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Something unexpected has been gradually making itself known to geologists in the United States. A huge mass of molten rock is creeping upwards beneath the nation’s north eastern states. “The upwelling we detected is like a hot-air balloon, and we infer that something is rising up through the deeper part of our planet under New England,” says Rutgers University geophysicist Professor Vadim Levin. Traces of the brooding mass only became evident through a large-scale new seismic study. The idea that there may be a super volcano brewing under Massachusetts, Vermont and New Hampshire is something of a surprise.
New England residents don’t need to panic. The upwelling is likely tens of millions of years old, which would make it a relatively recent development in geological terms, and it’s moving very slowly. For now, it certainly hasn’t gotten close enough to the surface to shape New England’s geography or create a volcano.
originally posted by: myselfaswell
a reply to: lostbook
Love the doom porn, however, from your source.
“It will likely take millions of years for the upwelling to get where it’s going,”
“Come back in 50 million years, and we’ll see what happens.”
originally posted by: Phage
a reply to: lostbook
How about what geologists say? The paper was written last year.
New England residents don’t need to panic. The upwelling is likely tens of millions of years old, which would make it a relatively recent development in geological terms, and it’s moving very slowly. For now, it certainly hasn’t gotten close enough to the surface to shape New England’s geography or create a volcano.
news.nationalgeographic.com...
originally posted by: Phage
a reply to: lostbook
How about what geologists say? The paper was written last year.
New England residents don’t need to panic. The upwelling is likely tens of millions of years old, which would make it a relatively recent development in geological terms, and it’s moving very slowly. For now, it certainly hasn’t gotten close enough to the surface to shape New England’s geography or create a volcano.
news.nationalgeographic.com...
Wow...! So this means that we may have 2 potentially dangerous areas in the US east coast: The New Madrid fault and now this super volcanoe which is said to be building from underneath Vermont, New Hampshire, and Masachussetts.
originally posted by: diggindirt
a reply to: lostbook
Holy Cow!! When did they move the New Madrid Fault to the East coast and who authorized the move? Inquiring minds want to know.