Predicting Volcanic Eruptions by Isohypse Reconnection

[Sparky]

http://www.thunderbolts.info/wp/2012/03 ... onnection/
March 31, 2012 by Bob Johnson

The key finding is that eruption events are triggered not, as previously understood, by an increase of magma pressure in a subterranean chamber, but instead by the release of stored energy in the volcano’s isohypse pattern in a process known as an ‘Isohypse Reconnection Event’.

Oh, come now! A nonsenses term borrowed from standard physics ?!

Over time, vast amounts of energy become ‘frozen in’ to the isohypses

Another borrowed, and rather silly term to apply to a volcano!

An Isohypse Reconnection Event arises when the stress in the isohypses exceeds the breaking strength of the isohypses.The weakest isohypse will break first and trigger a catastrophic cascade of failures as thestressis redistributed among the remaining isohypses, which then become overstressed and fail in turn.

Ahh, at last, assigning actual mechanical "stress" as the property. We need an engineer to assign the properties that are being described here! Stresses, strains? Which ones? How many? Pictures, we need pictures!..

But, even with all of the ill adapted, from standard physics terms, the explanation is close enough for an overview.

It does need a rewrite with more accurate terms!
...sorry Mr. Johnson.

[mague]

Sparky, you are a ... april fool

[Sparky]

Sparky, you are a ... april fool

Well i usually don't restrict that condition to only one month.

It was dated 02 apr.! And with all the other loonytoon nonsense being presented in the forums, i just assumed that some had leaked into the TPODS.

Not my place to decide what is placed in what section, but i go to the TPODS to get scientific hypothesis/theory, delivered at times with a joke, not an article that is completely a spoof. Those belong someplace else, in my not so humble opinion.

I did consider an april fools prank, as most of the content was nonsense terminology, but decided to address it at face value, as many new comers might. I was under the impression that the TPODS were plain language explanations of EU theory, to introduce newbies to EU and clarify complex plasma jargon with understandable definitions.

I guess i will just have to reevaluate the value of the TPODS as a source of reliable science based observation and theory! And highly restrict my suggestions to newbies to search out the TPODS for an overview of EU.

But, in my not so humble opinion, such publications belong in the forums or blogs!