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Utah geophysicist discovers magma reservoir below Yellowstone chamber

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Libertas:


http://news.discovery.com/earth/peering-inside-yellowstones-supervolcano-150423.htm

That's a big reservoir!  11,000 cubic miles! 

Y'all gotta read the comments at the link, they're a hoot!   ::thumbsup::

Libertas:
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-07-06/supervolcano-concerns-rise-after-montana-hit-strongest-earthquake-20-years

More eruption concerns...

Hey, it's cooked off every 700-800k years or so...so...tomorrow or in 10 years or a 100 or a 1000 or 10,000 really doesn't mean anything geologically...

It cooks off in full fury...yeah even most of my state could be impacted...

Like a giant nuke...inside a certain radius is probably foolish to worry about bug-out plans...everybody else should have some sort of plan...

Beyond that, go about business as usual...

AlanS:

--- Quote ---The data also reveal that the shallower magma zone is about 9 percent melted rock, and the newly found lower zone is 2 percent melted. Neither is a giant chamber of magma and neither is in any danger of erupting -- contrary to popular misconceptions -- say the researchers.
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I wish they'd make up their minds.

Libertas:

--- Quote from: AlanS on July 06, 2017, 04:26:34 PM ---
--- Quote ---The data also reveal that the shallower magma zone is about 9 percent melted rock, and the newly found lower zone is 2 percent melted. Neither is a giant chamber of magma and neither is in any danger of erupting -- contrary to popular misconceptions -- say the researchers.
--- End quote ---

I wish they'd make up their minds.

--- End quote ---

Perish the thought...it would pin them down...

And then the funding for continued theorizing would dry up...

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