SirRockalotTDS t1_iyn5hhe wrote
Reply to comment by GeoGeoGeoGeo in New Estimate Finds More Magma Under Yellowstone Supervolcano - The extra magma doesn’t mean it’s more likely to erupt, scientists say. In fact, the better measurement helps them to understand its future by GeoGeoGeoGeo
Now you'll have to explain to me why it CAN'T wrrupt.
A lot of that solid is well over the melt temperature and could instantly turn into melt if the pressure was suddenly reduced. How are you sure that that wont happen?
GeoGeoGeoGeo OP t1_iyo1hxi wrote
People have drilled directly into magma before (Hawaii in 2007? & Iceland 2009), and there has been no eruption for a couple of reasons:
(1) drill holes are too narrow to transmit the explosive force of a volcanic eruption. (It’s the equivalent of piercing a champagne cork with a pin rather than removing the entire cork at once.)
(2) Due to the small diameter of drill holes (typically <10 cm), the small amount of magma that could flow into the shaft would solidify long before reaching the surface
See Iceland Deep Drilling Project:The first well, IDDP-1, drilled into Magma for more information.
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