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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (286001)1/1/2009 5:59:04 PM
From: SirWalterRalegh  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 793838
 
<They happen in minutes and hours rather than casually over days and weeks. As soon as the pressure is off for the first liquid to turn to gas, which unburdens the lower liquids, it's all on. The whole column turns to gas and propels the solids sky high with a big bang as the hydrocarbons which have been subducted and collected for millennia in the magma chamber turn first to gas and then burn in atmospheric oxygen in a big hurry. >

Mq- What do you think would happen if an Hydrogen bomb were to explode on "Old Faithful"?

Happy New Year

RB