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abecedarian
These buttes may not "erupt" but would likely emit lava as surface flows.
If another eruption occurs at the Salton Buttes, it will likely mimic past breakouts, Schmitt said. The volcanoes are made of sticky, slow-moving rhyolite lava. At Obsidian Butte, the lava cooled so quickly it turned into glass. However, pumice and ash found nearby means past breakouts started with a bang. Schmitt said he hopes to study the area in more detail to better understand the most recent eruption. "The amounts of magma involved are relatively small and the impacts of an explosive eruption, meaning an ash cloud, would most likely be very local," he said. "We don't know very well how far any ash would have been dispersed, and that's something I would like to follow up on in the research."
AuranVector
reply to post by MariaLida
Thanks for posting this. I wonder if the seismic activity in the Gulf of California has any connection to the recent oarfish surfacing in Southern California.
On Oct 13, an 18 ft oarfish surfaced near Catalina.
On Oct 19, another 13.5 ft oarfish was found at Oceanside Harbor, CA.
These are VERY deep water fish (5,000 ft) that are rarely seen ever. My first thought on reading about the oarfish was Fukushima -- that the irradiated water had been carried by currents and seeped down to great depths to kill them.
But with this earthquake, there might be deep water seismic activity that's killing them -- like very hot thermal vents maybe?
The Undertaker
enenews.com... han-a-week-what-is-going-on-video
Yep 12 surfaced prior to fukushima earthquake.
The Undertaker
reply to post by AuranVector
The Oarfish washing up peaked my interest as well. Maybe they are the oceans "canary in the coalmine" type of biological indicator for an up coming seismic event? Does anyone know if any surfaced/died prior to Fukushima? I thought I read that somewhere.
abecedarian
Thing with this is the oarfish were found on the opposite side of a rather large land mass / peninsula from where the quake(s) occurred.
And this idea was brought up already.
abecedarian
Southern California faults:
Lines that go from thin to thick indicate areas where the fault 'slopes' or runs at an angle under the surface.
The dotted black line is what I inferred from oarfish recoveries earlier.
The Undertaker
enenews.com... han-a-week-what-is-going-on-video
Yep 12 surfaced prior to fukushima earthquake.
AuranVector
abecedarian
Southern California faults:
Lines that go from thin to thick indicate areas where the fault 'slopes' or runs at an angle under the surface.
The dotted black line is what I inferred from oarfish recoveries earlier.
Thanks for posting the image. Makes it a lot clearer.
sageturkey
One thing that I have noticed when watching this area is that (at least from my perception not backed by any data) when a large EQ does occur there, at least a few more big ones follow. Usually separated by a timespan of 12-24 hours.
The Undertaker
reply to post by abecedarian
I'm not sure that your taking into consideration the size of the fault line. Pressure can build yet not release while another area of the fault may give/slip under the same pressure. Biological reactions or "cooking" on a vent, can happen anywhere there's an vent at the bottom.