Open AccessLarge‐Scale Blast Experiments Examine Subsurface Explosions
Author(s) -
Sonder Ingo,
Graettinger Alison,
Valentine Greg
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
eos, transactions american geophysical union
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1002/2013eo390002
Subject(s) - impact crater , volcano , magma , geology , scale (ratio) , groundwater , white (mutation) , earth science , seismology , geophysics , geotechnical engineering , astrobiology , cartography , geography , physics , biochemistry , chemistry , gene
Volcanic craters are often formed by multiple subsurface explosions caused by the interaction of magma and groundwater [ Lorenz , 1973; Valentine and White , 2012]. To understand the processes and products of such explosions, scientists spent 2 years conducting experiments that produced craters on the meter scale at the Geohazards Field Station in Ashford, N. Y.