Does anyone know the reasons (triggering mechanisms) that land volcanoes erupt? Jes’ askin’.
Having just left a thread noting that Obama was again putting the sales of oil leases on hold, I can just see them saying, “Oh no! We can’t drill for oil undersea. It might cause a VOLCANO to erupt and spread greenhouse gases. Horrors!”
Ocean Survey Program (OSP) Bathymetry History :
Jousting with Tectonic windmills
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From which seems to have been evidenced by actual measurement of the seafloor ,...much conflicting evidence with the plate tectonics theory...
New thoughts are covered by Surge Tectonics
And for much more reading try this:
Plate Tectonics, Subduction, Surge Tectonics
Guess this link goes to the expanding earth theory...but we have a Surge Theory article ....
One interesting factoid regarding oil is that it can be found in the vacinity of super boloid strikes, like the Caribbean oil resulting from the Yucatan strike that killed the dinosaurs.