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Old 03-02-2010, 04:15 PM   #14
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Default Re: Volcanic explosions expected...

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Originally Posted by burgundia View Post
http://www.newscientist.com/article/...akes-wake.html

Besides aftershocks, Chile's magnitude 8.8 earthquake on 27 February may also leave a legacy of volcanic explosions. "We expect to see an upsurge in volcanic activity over the next 12 months," says David Pyle, a volcanologist at the University of Oxford.

Charles Darwin was among the first people to suggest a link between large earthquakes and increased volcanic activity. In his records, he notes that a large earthquake off Chile's coastline in February 1835 appeared to resurrect previously inactive volcanoes, and cause active ones to increase their eruption rates.
The fires will surge through us all, and then
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