26 Apr '10 01:13>
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8643326.stm
I remember a piece on volcano's that suggested some of them blow then magma sinks and sometimes solidify and then a REALLY big blow happens when the plug forces higher and higher pressures underneath leading to something like Mt St. Helens or some such.
So if they tap significant amounts of energy from the volcano ( I have no doubt they can do just that) could it create a condition the solidifies the magma and sometime later, even 30 years later, a huge blow happens. Sound possible?
I remember a piece on volcano's that suggested some of them blow then magma sinks and sometimes solidify and then a REALLY big blow happens when the plug forces higher and higher pressures underneath leading to something like Mt St. Helens or some such.
So if they tap significant amounts of energy from the volcano ( I have no doubt they can do just that) could it create a condition the solidifies the magma and sometime later, even 30 years later, a huge blow happens. Sound possible?