Sunday, November 20, 2011

Factoid of the day

Hot Springs Arkansas has hot springs which are not associated with volcanic magna.

The heat comes from the natural heating of rocks as depth increases. The composition of the water indicates it is heated rainwater which has not approached a magmatic source, so no volcanic action is involved in the formation of these hot springs. The result is the mildly alkaline, pleasant tasting solution with dissolved calcium carbonate.[5]

However, there was once a volcano in Arkansas: the Crater of Diamonds State Park is actually a volcanic tube,

so you conspiracy theorists wondering about the Oklahoma earthquakes can now worry if the supervolcano caldera in Arkansas might erupt. (not).

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