Posted on 08/04/2008 10:31:45 PM PDT by americanophile
A patch of land in Ventura County's Los Padres Forest where the ground heated up to 812 degrees Friday continues to puzzle firefighters and geologists after a month and a half of monitoring. "It's a thermal anomaly," said Ron Oatman, spokesman for the Ventura County Fire Department. Firefighters first responded to the hot spot a month and a half ago, Oatman said. There were no visible flames, but they created a containment line about 2 feet wide and monitored the two-acre plot. Because the smoke was not going away, the containment line was widened to about 30 feet Friday, he said. The firefighters and geologists who surveyed the area in Sespe Oil Field on Friday are uncertain what's causing the heat, but they have some theories. The area is considered an active landslide that in the last 60 years has moved and trapped hydrocarbons, found in petroleum products, natural gas and coal, some several hundred feet deep, Oatman said. After it dried out, the earth began to crack and oxygen crept in, causing "some sort of combustion," he said. This same land area has recorded high heat about five or six times since 1987 and has always been dubbed a "natural phenomenon," Oatman said.
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seems to me they had a earthquake......
and this is on right on the tail...
kinda reminds me of that obama wisdom, something tells me that iran is going to get boombed
Sounds like Beelzebub is building a condo there ...
What depths did you see those temps?
What’s up in Centralia? Thermal spring?
Thanks BBell.
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Thanks!
There are places in the East where coal seams have been burning for years. Testing of the gases will tell what is burning below ground.
We TD’d all those wells at 6300ft. Some of them showed drastic temp changes at 4500.
I hope this potential volcano has cleared it’s impending expulsion with the Coastal Commission - the fines are heavy.
Thanks, I remember from the North Slope a rule of thumb to expect 3°F for every 100 ft.
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