Big bangs: researchers uncover secrets of deadly supervolcanoes


	Big bangs: researchers uncover secrets of deadly supervolcanoes

arifsali

5-29-2008 2:11 PM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/8760781f-87d4-4678-b090-dfc3f4a2f8ac/F31032E5-FAA7-43FC-B800-43006C97319D/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/news/item/?item_id=100507" href="http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/news/item/?item_id=100507" style="font-size: 11px;">www.mcgill.ca</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/news/item/?item_id=100507"><H4>McGill and UBC scientists explain process that can turn
ordinary eruptions into global climatic disasters</H4></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/news/item/?item_id=100507"><P>Researchers from McGill University and the University of British
Columbia (UBC) have simulated in the lab the process that can turn
ordinary volcanic eruptions into so-called “supervolcanoes,” with
potentially devastating worldwide impact.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/news/item/?item_id=100507"><P>Supervolcanoes are orders of magnitude greater than any volcanic
eruption in historic times. They are capable of causing
long-lasting change to weather, threatening the extinction of
species, and covering huge areas with lava and ash.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/news/item/?item_id=100507"><P>Using volcanic models made of plexiglass filled with corn syrup,
the researchers simulated how magma in a volcano’s magma chamber
might behave if the roof of the chamber caved in during an
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