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Tag: volcano

How volcanologists define “spatter”

March 12, 2014 Martin Gardiner

Golden syrup might not be the first material to spring to mind if you were after an experimental analogue with which to investigate the effects of ‘spatter’ around typical Hawaiian basaltic volcano eruptions. But spring it did to the mind of researchers Sumner, Blake, Matela, and Wolff, as recorded in a 2005 paper for the […]

Arts and Sciencegolden syrup, lava, sugar, syrup, volcano

Scotsman: the volcano and the bra

April 19, 2010 Marc Abrahams

The Scotsman comments on a dealing with the effects of the Icelandic volcano eruption: It’s better than cupping a hand over your face IT MAY well be time to resort to extreme protective measures amid fears over the ash cloud polluting our atmosphere. Perhaps we should join the Edinburgh International Science Festival in celebrating one […]

Ig Nobelbra, public health, volcano
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