Drilling into a magma chamber

[Mulder]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7780873.stm

Nothing really skeptical to say about this, it's just interesting science. A lot of the geology of igneous rock formation comes from observation and inference after the event. Here it can be observed while it's happening.

[skbuncks]

Cheers, interesting article.

Cant stop myself from a little nitpicking though, mainly because I am deeply, deeply, mind staggeringly bored ;D


"This is unprecedented; this is the first time a magma has been found in its natural habitat,"

Hmmm, they're obviously working from some meaning of the word Habitat (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habitat) with which I am unfamiliar


"It's hotter than hell; it's over a thousand degrees centigrade," said Professor Marsh.

I would like to know how exactly Prof Marsh knows this. Has he been there? Is he on speaking terms with beelzebub perhaps?

skb

[ZERO]

Dacite magma chemistry is similar to that of the granitic core of the continents. -snip- And it's in the middle of the ocean, and it could be this is how continents could have been started to be built on the planet."Now that is interesting stuff.

[lost thought]

A specialist who enthusiastic tends to suffer from thoughtless verbal diarrhoea when they are educating the public then you also have a journalist whom does the writing. O0
And it is good to see that scientists are so respected on UKS it is gratifying to know that here at least a scientist will not get the mick taken. ::)

[Trinoc]

And it is good to see that scientists are so respected on UKS it is gratifying to know that here at least a scientist will not get the mick taken. ::)
Absolutely ... bless their tatty white coats, sticky-out hair and east European accents ... :smiley: