The size estimates for an eruption range from a Mount St. Helens type to one 100 times that size. This is based on the ash and magma of prior eruptions, the size of the uplift and underlying magma chamber and the fact that the magma is rhyolitic. ( lots of silica, gas and water)
1 posted on
12/05/2014 9:57:57 AM PST by
JimSEA
To: JimSEA
The rate of uplift is among the highest ever observed by satellite measurement for a volcano that is not actively erupting. Yet.................Mt. St. Helens will look like a warm spring day..............
2 posted on
12/05/2014 10:11:33 AM PST by
Red Badger
(If you compromise with evil, you just get more evil..........................)
To: JimSEA
—wow—for those hiding under the bed due to the Yellowstone uplift, this one may beat it—
3 posted on
12/05/2014 10:15:43 AM PST by
rellimpank
(--don't believe anything the media or government says about firearms or explosives--)
To: JimSEA
At roughly 3 miles by 6 in size this one is miniature compared with Yellowstone. Still, when (not if) it erupts the effects would be monstrous, especially for the southern hemisphere.
4 posted on
12/05/2014 10:36:01 AM PST by
katana
(Just my opinions)
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