Submitted by Diligent_Jury_9956 t3_yhog80 in explainlikeimfive
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Diligent_Jury_9956 OP t1_iuf3bsy wrote
Yea. I thought dormant mearne extinct but it seems I am wrong. The more I am learning!
PM_ME_A_PLANE_TICKET t1_iuf9rbp wrote
dormant basically means asleep, or waiting.
Diligent_Jury_9956 OP t1_iufc9zx wrote
Thankyou sir! I will keep this.
gravityandpizza t1_iufcf6y wrote
Volcanoes aren't hollow tubes with magma at the bottom. They either have a plug of solidified lava above the magma chamber, or are actively releasing magma upwards. Either way, you would still have to dig through rock and magma.
thegumby1 t1_iuev6jt wrote
So out of volcanoes comes lava and lava pretty much destroys everything we have to touch it with. I know you said dormant, digging deep enough gets you to a bunch of lava which is the limiting factor.
Diligent_Jury_9956 OP t1_iuf3cu8 wrote
Ah ok?
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-GSTK- t1_iueup96 wrote
Do you mean extinct volcanoes? Because we would be digging into magma if we started working on the dormant ones.