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A symbiotic relationship

A study shows how isle volcanoes work together

By Jim Borg

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Oct 25, 2012

~~<p>Geophysicists in Hawaii and Texas have come up with a mathematical model that could explain how Mauna Loa and Kilauea volcanoes are linked yet have distinct, separate eruptions.</p>
<p>The answer relates to how pressure waves behave below the Earth's crust, 50 miles down, in a section of the upper mantle called the asthenosphere.</p>
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Geophysicists in Hawaii and Texas have come up with a mathematical model that could explain how Mauna Loa and Kilauea volcanoes are linked yet have distinct, separate eruptions.

The answer relates to how pressure waves behave below the Earth's crust, 50 miles down, in a section of the upper mantle called the asthenosphere. Login for more...



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