Re: Rigging a Volcano

From: Jo Schaper (joschapern4ospam_at_2socketdot.no5net)
Date: 07/04/04 

Date: Sun, 04 Jul 2004 09:15:18 -0500

Greg Campbell wrote:
>
> Alternately, you could allow the magma to degass as it rises, cool it a
> bit, then pump it back down another hole. (Similar to the CO2 degassing
> of Monoun and Nyos.) Given the volume of magama involved, you'd need
> some mighty fat pipes or a bunch of wells.

At Nyos, at least, they aren't degassing and reinjecting--they are
degassing CO2 to the atmosphere. (At least according the Smithsonian
article I read).

Jo

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