Posted on 03/30/2010 6:33:20 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
EUROPE'S largest undersea volcano could disintegrate and unleash a tsunami that would engulf southern Italy "at any time", a prominent vulcanologist has warned.
The Marsili volcano, which is bursting with magma, has "fragile walls" that could collapse, Enzo Boschi told the leading daily Corriere della Sera.
"It could even happen tomorrow," Prof Boschi, president of the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology said
"Our latest research shows that the volcano is not structurally solid, its walls are fragile, the magma chamber is of sizeable dimensions," he said.
"All that tells us that the volcano is active and could begin erupting at any time."
The event would result in "a strong tsunami that could strike the coasts of Campania, Calabria and Sicily," Prof Boschi said.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.com.au ...
which part of Italy? Northern Italians seem to have some bit of sense.
The giant waves hit the beach and go WAP, WAP, WAP!
A monster! 3000 meters high, or ~10000 feet and 500 under sea.
“Mt. Marsili, which rises 9,800 feet (3,000 meters) from the seabed in the Tyrrhenian Sea southwest of Naples, is capable of producing huge tidal waves along southern Italy if its activity ever does build to an eruption. According to the researchers, “Il Marsili’” is about 40 miles (65 km) long and 25 miles (40 km) wide. The experts said its tip was only 1,640 feet (500 metres) below the surface of the water. “
“The most recent data concerning the Tyrrhenian confirm certain only apparently surprising facts. To begin with, the tallest volcano in Europe is not Etna, but Marsili, which is also the largest, being 65 kilometres long and more than 3000 meters high. “ http://www.geologia.com/english/fi2004/2004_tirreno.html
I tried to find a topo of this undersea thing quickly and could not.
Anyone have a link to such?
Try this, it’s about 150km /90 miles off Naples http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&q=&vps=2&jsv=219a&sll=40.036027,13.579102&sspn=7.501539,16.907959&ie=UTF8&geocode=FSFPXgIdUP7MAA&split=0
Dr. Evil strikes again... Cue the picture Freepers.
“The undersea Marsili, 9,800 feet tall and located some 90 miles southwest of Naples, has not erupted since the start of recorded history. It is 44 miles long and 19 miles wide, and its crater is about a quarter mile below the surface of the Tyrrhenian Sea.”
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/03/29/undersea-volcano-threatens-italy/?test=latestnews
Wow. Thanks for the perspective. Yeah, go short on Southern Italy everything.
ROFLOL - you racist - LOL
MUCH APPRECIATED.
THX.
I downloaded the GOOGLE EARTH module and it gives the terrain under the sea . . .
Doesn’t seem to have a URL visible with that window . . .
I
*THINK*
It’s one of the two structures roughly in the center of this Google Earth location:
39* 25’ 15.87” N
&
16* 12’ 02.42” E
Can anyone shed any further light on it?
Is it the caldera looking structure in the NW of the center of that location or is it the longish thinner structure just to the SE of that one in the center?
Thanks. Maybe I can find that on Google Earth.
Please see my just above.
FYI..wondering if any news of USN pulling back ships from the area...
“The Poseidon Adventure II” now filming on location...
and so.....?
Doubtful at present . . . Great question.
Here’s an interesting link with some charts showing magnetic/gravity anomalies of the volcano area.
oooops now here’s the link:
Here’s an interesting link with some charts showing magnetic/gravity anomalies of the volcano area.
http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2010/03/30/experts-undersea-volcano-may-collapse-cause-tsunami/
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