Part 1 in the series can be found here: https://volcanocafe.wordpress.com/2014/06/06/earthquakes-or-wavy-gravy/ In the first installment I told a blatant lie, I thought someone would catch me, but alas not. The lie was put in on purpose so that I would have a point to start today’s wavy post with. In short, in the last installment I…
One of the reasons I do this, is because as I was growing up, having an interest in things Geophysical/Astrophysical, there was always a search for the “wow” factor. Not everyone’s “wow” sense is geared the same… and in some cases, the scale of stuff that people are familiar with has a lot to say…
When it formed around 21,000 years ago the Corona tube came to an end when the lava flow reached the sea. In the subsequent post-glacial period the vast ice-caps retreated, raising the levels of the world’s oceans. As sea levels rose so the outer reaches of the tunnel became inundated. Sea water penetrated into the…
Lanzarote ranks as one of the most obviously volcanic places on the planet. The island is liberally sprinkled with craters, cones and lava fields. The dry, frost-free climate means that volcanic features weather only slowly, and vegetation has had a hard time gaining any meaningful foothold on the land. Around 15.5 million years ago the…
Not all natural phenomena that carry the name “volcano” are caused by the eruption of some kind of magma. A mudvolcano is one of them. Since the 29th of may, 2006, mud and steam are spewing from the earth on the island of Java, Indonesia, leaving thousands of people homeless. Today, it is still “erupting”.…
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