Pam Frost Gorder

Science Writer

 

Channeling, via Fire and Ice January 19, 2006

Filed under: Earth Science, Physics — Pam @ 12:00 am

When Sicily’s Mount Etna erupted in 2001, rivers of super-hot lava scoured the mountainside, leaving channels up to 6 meters deep in their wake. A volcanologist who observed one of those channels has now published results that contradict conventional wisdom about how volcanoes sculpt the earth. Full story (link)

 

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