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To: winoneforthegipper
Your predictions are uncanny! ;)

Exploring the area via google earth, seems to indicate this is the site of an ancient super volcano. A lake covers a possible caldera with what looks to be smaller volcanic sites surrounding it.

16 posted on 10/23/2011 5:50:21 AM PDT by Errant
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To: Errant
Exploring the area via google earth, seems to indicate this is the site of an ancient super volcano

Yes, one can identify a supervolcano by looking at Google Earth for 10 seconds.

Sigh.

There are a number of volcanoes in the region, but Lake Van itself is not a caldera. It was formed from a lava flow from one of the volcanoes blocking drainage in the region.

26 posted on 10/23/2011 6:23:50 AM PDT by Strategerist
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To: Errant
It's all in the S/Wave....which for this EQ the world's webicorders depict a much more reasonable one...lol
41 posted on 10/23/2011 7:14:08 AM PDT by winoneforthegipper ("If you can't ride two horses at once, you probably shouldn't be in the circus" - SP)
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