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Naples astride a rumbling mega-volcano
phys.org ^ | 12/20/2016

Posted on 12/21/2016 7:32:05 AM PST by BenLurkin

A slumbering Campi Flegrei volcano under the Italian city of Naples shows signs of "reawakening" and may be nearing a critical pressure point, according to a study published Tuesday.

Italian and French scientists have for the first time identified a threshold beyond which rising magma under the Earth's surface could trigger the release of fluids and gases at a 10-fold increased rate.

This would cause the injection of high-temperature steam into surrounding rocks, said lead author Giovanni Chiodini, a researcher at Italy's National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology in Bologna.

"Hydrothermal rocks, if heated, can ultimately lose their mechanical resistance, causing an acceleration towards critical conditions," he told AFP by email.

It is not possible at this time to say when—or if—the volcano will erupt anew, he said.

If it did, however, "it would be very dangerous" for the half-million people living inside and near the caldera, he added, using the scientific name for the bowl-like depression created after a volcano blows its top.

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TOPICS: Science
KEYWORDS: archiflegreovolcano; aurignacian; campania; campanianignimbrite; campiflegrei; chatelperronian; italy; mousterian; naples; neandertal; neandertals; neanderthal; neanderthals; paleolithic; phlegraeanfields; uluzzian; volcano; volcanoes
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1 posted on 12/21/2016 7:32:05 AM PST by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

Ok well THAT is reassuring...


2 posted on 12/21/2016 7:34:43 AM PST by ari-freedom (You can't be America First by putting G-d last)
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To: BenLurkin
Since 2005, Campi Flegrei has been undergoing what scientists call "uplift", causing Italian authorities to raise the alert level in 2012 from green to yellow, signalling the need for active scientific monitoring.

Obviously, Bush's Fault

The pace of ground deformation and low-level seismic activity has recently increased.

Trump's fault.

3 posted on 12/21/2016 7:39:07 AM PST by mountn man (The Pleasure You Get From Life, Is Equal To The Attitude You Put Into It)
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To: BenLurkin

“half-million people living inside and near the caldera”

Bye.


4 posted on 12/21/2016 7:39:14 AM PST by Carriage Hill ( Peace is that brief glorious moment in history, when everybody stands around reloading.)
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To: BenLurkin

Its’a gonna go BA-DOOM-BA!!


5 posted on 12/21/2016 7:41:22 AM PST by elcid1970 ("The Second Amendment is more important than Islam. Buy ammo.")
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To: BenLurkin
""Hydrothermal rocks, if heated, can ultimately lose their mechanical resistance, causing an acceleration towards critical conditions," he told AFP by email."

In other words "It go boom"

6 posted on 12/21/2016 7:45:09 AM PST by Mr. K ( Trump kicked her ass 2-to-1 if you remove all the voter fraud.)
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To: ari-freedom

People don’t remember even back into their youths...what their parents said is irrelevant (”Nah, it won’t happen here!”).

When I lived on the coast in Oregon I used to lie in bed and watch the light fixture sway...due to little tremors.

When I had a chance to leave, I took it. What’s with those people living in the caldera????


7 posted on 12/21/2016 7:45:13 AM PST by Bodega (we are developing less and less common sense...world wide)
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To: ari-freedom

People don’t remember even back into their youths...what their parents said is irrelevant (”Nah, it won’t happen here!”).

When I lived on the coast in Oregon I used to lie in bed and watch the light fixture sway...due to little tremors.

When I had a chance to leave, I took it. What’s with those people living in the caldera????


8 posted on 12/21/2016 7:45:19 AM PST by Bodega (we are developing less and less common sense...world wide)
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To: Mr. K

For democrats


9 posted on 12/21/2016 7:45:33 AM PST by Mr. K ( Trump kicked her ass 2-to-1 if you remove all the voter fraud.)
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If it did (erupt) however, "it would be very dangerous" for the half-million people living inside and near the caldera," he added."

To put it mildly.

10 posted on 12/21/2016 7:45:33 AM PST by heartwood (If you're looking for a </sarc tag>, you just saw it.)
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To: BenLurkin

You’ve also got Vesuvius nearby, which supposedly blows every 2000 years, the last time was 79 AD, you may have heard of it, it was called , “Pompeii”.


11 posted on 12/21/2016 7:45:49 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: BenLurkin

Italian Meatballs

Place 500,000 Italians in a cauldron.

Steam until done

Serve.


12 posted on 12/21/2016 7:47:36 AM PST by Adder (Mr. Franklin: We are trying to get the Republic back!)
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To: dfwgator

Sounds like an ideal place to build an immigrant camp. Maybe the steam and tremors would turn then into Christians.


13 posted on 12/21/2016 7:47:42 AM PST by oldasrocks (rump)
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To: elcid1970

Maybe it is me but it doesn’t seem to wise to live inside a caldera.


14 posted on 12/21/2016 7:50:42 AM PST by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?.)
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To: BenLurkin

holy unliquified blood of St. Januarius, Batman!


15 posted on 12/21/2016 7:53:06 AM PST by Palio di Siena
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To: BenLurkin

Hey, my geography isn’t so good.
Is this any where close to the Vatican?
Just askin’.


16 posted on 12/21/2016 7:53:53 AM PST by bog trotter
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To: ari-freedom

Relocate the ‘refugee’ male moslems to the area and ‘settle’ them closer to their father ...


17 posted on 12/21/2016 7:53:57 AM PST by MHGinTN (A dispensational perspective is a powerful tool for spiritual discernment)
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To: dfwgator

Vesuvius erupted in the 1600s I think


18 posted on 12/21/2016 7:59:04 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

Damn global warming again!


19 posted on 12/21/2016 8:00:57 AM PST by anoldafvet
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To: bog trotter

https://www.rome2rio.com/s/Naples/Vatican


20 posted on 12/21/2016 8:01:49 AM PST by ari-freedom (You can't be America First by putting G-d last)
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