even out over time than oposite.</p> <p>Back to the vortex (eddy) thingamabit:)<br /> Yes as you say, we do not really have a clue about how the mantle is built up. We have secondary (tertiary really if you think about it) samples from it, but no real samples from the mantle since no one ever has drilled into it. As far as I know the only real tertiary sample is the drill core one from Kraflas magma-chamber. Otherwise only quartiary samples from the top of volcanos. The rest of it is only deduced theories not tested against reallity.<br /> With the risk of angering Erik here, the only thing we know is that there are gasses, and that the viscosity in the mantle can differ in between placces and that when it cools off (as magma) it can become rhyolitic mush (one sample). Otherwise it might only be nice theories, even though I agree with many of them and that the Krafla drill sample made many of the theories much more likely.<br /> But for all we know the actual mantle might consist of snowman dung for all we know. Science is a hard thing.</p> <p>Know with that off my chest, back to your question.<br /> Yes, gasses and different viscosities would affect a vortex heavilly since it chanes the rate of possible ascent upwards. Highly viscous gassy material would rise much faster and would probably be what tipped the balance and made the volcano go off. But this is speculation on my part since we do not know enough of the composition of the mantle.</p> <p>Tilt and rotation caused by earth revolvement.<br /> Yes, you are absolutely correct. A magmatic (Yes Ekoh, I know) vortex would revolve in the same direction as the toilett next to it when flushed.<br /> I am though not so sure of earths polar tilt affecting it though.<br /> Normal plumes are tilted due to tectonic plate movement (If I have understood things correctly), but here we do not have real tectonic movement. What! Am I Crazy? Here we have the mother of all tectonics!<br /> The tectonic movement at the MAR is pretty much the lowest on the planet, due to it being the origin of the american and eurasian plate movement. Yes it moves apart with 2,5cm a year on average, but those the MAR in itself move? I do not know. If the MAR in itself is moving, then we have a tilted plum, if not it might be untilted.<br /> The might be untilted comes from me not really being fully shure about if the MAR, the mantle, and the cores relative speeds. If all of them move in the same speed, Straight vortex. If the MAR is standstill and mantle moves, un-straight. And the most fun of them. Let's say that MAR and Core are same-speed and the Mantle is moving at another speed, then we have a strangely curved vortex that would loose some energy. And this was more idle speculation.</p> <p>Your airplane analogy is nice, the energy in a vortex can be tremendous, if there is a vortex like that between Grimsvötn and Askja then it is so powerrfull that it has lifted the entire Iceland and a large portion outside of it 50 metres from just the shear upwelling force of it. Really humbling if you think of it.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2207912&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="wM3oeM3n1H4cmQHOMAQFwLSsz8PGpYlr315-RX4Jsvg"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Carl (not verified)</span> on 03 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2207912">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2207913" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278141992"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>@#48 Hi Lurking,</p> <p>Your last comment,in brackets,sums things up perfectly.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2207913&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="fFZRelJcUi1pl8CXUEC5h_xMN0MZquInWD2zzgkjYT4"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Adrian,Dorset, UK (not verified)</span> on 03 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2207913">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2207914" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278143168"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Lurking, what you are seeing in your plot is a cessation of the lowest level seismic signals. You have it again at 7pm. You have a minor opposite in the early hours. For the geotech folk, it is typically interpreted as a change in background level - ie, noise within raw data, bias from human activity.</p> <p>Rock embedded piping will resonate with major changes in heat flow. We see these in water demand plots. A serious chunk of the population gets it's hot water and heat in Southern Iceland from long, long network runs of geothermal system piping. That would bias a large portion of the seismic detection network, the SIL.</p> <p>*squint* Get a clue: if I use a statistical term like 'smoothing window', ya think I might know a bit about data plotting??</p> <p>In this case, you, like Carl, are chasing red herrings with his vortices and flowing glass.</p> <p>Window glass doesn't flow perceptibly, even over many hundreds of years- it's another of the endless physics myths that is perpetuated by the public.</p> <p><a href="http://www.phys.ncku.edu.tw/mirrors/physicsfaq/General/Glass/glass.html">http://www.phys.ncku.edu.tw/mirrors/physicsfaq/General/Glass/glass.html</a></p> <p>Ed, a geology expert who knows a bit about mantle processes (he's a petrologist), tactfully dispatched Carl's theory'. Carl didn't get the clue. Now he is prattling on about 'How Much We Don't Know', the fallback of the science-naive public when their ignorance is laid bare.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2207914&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="OliIQz0L9jtRavMfXuO4UKN5GAcgoLOeTsZdms0cWnA"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Passerby (not verified)</span> on 03 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2207914">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2207915" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278144076"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>What's happening at Mulakot? Lots of people, cars and truck are there now and were there yesterday. Conference? Science Club? Fishing?<br /> <a href="http://www.mulakot.net/myndavelar.html">http://www.mulakot.net/myndavelar.html</a></p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2207915&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="Ipnnhc00HxeFi4v4-DnZoOsiMvcWbVO8u0jCuNWlt1I"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Jane (not verified)</span> on 03 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2207915">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2207916" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278144901"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>@#57 Hi Jane,</p> <p>Mulakot is primarily an airfield so im surmising that the activity is "aircraft orientated".The weather is pretty bad though.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2207916&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="XA_UOLgmO0PAexqIukbt3G0eeE2EW_9sNh7I643NfT0"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Adrian,Dorset, UK (not verified)</span> on 03 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2207916">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2207917" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278148673"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>@passerby. I guess the question is (as a beginner): Has anyone applied fluid dynamics to the movement of the mantle and plates? Solids move, albeit slowly. I think pointing Carl in the direction of geophysicists who use fluid dynamics might be more useful than just shutting him down. -)</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2207917&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="CnfUHm65YNPLnfLMsSTLmB4wS2mn4YZg6TXmGZJt31s"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">parclair NoCal USA (not verified)</span> on 03 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2207917">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2207918" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278148752"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Hi Carl. Intriguing ideas and thank you. Although my primary degrees are in biochemistry and related sciences, I have spent a lot of time lately studying theories of bioenergetics, which first took me in the direction of particle and theoretical physics, and now I am looking at the earthâs regulatory systems on a macro level, ie considering the earth as a living entity in itself. I am trying to gain a greater understanding of earthquakes and eruptions as part of the earths self correction mechanisms, especially during a period of global warming, but need to gain a greater understanding of the geophysics of earths itself as a starting point. I hope that some of the real experts here will debate your ideas further, and while the model may not be perfect it will be interesting to see why this could not be occurring, if that is the case.</p> <p>Thanks d9tRotterdam for the Mulakot webcam time-lapse. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzOmr6u8k5E">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzOmr6u8k5E</a>. If you look, especially at the early section there is what looks quite like an eruption plume, which at first glance appears to come from Ejaf; the only problem with this is that high winds are blowing from left to right, so it cant be coming from Ejaf. Comments anyone?</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2207918&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="XxQ2wwnVo1ZuMrcIULuBjAeD6Iwew6J7iFVyNf6PTIw"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">JulesP (not verified)</span> on 03 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2207918">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2207919" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278153933"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>The only eruption plume on that video, is the Original plume, wich sits on the top of the main crater.<br /> there is somewhat that looks like steaming from the side, but i recon its only low fog clouds, generated by the mountain and rising air,..</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2207919&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="ObrkUlBQ6IJRE6OqMjTO9Qlje2TYBmDk4iwiFNBMmZI"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">thor (not verified)</span> on 03 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2207919">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2207920" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278156378"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>@Jane [57] -</p> <p>Looks like a party - and like always, the weather participates. :D</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2207920&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="WS3r0HdR5qlpd-ri0xrfoS1IQk6ThWQNk4vEb8uOXX4"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Kultsi, Askola, FI (not verified)</span> on 03 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2207920">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2207921" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278158276"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>@Passerby </p> <p>"Get a clue" </p> <p>Nice. You make a blanket statement that dismisses the whole graph and I point out that the raw data is also in there and you take offense?</p> <p>"...Sampling temporal duration isn't long enough to establish a trend, because there could be confounding factors, like seasonal (temperature, melting, wind) bias, or sources of electronic (false signal positives) errors*. You also have questionable data quality in negative magnitudes reported."</p> <p>I never claimed to be an expert at seismology and geophysics, I just make plots and ask questions. I don't put forth any ground breaking theories that rattle the framework of human understanding. I just look at data and make plots. The lunch time cluster just looked amusing to me, and since it's at about 18 to 21 km deep.... seemed to be a bit outside of the realm of human activity. I can't hazard a guess as to why... other than possibly being an artifact of someone coming in after lunch and looking at a chart that was spit out while they were absent. It wasn't until I had posted that I noticed that there is a lighter and more diffuse version of the deep lunchtime cluster from midnight to 3 am UTC.</p> <p>As for Geothermal plant influence, I don't think they drill that deep... 65600 feet would be one very deep well. It would be interesting to read an idea of what mechanism could do that.</p> <p>The obvious connection is the position of the Sun relative to Iceland.. but as has been pointed out, this is just a fractional slice of time, even though it is over two months long. To incorporate a longer series of observations would require access to data that I don't have. I could disassemble the Icelandic quakes from the Google plugins, but those points seem to have a loss of depth resolution, even for recent data.</p> <p>In summary, laypeople such as myself rely on people who <i>seem</i> to have a clue to explain the oddities we see. I for one am enjoying the alternative to mantle plume / buried crust block idea as being stated by Carl. And I also enjoy the ideas concerning the extensional movement of Iceland's fault complexes and seismic zones that you have presented.</p> <p>So... for now I'm just going to go can some pickles.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2207921&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="ElZaVwg4B9Zw6XZpH_a6SOMSXZ5GtCxfHa9Zv_2AuOc"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Lurking (not verified)</span> on 03 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2207921">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2207922" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278158402"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>@62 Kultsi<br /> And they didn't invite us? After all the publicity we have given them? tsk :)</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2207922&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="gzkVa4gbiPzNbzk78fROTtWXadYhYebbbTptXtNYGE8"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Dan, Florida (not verified)</span> on 03 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2207922">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2207923" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278160018"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>about that vortex theory,. </p> <p>as I have learned, the MAR(Mid Atlantic Ridge), does not move much, but it moves, it expands and contracts,and shifts directions from time to time, remember that Greenland and North America have colided with Norway(europe) creating the largest mountain range ever created , the caledonian mountain range(it was heven taller than the Himmalayas,the remains are still visible as the Sunnmörsalps and Langfjella mountain range, and it extends well in to Sweden and Finland, and down to wards the British isles(mountain ranges in Scotland are also a part of that if I dont remember wrong,.</p> <p>so that means that the MAR, has been contracting, before it started to expand again(why these occur no one really knows)</p> <p>the MAR, has an arm expanding downwards towards Norway, and outside the Northern Norway lies a gigantic hotspot Vøring platau)(its not reconed to be hot anymore??) but the caldera there is tremendous 50 Miles wide(Norwegian Mile = 10 Km)<br /> that hotspot caldera(volcano) must have been formed the same way Iceland was formed, maybe by the same hotspot ,and the Hotspot Moved with the MAR, so the Norwegian caldera cooled down, its logic,when the MAR expanded and the continents drifted apart the hotspot plume folowed and later formed Iceland??</p> <p>and now back to the vortex, deep down there, of course its logic and makes somekind if sence ,the whole mantle and magma moves and rotates, and are effected by the rotation of the planet. as the oceans and Airmass moves,so there must be vortex movement down deep, probably looking much like large hurricanes and lov preassures,and they probaly rotates somewhat the same..<br /> But we must not forget the large tidal wave ,from the moon.. the moon makes a large wave, that move with the moon around the Earth, and it retracts and expands every 6 hours,.<br /> I recon that this is the same deep down under the crust, the pull from the moon and the sun must make a similar wave on the magma??</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2207923&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="oZDeSsrdUxhVE3TzkBaXQE4EzpQAWYROZv77GWaaqtg"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">thor (not verified)</span> on 03 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2207923">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2207924" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278161081"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>#63 Gentlemen, please! No grudges. Keep the interesting discussion going. Of course, there are brilliant experts here, to whom we are mostly grateful, but this is not the Academy. After all, what is the purpose of a blog like this? I suppose people are entitled to post their comments freely, and should be glad to be contradicted from those who know more, or at least, who are able to contribute with a different point of view. And in doing so, some light may be cast upon controversial issues concerning the invisible deeds of Mother Nature.<br /> @Lurking's graphs may not be the state of the art, but they help us a lot, computer dummies, to visualize things from a different perspective, and thus, gives room to someone like @Carl to theorize with his own tools, in a brilliant way.<br /> And therefore, thousand thanks to @Passerby whose keen eyes and ears are always attentive to detect whatever slips maybe made regarding scientific procedures.<br /> Could it be any better?<br /> Meanwhile, Lady E still shows signs that she might not be over yet.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2207924&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="FS8TYMnLcbChaO6orO1ytBkA65aNxs6ZeE8uizkMRlo"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Renato I Silveira (not verified)</span> on 03 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2207924">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2207925" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278163029"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>btw, could man make a volcano , by drilling? if they drilled deep enough??</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2207925&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="jXFJrzMe4kwoXsrbGpBhKo5Mmkvww-OreMgDYHgwwms"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">thor (not verified)</span> on 03 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2207925">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2207926" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278164424"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>@Thor #67 All I can say with my poor Geological knowledge is that they've drilled into magma both in Hawaii and Iceland when exploiting geothermal energy. Well, if you injected water and dug a wider hole, hmmm... I don't think it could lead to anything much different from an eruption. But, to state that would become a real volcano, I don't think I could. I'll try to get the links to these incidents and post them further.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2207926&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="NW0ECCnR6kIZKY8Ya8GFj7GCsFg-Bb1hf7OYZ0a-7Y8"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Renato I Silveira (not verified)</span> on 03 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2207926">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2207927" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278173735"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Aircraft... rainbow... horses... steam plume!<br /> Eyjafjallajökull volcano eruption 3 July 2010 <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IoM-U0hGORk">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IoM-U0hGORk</a></p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2207927&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="26K0vMXklA1UQLdf3sTZY3T7YJCcQoemvj4nzHKRNvM"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">d9tRotterdam (not verified)</span> on 03 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2207927">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2207928" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278174884"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p><a href="http://hvg.heinemann.co.uk/login.aspx">http://hvg.heinemann.co.uk/login.aspx</a> youtube How volcanoes form click on this and you will find the page is broken but wait a second or two and scroll down the page</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2207928&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="X1YSTc20kChDBjz9rQl9lZOiODa5U9STXQHw0QQIhcc"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">leon (not verified)</span> on 03 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2207928">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2207929" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278175330"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>ignore the above link i got it from youtube the above you have to pay just look for it on youtube</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2207929&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="V5btEasFK23NyfXzf7kPmspbWvotX61A-xrQhahMVaY"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">leon (not verified)</span> on 03 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2207929">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2207930" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278175542"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>god im dumb you can go on the link@ 70 go to the bottom right to his blog</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2207930&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="u6gPjeCxgrlJFWNubz_EKAHAQfHrC4Qph2Ihrfu9JQo"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">leon (not verified)</span> on 03 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2207930">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2207931" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278176118"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>@67 if we drilled in to earth and drilled into hot magma.the hole would cool very rapid and seal almost straight away you would need millions and millions liters of vodka {Topgear} and magma prove drill just to get the tip in it wont happen</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2207931&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="bkimwNMs04nApNi3diSYjxk0i6Mp66evJukn-ulTDpc"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">leon (not verified)</span> on 03 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2207931">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2207932" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278177058"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>ejaf is emitting a nice steam plume best seen on the </p> <p>Eyjafjallajökull frá Hvolsvelli cam</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2207932&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="bNLR6wt8wJ3NAkWaEN5hcyUJKJXQHTZtbNS3gKT7Xhg"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">gina ct (not verified)</span> on 03 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2207932">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2207933" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278177593"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>look at porolf cam mila down to the right that fog thing</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2207933&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="-3vqJssxeNosKfWdgU20Y2DWg-uLq-6CBYPSA6U--BE"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">LEON (not verified)</span> on 03 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2207933">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2207934" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278177949"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>so its totaly impossible to make a man made volcano?? im not so sure..</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2207934&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="KOfhcR0FHgauGv5mdqFvo5OLnDGLOLCcZqhhxv7_sHs"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">thor (not verified)</span> on 03 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2207934">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2207935" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278180060"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>#76 @Thor That's the link to the post I mentioned:<br /> <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/eruptions/2009/06/drilling_into_active_magma.php">http://scienceblogs.com/eruptions/2009/06/drilling_into_active_magma.php</a><br /> If they stopped drilling they feared something, didn't they?</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2207935&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="d6StKs4t0_AXLxZHogvizUMdUor0OykPLuXX4WXHmbw"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Renato I Silveira (not verified)</span> on 03 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2207935">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2207936" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278180469"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>oilspill Bp is man made i would class that a volcano.And why would you want to create a man made volcano?looking on the web its already been happening man made volcanoes.<br /> Anyway could this be happening to Eyjafj,One such obstacle is an accumulation of pumice,which can create a massive stoppage in the magma pipes.How ever once the magma finally breaks through its barrier and explosion type eruption will usually takes place. taken from Topbits.com <a href="http://www.topbits.com/how-a-volcano-erupts.html">http://www.topbits.com/how-a-volcano-erupts.html</a></p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2207936&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="5lu6Cf5frY_-7cAQIVxJCsD1VVTzC6_a-Tb83KQU4jY"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">leon (not verified)</span> on 03 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2207936">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2207937" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278181164"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>#69 Thanks for the new time-lapse, d9tRotterdam. There are so many details to see in it, I had to replay it a couple of times.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2207937&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="vlP5uvvP6qASFszlCT-1MdTfK-g7n6z_FlvjP-xzIQ8"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Renato I Silveira (not verified)</span> on 03 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2207937">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2207938" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278184892"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>@78</p> <p>Well... If a volcano is where something fluid/semi-fluid is coming up from the ground. Then yes. But it's more of a man-made Asphalt Volcano. Those occur naturally, but as far as I know, are not as prolific in their activity. In 1906, one probably went off in a violent fashion, but usually they are content to stay in an "ooze" state.</p> <p>en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asphalt_volcano</p> <p>"<i> Using high-resolution sonar equipment, David B. Prior from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge and his colleagues identified the crater in 2,176 meters of water southeast of the Mississippi River delta. The elliptical hole measures 280 meters across, 400 meters long and some 58 meters deep, and sits atop a small hill. Downslope lies approximately 2 million cubic meters of ejected sediment.</i><br /> <i>Because the area is known for its reservoirs of hydrocarbons, Prior surmises these substances caused the explosion that produced the crater. As one possible explanation, he suggests hydrocarbons seeping upward along cracks in the seafloor might have collected under some impermeable barrier until pressure forced the buoyant gas to blow off its cover. Based on the crater's appearance, the researchers think it may be younger than a century old. In 1906, sailors in the area reported seeing bubbling water, which may have been caused by such an eruption.</i>"</p> <p><b>Science News, Feb 4, 1989</b></p> <p>As for the man-made volcano status... it's about as valid a candidate as the Sidoarjo Mud Volcano in Malaysia.</p> <p>en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidoarjo_mud_volcano</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2207938&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="cCl4AsSJskbNH1d4puwLgaOA_ip0OZdg9c9lxgHAYho"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Lurking (not verified)</span> on 03 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2207938">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2207939" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278187273"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Well... ya got me to reading again.</p> <p>The Sidoarjo mud volcano, if you can believe data derived from wikipedia, is still at the 100,000 m³/ day flow rate. Over the period o June 06 to Sept 07, about 45,000,000 m³ have come out of the hole. During this time, subsidence is estimated to be between 0.5 to 14.5 m.</p> <p>Our BP cano... if you use the high FRTG number of 40,000 bbl/day, is at about 457,883 m³ of total flow. 686,825 m³ if you believe the higher flow estimate of 60,000 bbl/day that a University of Georgia scientist stated.</p> <p>The depth of the fetid fizzling fissure in Sidoarjo was 9,298 feet. The source of BP's boiling pustule is 18,000 feet.</p> <p>So... BP is over twice the depth, and at 6% to 9% of the flow rate of Sidoarjo. I imagine that things would have to get substantially worse in order for a caldera like depression to start forming at BP's shindig.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2207939&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="4HabSuNWATktSxzhqUe7esgilYalPMvCuBfPsfVjDBM"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Lurking (not verified)</span> on 03 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2207939">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2207940" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278231249"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>@Passerby:<br /> Hm, I think you missed a couple of points in what I wrote.</p> <p>But that is only good since I obviously was a bit unclear:)</p> <p>First of all I agree with Ed (I guess that would be Ekoh), he most likely has a good and vallid point. Why? He pointed to something that might actually put my little theory out completely.<br /> What is that then? Simply put (simplified), the internal resistence (friction times pressure) of the semi-solids making up the composition of the mantle might be to large for a vortex to be able to spin up.<br /> But, and this might be a big but that needs a lot of thinking! That would probably make all kinds of plums go out the window. Because if the internal resistance is to big for one type (vortex) than it is likely to be to big for a straight up-welling plume too.<br /> Intriguingly enough Ed pointed out something in what he wrote that is massively interesting and that I did not know. (That is why I love to chat with the real experts when I am out of my own field of expertise.)<br /> The thing he pointed out was that plumes are probably made up out of hotter and more viscous material. What so great with that?<br /> Well, let's say that you had a nice blob of hotter and more viscous material to start with, and that started spinning. Then that would slowly start to suck up the slightly colder and more "un-viscous" material. Whats up with that? Friction! Friction equals energy production, and that energy can only go into one form. Heat. So the un-viscous colder material would than heat up and go into viscous. That process could then probably keap up as the pent up energy just keapt on building up untill you had a vortex-plum reaching far down.</p> <p>Passerby, I am very much aware that I am fishing a bit in my theory and that I am not in my field here. But, I am a good physicist and the logics is sound in its own way. There is probably something wrong somewhere in my theory and I am looking forward to someone shooting me in the foot.<br /> But thing is that there is a plume there, the only difference with the standard model and my vortex is that I put into a spin since that explains a couple of things more than the standard plume.</p> <p>Glass! If you re-read what I wrote you will see that I killed of the myth of glass flowing being visible. I was talking about the much slower actual flowing of glass.</p> <p>Mantle-composition! You know as well as I do that nobody have taken a drill-sample of the material in there, so I do not really get what you are talking about. Theory is one thing, and most of them are probably correct, but without physical proof, they are just theories.</p> <p>And Passerby, you idea of of hot water piping causing lowered earthquake energy during lunch was the funniest red herring I have ever heard. There quite simply is not enough energy around in the pipes for that. The Icelandic thermal plants are very small, around 20 to 80 megawatts each. And what it had with lunch I do not understand at all, unless you actually had a red herring for lunch. Think about it...<br /> I guess you got it from the alarmist theory that the drilling at Krafla having started the "Krafla-fires". And that was ludicrous to start with since the energy in a drill hole is very small. If your pipes is a fly in the next block over, then a drill hole is like a mosquito in sahara affecting you. Word for the day, power-proportionality.</p> <p>@thor:<br /> Good points!<br /> It shows how unclear I have been:)<br /> I would like to say that if by chance I would have a point in my speculation of the plume spinning and being caused top down instead of down to top, I have to warn against even trying to use it in other places than this particular spot of Iceland since it is derrived out of the unusual circumstances of that region in Iceland.<br /> I would also like to point out that it is a short lived phenomena (in geological times). This vortex I am talking of would probably not have been around at the times you are talking about, it was started and is powered by that unusual bend in the fracture zones and volcanic zones.<br /> Let's say that the line from Hveragardhi to Kolbinsey ridge became the main point where iceland separated instead of the line Grimsvötn to Kolbinsey, then the vortex would start to die off emediatly. But that would still require that a new line of fracturing opened up from Langjökull to Kolbinsey (the part from Hveragardhi to Langjökull is already fractured.</p> <p>My point is that if my little model is correct, then it would still only be a local modell for iceland.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2207940&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="0t0lINhlA12qkhUsx7ub3OVIIY6ZYQ32UG8GV3Rt_D4"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Carl (not verified)</span> on 04 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2207940">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2207941" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278232262"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>KVERT and Ebeko Volcano Lives!</p> <p>KVERT released an update for Ebeko due to it's increased acticity on the second of july so it seems like they didn't die off.</p> <p><a href="http://www.avo.alaska.edu/activity/avoreport.php?view=kaminfo">http://www.avo.alaska.edu/activity/avoreport.php?view=kaminfo</a></p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2207941&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="IRIQalahP0MWHzJZ8Zx7ezj19i7UqDHB1DG--TYhl1k"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Carl (not verified)</span> on 04 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2207941">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2207942" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278239312"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>@Carl, the lunch thing was mine, Passerby just commented on it. I though it was as good a reason as any to explain an odd cluster in my graph of 18 to 21 km deep quakes that tend to occur in Iceland around lunch (1100-1200 UTC). There is also a more temporally diffuse and deeper group (25 km) that occur from midnight to three (0000-0300).</p> <p><a href="http://i50.tinypic.com/ve4zsj.png">http://i50.tinypic.com/ve4zsj.png</a></p> <p>The sample group is limited, only taking in about two and half months, and was more of just a weird plot to see what it looked like. I never was trying to make a point.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2207942&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="3kD78WyrIrFoiIi5s5YGRRySAxFe457lq5XqYvfxiN4"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Lurking (not verified)</span> on 04 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2207942">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2207943" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278251292"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Well, for my 2c, Carl, I am very much enjoying the theorizing and debate. I like your style. </p> <p>re the suction aspect - that reminds me of the push/pull discussion going on: i.e. as to whether continental drift is driven by the MOR pushing the ocean plates apart or, alternatively, the ocean plates are getting ripped apart by the pull exerted on them as they "sink" at destructive plate margins.</p> <p>One thing that comes to mind about your theory is that if such a vortex is a product of a shear in the MOR it would suggest you would also find anomalous amounts of melt at other "kinks" in the ridge, like the Kane Fracture Zone off the coast of Brazil or the Chile Rise to take two at random. Is this the case? Or is the tectonic setting there "cleaner" in its fractures than Iceland?</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2207943&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="Nv3UOulvwgtSg9t3M9Fh_n8dVwu76UbWe0YERVghWVw"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">bruce stout (not verified)</span> on 04 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2207943">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2207944" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278255586"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>ive just watch a movie called Magma,volcanic Disaster The core expanding they used nukes in the North Atlantic Ridge to ease the pressure the film was released in 2006</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2207944&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="gnSn-Q4VZPZOCH94LOzUZJxtFHWp9-7aGqTMU8MotOQ"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">leon (not verified)</span> on 04 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2207944">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2207945" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278268918"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>@Leon #86 Maybe you and Diane N CA should meet for a discussion (or laughter) on the subject. :)<br /> <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/eruptions/2010/07/mystery_volcano_photo_22.php">http://scienceblogs.com/eruptions/2010/07/mystery_volcano_photo_22.php</a> #36</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2207945&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="8I7t4C0Pwhr0qkbvehtn1HyQR4iR69JKVkunb1fUBqs"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Renato I Silveira (not verified)</span> on 04 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2207945">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2207946" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278273698"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>How strange thanks Renato also just watch volcano under new york drilling to make energy, both films gave ideas even the co2 that got mention made me think of the current co2 rise that has made headlines in recent months, Can volcanoes be to blame there no other answer than that surly, you cant see co2</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2207946&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="cByuzESszMci6k5fUSaLrcnkxWlkeHWNs0O3YfCd1MM"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">leon (not verified)</span> on 04 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2207946">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2207947" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278277851"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>@Leon: I didn't watch the film, but CO2 is an issue concerning volcanoes. I'm not quite sure, but I read there was a number of incidents in California (Yosemite Park?) with dead trees and people getting intoxicated in ponds. CO2 emissions are not felt, but can be pretty hazardous in high concentrations. But there are other volcano gases far more toxic than CO2 and the amount of CO2 produced by burning of fossil fuel (incident in the Gulf) or wood fires is far greater than that from volcanoes, but it will affect the whole climate not individuals as I think is what you meant.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2207947&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="c3vNDHAP7GI94XQvKPB1KtIKj7kaGCgUX6U8Fxc-CTg"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Renato I Silveira (not verified)</span> on 04 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2207947">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2207948" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278278458"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>my last question for today. looking at the Supervolcanoes monitoring system what does last activity mean? i do have an idea but iam not sure as some of them are saying current dates,example:Naples-Italy-27/06/10..New-Zealand-Toypo volcanic zone-03/07/10 and New-Zealand North islands again-03/07/10 as these have not erupted for thousands to millions of years. I have done a lot of reading on Yellow stone and there a two way debate 1 says no it will never erupt like has done the three times in history before, and other says yes it will!.i also understand that 2009 was a new record for increase in earthquakes worldwide with 2010 set to beat that with 150per cent increase.It seems to me that its quite possible for at least one super eruption to happen in our life time i say within ten years if the current trend continues,everything is increasing co2,climate shift/change, storms/hurricanes, worldwide cooling,volcanic with the Bp oil spill adding to the problems.maybe all fields of research and data science every piece info should be brought together to the table everythink has a connection or chain link possible or not?.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2207948&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="HRTAHWWM6WdYbUpTe5jEHN5xgVHtECPimlWRpsDAY4Q"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">leon (not verified)</span> on 04 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2207948">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2207949" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278280219"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Renato yeah didnt think to add them its been a long day .what i find strange is that co2 continues to rise while worldwide temps level of.And i didnt say you watch the film i found it strange how i pick the same 2 film as Dianne.i leave you these two links he makes me laugh. <a href="http://www.accuweather.com/video/73146...major-cooling.on.way.worldwide.asp">http://www.accuweather.com/video/73146...major-cooling.on.way.worldwide…</a><br /> <a href="http://www.accuweather.com/video.asp?search=co2">http://www.accuweather.com/video.asp?search=co2</a></p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2207949&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="HqV19nB57Z8GWlMRrIMkvA7UdksjneCaSFBbRrGt2p0"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">leon (not verified)</span> on 04 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2207949">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2207950" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278280854"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>@Leon: I understand your concern. Maybe one of the problems is that one you mentioned of much information brought together (via Internet) but not in an evidence-supported way. You have to be careful with information you get: there are many websites that say whatever they want, with no scientific basis. And we tend to assume that problems happening now are bigger then they've ever been, but if you look back into historical data you'll see it is not quite so. Yes, we have concerns with a world becoming smaller and growing populations, affecting global climate with industries and all, but we also know that big peaks of CO2 have happened before, so we must take good care of this planet, which so far is the only home we have. But don't get stuck on those apocalyptic stuff , it won't happen as easily as it sounds. Yes, there are big volcanoes that formed calderas, but there's nothing "super" on them, since they've behaved most of the time as gently as other regular volcanoes.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2207950&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="BQCnMGVTxdP8MtWjD0mdIiaH6nSQorsBSc5QNgL6a_E"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Renato I Silveira (not verified)</span> on 04 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2207950">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2207951" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278281782"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>@Leon #91 Funny video, thanks for posting. And take the good advice from it: enjoy the weather!</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2207951&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="49C6pDSLkNMDCu-EG66wy0xwDJ5XHuw7U_aKnmEvTuo"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Renato I Silveira (not verified)</span> on 04 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2207951">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2207952" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278288256"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>@Leon / Renato I Silveira</p> <p>Back before I had this gee wizz graphing program, I did several plots of Yellowstone during a couple of it's swarms. ( it tends to have them ) The plots I did were limited to depth verses time in Excel, they were a hoot. You could see the depth trending up from the magma chamber and then back down again. I still have the Feb 2010 graphics from that.</p> <p><a href="http://i47.tinypic.com/207q8te.png">http://i47.tinypic.com/207q8te.png</a></p> <p>And an over view of where in the Caldera it was at.</p> <p><a href="http://i50.tinypic.com/520yhc.png">http://i50.tinypic.com/520yhc.png</a></p> <p>The 2008/2009 swarm started under the lake and slowly migrated to the North and eventually petered out northeast of Fishing Bridge. That area is where logically, if you DR out the historical track of the hotspot (15 million year run) is about where it should be at. Most of the sensible people were expecting a hydrothermal explosion at worse along the north shore area. Digging around the net a bit, you would find that there is a ridge with fresh rock that was found in the lake a few years ago. This was where the swarm began. It was quite the show... from a data plotting point of view.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2207952&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="_J15zjRhYfsAlvvRWHpeUxiDIHvUBtAlJ1YK1CChh-4"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Lurking (not verified)</span> on 04 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2207952">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2207953" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278291604"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Precious material, Lurking! I'll have to go to bed now, but tomorrow I'll watch them more carefully.<br /> Good night everyone.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2207953&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="eklDW-ZmYiHYHLnJYwOvDsB4hbmU7Fbelh2MhcL5kfg"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Renato I Silveira (not verified)</span> on 04 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2207953">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2207954" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278296135"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>@leon 99</p> <p>Leon, Renato is right. Take what you read with a big grain of salt. For example the info on the Taupo Volcanic Zone is just plain wrong. The TVZ had its last major eruption in 1886 which is just the blink of an eye in geological terms. Taupo itself has erupted at least 27 times in the last 26,000 years, three of which were huge eruptions by todays standards. </p> <p>More to the point, the Taupo system is described as a chaotic system, meaning its past behavior makes it almost impossible to predict its future eruptive patterns and certainly frustrates any attempt to forecast any exact dates for a future eruption.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2207954&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="-CHfOyYEO-w9MhXK81tu8bxHkmGD7410q0F4CDCkhm4"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">bruce stout (not verified)</span> on 04 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2207954">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2207955" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278297314"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>re my false alarm about Ngauruhoe. Have a look at this for some serious wind noise (there is a winter storm going through):<br /> <a href="http://www.geonet.org.nz/images/volcano/drums/ch/wtvz/10/drum.png">http://www.geonet.org.nz/images/volcano/drums/ch/wtvz/10/drum.png</a></p> <p>Makes me more confident that Geonet actually did bump up its amplitude gain recently.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2207955&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="ve0OB3TlX0zh6XJcapLwUoWo8ka30EV8xmPdGf0j2do"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">bruce stout (not verified)</span> on 04 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2207955">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2207956" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278298801"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>@bruce stout [96]</p> <p>"...the Taupo system is described as a chaotic system, meaning its past behavior makes it almost impossible to predict its future eruptive patterns..."</p> <p>{snicker}</p> <p>Now where have I heard that before...</p> <p>... oh yeah, the Stock Broker caveat:</p> <p><b>"past performance is not indicative of future results"</b></p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2207956&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="2RiFbD-z-o0mf-wjvczWCmV2h_JB0Qsz9hJ-qHVS9sM"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Lurking (not verified)</span> on 04 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2207956">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2207957" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278300041"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>@Bruce Stout:<br /> Thank you for pointing out my obvious flaw:)<br /> Now that I have read up on KFZ it seems like there are no processes like the vortex at all going on there. But, it is an old inactive fracture zone. Though I found some intriguing comments on it in an article. It is there mentioned that the KFZ has a slow rotation xounter-clockwise. That might, or might not, support the vortex idea. Mainly it is a bit interesting.<br /> My take KFZ is that it lacked something that Iceland has, that I haven't taken into account. There is something more playing in Iceland I would guess. What? Help!<br /> <a href="http://www.springerlink.com/content/m3276ul60127821p/">http://www.springerlink.com/content/m3276ul60127821p/</a></p> <p>I found some other fracture Zones that was equally clean as KFZ that didn't have any volcanic signs, but then I found 2 that actually could have or had a vortex plume. I know waaaay to little about these volcanic islands to say anything really.</p> <p>At Ascension Fracture Zone you have some features that actually look quite a bit like Iceland with local ridges pushed up, complex rifting and a volcanic island close by that seems to be fairly stable. You also have 2 nice seamounts (Grattan and Stewart) close by. What these might have to do with anything I do not know. If, large if, there is a vortex here it is a small one.</p> <p>The second is of course the Azores. There you have complex rifting, a nice uplifted bank (hotspot?), fractore zones, volcanix zones, what looks like a local subducton zone. Without having done any calculations or going indepth it looks very intriguing from my point of view and might hold a quite large vortex-plume. And I just love the pictures of the Good Morning volcano:)</p> <p>Another thing I noticed is that it looks like there was a rather large island around the same spot about a hundred million or more years ago, and that the island cracked apart and that half drifted to the east, and the other half to the west.<br /> If you look at google earth you will find Great Meteor Tablemount and Cruiser Tablemount to the East, and to the West the Rockaway-Yakutat Seamount. Interesting if nothing else. If that once was a large island, then that vortex would have been going, stopping, and starting again. That suggests there is some triggering factor I don't really get.</p> <p>Nice question Bruce!</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2207957&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="rN29a6Edv0GkkaFU_8ovkXLKruQoP3oPvp1F6wWQtmA"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Carl (not verified)</span> on 04 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2207957">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2207958" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278301843"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>@ lurker.. my history on the share market is absolutely abysmal. The only think I have ever half-way prophesized correctly (apart from having my account tax-barred which I am getting pretty good at predicting) is the eruption at Fimmvorduhalsi.</p> <p>@ Carl, it's interesting you mentioned the Azores as I looked at those in Google Earth while zooming around the planet's MOR's and thought, hmm, they're could be another candidate for your theory. BTW, what is that massive circular feature directly south of Sao Miguel Island and stretches all the way to Sao Pedro? Looks like an impact crater but I am reticent to read too much into Google Earth as there are some artifacts in there (look at the scar crossing the Kermadec Trench for example).</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2207958&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="lxHn814VUM72O_XolNb7uJO4OLBF4eJhF7deXEOshpM"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">bruce stout (not verified)</span> on 04 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2207958">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2207959" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278303171"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>@Bruce:<br /> Are you looking at "the collapsed caldera-mathingy" between Sao Miguel and Sao Maria?<br /> If that is the crater-like thing you are talking about I would guess it is a collapsed caldera. You have 3 small rim islets in the south-east.</p> <p>I guess you could get vorticii as soon as you have complex rifting. But it would of course never occur close to subduction volcanos.</p> <p>Thing is that one should really check which of the volcanos are still active. It probably is a Hawaii like moving hotspot since the islands are stringed out like that. But if the volcanos are "active" on most islands in the chain, then it would be a vortex candidate. Off to read up on the azorian volcanos for me.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2207959&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="uETWSh1wK1KjfwMKRWxtQlOHXT2hEUICmhn7qlmv9Zk"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Carl (not verified)</span> on 05 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2207959">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2207960" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278304108"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>@Bruce part II<br /> Just looked at the sum of volcanos in the azores. Pretty much all of the main volcanos in the eastern grouping are active like crazy. The 2 islands to the west of MAR seems to be less active, and for obvious reasons I totally disregarded Madeira since the inly reason for their inclusion in the azores seems to be political and not sub-surfaces tectonical;)<br /> I would say the likelihood increased of this being another place with surface static plumes that can be explained with a collection of vortix-plumes.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2207960&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="jBhvCrbeLc2HyGMqu01mCVx5jPYmZ94Uvv6zSfy6S0g"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Carl (not verified)</span> on 05 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2207960">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2207961" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278312622"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Carl, yep that's it. If its volcanic its bigger than Toba!<br /> 100 km x 70 km.. that's just a wee bit too far on the side of mind-boggling, so for the moment I'll just assume it's another artifact.<br /> I'm at work at the moment but I'm itching to read up more about the Azores now!! All I know is they have some pretty impressive calderas for a MOR setting so there is obviously much more at play here too, just like Iceland in fact!</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2207961&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="aMyT2jllGSNCwzKOZdC3Il3b5DAa3yHV_sv8mZ_GRL0"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">bruce stout (not verified)</span> on 05 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2207961">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2207962" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278314058"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>check out the activity right now, july 5, EDT 9:13 AM, on Bardabunga, Iceland. A 3.0 --if verified.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2207962&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="pVxhVSJKXXsk7BErEXslh9Fm_y8nwRIA90v5t3tOT70"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">jec (not verified)</span> on 05 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2207962">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2207963" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278317801"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Hello everyone, I am really enjoying reading your comments about the worldwide volcanic activity. </p> <p>I have been looking at the sheer number of volcanoes located in Iceland and I am awestruck at how many there are in a relatively small area. I brought Iceland up on Google Earth and zoomed in just enough to see the water surrounding the island, it almost seems that the entire island is just the peak of a large caldera, if you look just south of the island you can almost see where there was a very large lava flow at one time</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2207963&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="1zQ8A9bplvvst0v21KztEs9WHW4f7rIgvInpnH01TTY"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Robert Hurst (not verified)</span> on 05 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2207963">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2207964" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278329876"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Not quite the peak of a giant caldera... what exactly is down there is a subject for discussion. Hotspot, Underlying oceanic crust fragment... it gets kicked around a bit. Iceland is about 40km thick in the vicinity of GrÃmsvötn and about 20km thick near Eyjafjallajökull. It has lots of volcanoes, some of them active, sits astride a spreading center (Mid Atlantic Ridge) and to top it off, has all these neat quake stacks poking up through the crust... usually to a pre-existing volcano.</p> <p>30 Days of Quakes - 5 June to 5 July, perspective view looking North West.</p> <p><a href="http://i46.tinypic.com/331d287.png">http://i46.tinypic.com/331d287.png</a></p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2207964&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="afLQnl6YlAqj0RC5s0Up0Tp6cAV_d4-cVvMr60ZRASU"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Lurking (not verified)</span> on 05 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2207964">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2207965" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278332602"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>@106 i like your graphs looks easy to read and to my question of above i dont believe in everythink i read thats why i ask you all here you seem to know what your taking about.i got the supervolcanos info from National association of radio Distress and infocommunication [Emergency and Disaster infomation services]EDIS. <a href="mailto:havaria@rsoe.hu">havaria@rsoe.hu</a> or <a href="http://hisz.roes.hu/alertmap/index2.php">http://hisz.roes.hu/alertmap/index2.php</a> and lot of them showed recent activity[meaning EQ or Tremor] as you go on to this site you get a map of the world scroll out and you get all this info</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2207965&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="_c7HEp_W6llv5UCJk6bJlpPjMEUL4KVcKzPK8wmioAw"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">leon (not verified)</span> on 05 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2207965">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2207966" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278336303"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p><a href="http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/">http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/</a></p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2207966&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="69ZYe3vbDRJdpaPhW2QeO-uuUOaYFXkHC8r8AUV_RKk"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">leon (not verified)</span> on 05 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2207966">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2207967" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278338833"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>@#106 Lurking,Hi,</p> <p>Do you remember back around a month ago you did a correlation graph showing 'quakes under both Eyja and Katla,looking North ? Any chance of an updated one from 01/06/2010 to 05/07/2010.<br /> Many Thanks in advance,Adrian.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2207967&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="TIGKIdUAOaLjROWXnio4CblGeWlVhegJbcQWwt6t0GI"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Adrian,Dorset, UK (not verified)</span> on 05 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2207967">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2207968" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278341916"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Well, as of right now they don't show any quakes there on the 5th. (19:01:00 on the 4th is the latest)</p> <p>But here is a rendition from June 1st to July 5th, view North.</p> <p><a href="http://i49.tinypic.com/fdvrz4.png">http://i49.tinypic.com/fdvrz4.png</a></p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2207968&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="UWnXYWuT7ggbdgCs0FRxq3pMfLfI8c0kHS9Smu4yguU"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Lurking (not verified)</span> on 05 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2207968">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2207969" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278343010"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Lurking,many thanks thats great.Seems to be more quakes under Godabunga....New fissure that you we're wondering about ? I tend to agree.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2207969&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="WqY2pI7y41Lp6Ro-k5shWUzMfsW7e87zI42Z63GHqh8"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Adrian,Dorset, UK (not verified)</span> on 05 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2207969">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2207970" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278343299"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Yeah,I know,a lot of speculation ! Who knows etc..</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2207970&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="mqkIFM4-ZgT7cAzh8w8w1o5qSBxPGA_pvtNIRJ3nZW8"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Adrian,Dorset, UK (not verified)</span> on 05 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2207970">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2207971" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278343921"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>A plan view of that area was placed in "Mystery Volcano Photo #22" at post 46, but it only covers 12 to 13 days of quakes.</p> <p>i47.tinypic.com/jl15dv.png</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2207971&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="Dko12JjE5A29Jj6nvqMNgZ76jdzbSutHJJBIQgjbRQw"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Lurking (not verified)</span> on 05 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2207971">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2207972" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278344423"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Umm, I tried copy/pasting that link but it just took me back here.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2207972&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="fanpCoYWcZnarmGZxLli_DXWbG4v8TgS8wyT_NNnBdo"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Adrian,Dorset, UK (not verified)</span> on 05 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2207972">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2207973" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278350054"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Well, many browsers will auto complete for you.</p> <p>I strip the http bit off to keep from setting off the Spam Filter on the blog.</p> <p>At three is gets mad. </p> <p>Try this:</p> <p><a href="http://i47.tinypic.com/jl15dv.png">http://i47.tinypic.com/jl15dv.png</a></p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2207973&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="NzcTwyYJPU1kiJKSKCGn1rrDAKCDFo3OymjpOlrzyyg"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Lurking (not verified)</span> on 05 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2207973">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2207974" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278355188"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>hi does anyone have a web cam link for katla, the one i have is switched off</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2207974&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="_RhZ_J1Yn05WluiNealJO7Nb2DsnCtMwfeZNbhatzBc"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">leon (not verified)</span> on 05 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2207974">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2207975" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278369832"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>I have two questions to post before I go to bed:<br /> 1. I was looking for the âmissing partâ (at least to me, so far) of volcanism over the so called âPacific Ring of Fireâ and I found out on Google Earth that there IS a belt of volcanoes in Antarctica closing the southernmost part of the circle. But no subduction zones showing. What causes these Antarctic volcanoes to be there? Mantle plumes?<br /> 2. I read that the rocks of São Pedro e São Paulo located to the northeast of Brazil are a rare example of exposed mantle. Are they quaternary or tertiary mantle? Was it caused by rifting? They arenât aligned with Ascension and Azores-Madeira archipelagos...<br /> Donât bother to answer, but I would love to understand the processes involved.<br /> Be back tomorrow. Night folks!!!</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2207975&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="TSHMWy_yR9_YCROCJlg-bjh10VkXvscX8PHTEdUXBXs"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Renato I Silveira (not verified)</span> on 05 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2207975">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2207976" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278369944"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>@Leon #116 I tried this one and works for me<br /> <a href="http://www.ruv.is/katla/">http://www.ruv.is/katla/</a><br /> Night!</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2207976&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="jb3z6N9jiVZu6Ohse51gLrdL56lFHAiu3MSTiFIkJUs"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Renato I Silveira (not verified)</span> on 05 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2207976">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2207977" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278386633"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>To add to the science debate, The vortex idea is very interesting, one wonders if, to quote Nasa<br /> 'NASA scientists using data from the Indonesian earthquake calculated it affected Earth's rotation, decreased the length of day, slightly changed the planet's shape, and shifted the North Pole by centimeters. The earthquake that created the huge tsunami also changed the Earth's rotation.'</p> <p>This MUST have created currents inside the mantle<br /> Now we know viscous solids move very slowly, and that iceland is pretty much opposite Indonesia on the globe, so perhaps the recent activity in iceland is the 'ripples' from Indonesia travelling around the planet and all kind of meeting at iceland and sloshing up.</p> <p>Bit like if you had 4 people at each corner of a bath of water who all create a wave at the same moment, when they all meet, you can get a fairly large spike of water forming in the middle of the bath.<br /> Its just a thought, and I'm no scientist, just an artist who has spent many hours observing the motion of things around me.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2207977&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="LRzVhVJjk_Z34_uGJdhmigCfVW6GA_HJdzZd8ZskVVg"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Bev Wallace (not verified)</span> on 05 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2207977">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2207978" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278387548"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>And reading through this <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/01/050112194812.htm">http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/01/050112194812.htm</a></p> <p>' Earth's oblateness (flattening on the top and bulging at the equator) decreased by a small amount', which might account for the volacnic activity at the north pole,the earths 'waistline' at the equater got tighter, stands to reason the pressure caused by that has to be released somewhere</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2207978&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="rsSbZAP4ju1T-Ayh_tufdnbflEhtsGuSZQRnqEyRmSI"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Bev Wallace (not verified)</span> on 05 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2207978">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2207979" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278391782"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>@Renato thanks but thats one i got and its blank unless they switched off</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2207979&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="W5NvBGBKvhE_SghH-008QsxHI_sOL2mRtMXwIsyciaI"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">leon (not verified)</span> on 06 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2207979">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2207980" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278401485"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>@#115 Lurking,Hi,</p> <p>Thanks very much for that link.That data really is food for thought;got me thinking.<br /> Thanks again,Adrian.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2207980&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="lH2NUgpUsBUsP8sn3siYxkdNeHyZhtN2qhUQLqR-Dfw"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Adrian,Dorset, UK (not verified)</span> on 06 Jul 2010 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/19135/feed#comment-2207980">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2207981" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278404144"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="f