Unusual Geologic Event in Bolivia (New SuperVolcano in the Making??)

Should anyone ever decide to make a show called "CSI: Geology," a group of scientists studying a mysterious and rapidly inflating South American volcano have got the perfect storyline. Researchers from several universities are essentially working as geological detectives, using a suite of tools to piece together the restive peak's past in order to understand what it is doing now, and better diagnose what may lie ahead. It's a mystery they've yet to solve. Uturuncu is a nearly 20,000-foot-high (6,000 meters) volcano in southwest Bolivia. Scientists recently discovered the volcano is inflating with astonishing speed. "I call this 'volcano forensics,' because we're using so many different techniques to understand this phenomenon," said Oregon State University professor Shan de Silva, a volcanologist on the research team. Researchers realized about five years ago that the area below and around Uturuncu is steadily rising — blowing up like a giant balloon under a wide disc of land some 43 miles (70 kilometers) across. Satellite data revealed the region was inflating by 1 to 2 centimeters (less than an inch) per year and had been doing so for at least 20 years, when satellite observations began.

Uturuncu itself is in the same class as Mount St. Helens in Washington state, but its aggressive rise could indicate that a new supervolcano is on the way. Or not. De Silva said it appears that local volcanoes hoard magma for about 300,000 years before they blow — and Uturuncu last erupted about 300,000 years ago. "So that's why it's important to know how long this has been going on," he said. To find an answer, scientists needed data that stretch back thousands of years — but they had only 20 years of satellite data. "So that's where we come in as geomorphologists — to look for clues in the landscape to learn about the long-term topographic evolution of the volcano," Perkins said. Perkins and colleagues used ancient lakes, now largely dry, along the volcano's flanks to hunt for signs of rising action. "Lakes are great, because waves from lakes will carve shorelines into bedrock, which make lines," Perkins said. If the angle of those lines shifted over thousands of years — if the summit of the mountain rose, it would gradually lift one side of the lake — it would indicate the peak had been rising for quite some time, or at least provide a better idea of when the movement began.

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I did a quick search but couldnt find this posted any where....

I am always fascinated with the geologial make up of theis planet and I love stories about volcanoes and supervolcanoes. If this is actually one in the making, it could be fascinating to watch over then next few years... until it blows that is

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Yes, this was posted two days ago when the news came out. Below is the link. All I had to search as 'super volcano bolivia' and it came up first.

www.abovetopsecret.com...

Originally posted by x TAM x

Should anyone ever decide to make a show called "CSI: Geology," a group of scientists studying a mysterious and rapidly inflating South American volcano have got the perfect storyline. Researchers from several universities are essentially working as geological detectives, using a suite of tools to piece together the restive peak's past in order to understand what it is doing now, and better diagnose what may lie ahead. It's a mystery they've yet to solve. Uturuncu is a nearly 20,000-foot-high (6,000 meters) volcano in southwest Bolivia. Scientists recently discovered the volcano is inflating with astonishing speed. "I call this 'volcano forensics,' because we're using so many different techniques to understand this phenomenon," said Oregon State University professor Shan de Silva, a volcanologist on the research team.

 

Researchers realized about five years ago that the area below and around Uturuncu is steadily rising —

blowing up like a giant balloon under a wide disc of land some 43 miles

(70 kilometers) across.



Satellite data revealed the region was inflating by 1 to 2 centimeters (less than an inch) per year and had been

doing so for at least 20 years,

when satellite observations began.

I used this phenomena, " Earth Bulges"... to try to answer the problem of the Sun being in a different part of the horizon to some observers.

I also suggested that the Earth Core/inner & outer... is the cyclic force that is causing the redistribution of the subsurface Mantle flows & new Mantle Plumes that affect the Earth Crust in ways we can observe


300,000 years seems like a very long cycle for a reformation of an ancient volcano chamber... so there must be a tremendous liquid rock flow going on, where Bolivia, Iceland, Greenland, the mid-Atlantic ridge are all undergoing unprecedented volcano activity all at once... the Samoa, the Azores and other Atlantic volcanic islands are becoming very active...

i guess its' prepare for 'wormwood' the mountain that lands in the Sea...to me that infers the Atlantic Ocean will be the predicted Sea...according to many sources, like Cayce, Bible, and recent RemoteViewers saying the east coast will be hit by a tsunami, soon (in this decade)


your OP thread starter, is a lot more than just a local geologic event in Bolivia... thanks for the info.

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I also suggested that the Earth Core/inner & outer... is the cyclic force that is causing the redistribution of the subsurface Mantle flows & new Mantle Plumes that affect the Earth Crust in ways we can observe

I wonder if this type of thing could produce the sound so many people are hearing...

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That is a good theory. It could very well be. I know before a couple of earthquakes I experienced in Alaska, I heard it before I felt it.

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If there is plate movement occuring worldwide for some reason. The statement I keep hearing is that besides the roaring, the sound is like a giant blowtorch or gas venting...I'm going to start looking into that.

I have occasionally wondered if the Arctic ice melt could actually be caused by tectonic plate movement heating the ground under the Arctic and maybe waking up deep magma action? Makes as much sense as anything.....movement of one or more of the plates would certainly explain the rise in earthquakes and volcanic action as stress pushes on the other plates adjoining the one or ones that are moving. We have not been on the Earth long enough or recorded geologic activity long enough to be aware of what may be natural cycles of tectonic movement.