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by Someone
923 days ago
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But in this case, we want the elephant to (significantly) bleed out, so won’t we need a BIG needle? If you want to move lots of heat away fast, you either need a big pipe or a very high flow rate. “Gas-rich”, to me, also sounds as if it would be more dangerous. |
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Gas-rich is where the danger is, as I understand it. Those gasses expand as they get closer to the surface, and if they're trapped in viscous magma that doesn't flow easily and puts a lot of stress on the rocks above.
The fluid basaltic lavas of Hawaii don't explode, they flow out and make shield volcanos.
Check out geologist Shawn Wilsey's videos.