Richard Coger III, Jay Easterling, Kevin Jones and Stephen
Parker NWACC General Geology EMPACTS Project Dr. Wendi Williams,
Instructor
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Armageddon Volcano Austin Powers: International Man of
Mystery
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The Size of Texas Ceres is about the same size as Texas The
objective is to drill to 800ft and plant a nuclear bomb Split it in
two and it misses Earth
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Purdue Universitys Earth Impact Effects Program Shows there
would be a negligible effect if impacted Too much mass lost in
asteroid
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Is 800 feet realistic? If truly the size of Texas this depth
would be less than 1% of diameter Just not deep enough to split it
in half
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Even if it was large enough to destroy Earth, what would happen
if they did happen to split it? Still have many large chunks that
will hit Earth doing damage
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There is a Volcano erupting in downtown Los Angeles Is it
possible for this to happen? Can lava flow in a subway tunnel?
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There is a Volcano erupting in downtown Los Angeles Is it
possible for this to happen? Can lava flow in a subway tunnel?
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Not possible to have a volcano in L.A. No hotspot there right
now California is so heavily monitored anyway there would be much
earlier warning
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Supposing it could happen, would lava be able to flow through
subway tunnels? Actually, yes it could Concrete and brick walls
would act as insulator
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Could a nuclear weapon really make all the worlds volcanoes
erupt? All the volcanoes would have to be connected to the earths
core Not all volcanoes are Some are from magma chambers from
subduction zones
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Some like the ones in Hawaii are from hotspots They continually
erupt unlike volcanoes from subduction zones Drilling will not get
far enough down Deepest drilling was about 10km Stopped because
heat was too much for the drill head
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Hollywood will always blow things out of proportion Live your
life without worry Whatever a movie says will most likely not
happen Movies are made for entertainment