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Yellowstone Earthquake Swarm Puzzles Scientists
Live Science ^
| 30 December 2008
Posted on 12/30/2008 3:43:26 PM PST by CE2949BB
A swarm of small earthquakes in Yellowstone National Park is the most intense measured there in years, leaving scientists puzzled.
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TOPICS: Science
KEYWORDS: caldera; catastrophism; earthquake; science; yellowstone
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To: xcamel
“mentos into a bottle of warm coke” kind of explosive power... on a planetary scale. Yup. Makes for a great science project for the kiddies, too.
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posted on
12/30/2008 4:30:03 PM PST
by
ETL
(Smoking gun evidence on ALL the ObamaRat-commie connections at my newly revised FR Home/About page)
To: FreePaul
“I hear they are looking for volunteers. Ready to sign up?”
Those would be the “green workers” promised by Obama.
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posted on
12/30/2008 4:31:28 PM PST
by
JSteff
(It was ALL about SCOTUS. Most forget about that and may have doomed us for a generation or more.)
To: Puddleglum
” Put in some pressure-relief valves or something.”
Those already will be self created. They are called “Super Volcano's”. The next one, going by past history, is actually slightly over due.
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posted on
12/30/2008 4:34:12 PM PST
by
JSteff
(It was ALL about SCOTUS. Most forget about that and may have doomed us for a generation or more.)
To: ETL
Read up on the Siberian Trapps - that’ll scare the hell out of you... notwithstanding it was caused by a meteor impact on the opposite side of the planet...
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posted on
12/30/2008 4:34:29 PM PST
by
xcamel
(The urge to save humanity is always a false front for the urge to rule it. - H. L. Mencken)
To: Dawn531
Yeah, with Tia Leoni as an MSNBC reporter. And the President in the movie was black. Gulp.
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posted on
12/30/2008 4:36:39 PM PST
by
BlueStateBlues
(Blue State for business, Red State at heart.........Palin, 2012--can't come soon enough.)
To: ETL
“dropping global temps by a few degrees. “
Uh, hmm, in other words, an ice age?
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posted on
12/30/2008 4:36:53 PM PST
by
JSteff
(It was ALL about SCOTUS. Most forget about that and may have doomed us for a generation or more.)
To: CE2949BB
I think Obama needs to go there and assess the situation and stay there until the problem is resolved......
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posted on
12/30/2008 4:39:51 PM PST
by
Kimmers
To: Kimmers
I think Obama needs to go there and assess the situation and stay there until the problem is resolved...... You notice that he's conveniently "offshore" while this is going on.
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posted on
12/30/2008 5:00:47 PM PST
by
They'reGone2000
(<--- Forwarding address: Galt's Gulch)
To: JSteff
Perhaps a few degrees for a short time. Certainly not long enough to cause an ice age. Massive volcanic eruptions only drop global temps for a year or so.
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posted on
12/30/2008 5:03:04 PM PST
by
ETL
(Smoking gun evidence on ALL the ObamaRat-commie connections at my newly revised FR Home/About page)
To: ETL
"At most, the ash and dust would have partially blocked sunlight for only a year or so, dropping global temps by a few degrees."
I know I'm an old man but I really don't remember.
What you say sounds more reasonable.
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posted on
12/30/2008 5:10:03 PM PST
by
AGreatPer
(Obama is not my president until we see his birth certificate. A real one.)
To: xcamel
Read up on the Siberian Trapps - that’ll scare the hell out of you... notwithstanding it was caused by a meteor impact on the opposite side of the planet... The cause of the Siberian Traps is far from certain. I think you are confusing them with the Deccan Traps of India. They, according to some scientists, *may* have been triggered by the K/T, 'dinosaur killer', asteroid impact on the opposite side of the world (Yucatan Peninsula).
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posted on
12/30/2008 5:10:28 PM PST
by
ETL
(Smoking gun evidence on ALL the ObamaRat-commie connections at my newly revised FR Home/About page)
To: ETL
Nope - they found the remains of a giant crator under (mostly) the ross ice shelf.
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posted on
12/30/2008 5:15:00 PM PST
by
xcamel
(The urge to save humanity is always a false front for the urge to rule it. - H. L. Mencken)
To: xcamel
Actually, I think the Siberian Traps were, or may have been, the result of a ‘Mantle Plume’.
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posted on
12/30/2008 5:15:15 PM PST
by
ETL
(Smoking gun evidence on ALL the ObamaRat-commie connections at my newly revised FR Home/About page)
To: omega4179
Puzzled until they figure out a way to blame Global Warming, or Bush.
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posted on
12/30/2008 5:15:30 PM PST
by
MaxMax
(I'll welcome death when God calls me. Until then, the fight is on)
To: xcamel
Nope - they found the remains of a giant crator under (mostly) the Ross ice shelf. That doesn't mean the two events were related.
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posted on
12/30/2008 5:17:10 PM PST
by
ETL
(Smoking gun evidence on ALL the ObamaRat-commie connections at my newly revised FR Home/About page)
To: Puddleglum
LOL uh, no. Right now its under tremendous pressure and just looking for a hole to come through. The minute it breaks its way to the surface it’ll vent with such violence we’d all be done for :)
The minute you hear that it happened head to the nearest grocery store and buy all the canned foods you can :)
JB
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posted on
12/30/2008 5:24:25 PM PST
by
thatjoeguy
(Just my thoughts)
To: ETL
see:
Plates, Plumes, and Planetary Processes By Gillian R. Foulger, Donna M. Jurdy
250Mya, dated and related.
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posted on
12/30/2008 5:26:37 PM PST
by
xcamel
(The urge to save humanity is always a false front for the urge to rule it. - H. L. Mencken)
To: thatjoeguy
I have seen enough about the super-caldera on the Discovery Channel to know we will be in for something that makes Krakatoa look like a pimple popping.
To: CE2949BB
Even if she blows, DC will probably still survive. (sigh)
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posted on
12/30/2008 5:44:48 PM PST
by
LiberConservative
("I, you know, can see, you know, upstate, you know, from my house, you know.")
To: gleeaikin; 75thOVI; aimhigh; Alice in Wonderland; AndrewC; aristotleman; Avoiding_Sulla; BBell; ...
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posted on
12/30/2008 7:00:43 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/_______Profile finally updated Saturday, December 6, 2008 !!!)
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