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Mount St. Helens Eruption Baffles Scientists

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the it-just-keeps-going-and-going dept.

jurt1235 writes "Mount St. Helens, which started erupting 15 months ago, is still erupting. The weird part is, by now every 3 seconds 10 cubic yards of lava is coming out of the volcano but scientists cannot determine from where it is coming anymore. From the article: 'The volume is greater than anything that could be standing in a narrow 3-mile pipe. That suggests resupply from greater depths, which normally would generate certain gases and deep earthquakes. Neither is being detected.'"

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  1. Re:Be aware of the facts, always. by fmobus · · Score: 5, Informative


    I study oil and gold extraction (I blog about gold mines, too) and I am amazed at how often scientists are proven wrong. I know that it is heretical to say that on slashdot (I was blasted about it earlier this morning on this very forum), but we as a society seem to have too much faith in scientific research finding facts that turn out to be just plain wrong.

    Part of the scientific method is proving that other scientist are wrong.

  2. Re:10 cubic yards every 3 seconds? That comes to.. by cluckshot · · Score: 3, Informative

    Doesn't everyone here love math! Thanks for the calculations.

    Now how about getting just a few oddities and throwing them into the mix. (1) A volcano's magma does not force its way up and out... The Archimedes Principal clearly shows eruptions to be displacement reactions. This means that there is a sinking going on. Unless something crazy is going on like the earth is expanding or something like that. (2) Plasma Physics of the rest of the Universe indicates that we really aught to be measuring electrical energy flows in the area. (www.thunderbolts.info) We could be looking at inductive heating etc. (3) What about Subduction and Plate Techtonics here? Does this indicate we really don't know what is going on? Check this out! (www.nealadams.com/nmu.html)

    This isn't troll -- It was added just to spice up the thinking so mods if you don't like it -- GET OVER IT!

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    Never Politically Correct ~ I prefer the facts If you don't like what I say, get a life, or comment yourself.
  3. Re:Be aware of the facts, always. by WryCoder · · Score: 5, Informative
    If you had any scientific knowledge you would know oil is not renewable because it is made of decomposed "fossils" (hence "fossil fuels"). There are not unlimited "fossils" on this planet. Your speaking gibberish to make a very invalid point.
    And if you had a scientific attitude you would be less dogamatic in your statements. It's unlikely that the vast quantities of petroleum came from rotting vegetation. Rather, it's primordial, derived from methane and similar hydrocarbons dating back to the formation of the earth. Check out "The Deep, Hot Biosphere" by Thomas Gold.
  4. Re:Science by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Informative

    For the last time, theories that are fact don't get upgraded to laws. That's why putting a sticker saying "evolution is just a theory" in southern schools is so effective, because they don't know what theory means.