Re: It involved a still-active volcano on Sumatra
Posted by Canie on April 19, 2005 at 11:53:18:

Yes Cathryn - I read them!

As for Lake Toba area - this from a reasearcher there:
Inevitably the question was asked as to whether the current spate of earthquakes in Indonesia could trigger an eruption, including the largest supervolcano, Lake Toba. To that I replied that IF the magma chamber of the volcano were ready for an eruption, a major earthquake, for example along the Sumatran Fault Zone, could trigger an eruption. This is hypothetical, and there is no evidence that the required conditions (presence of a large magma reservoir in the subsurface, increased rates of gas release from gas fumaroles, new gas fumaroles forming, high levels of low intensity volcanic earthquakes, and some small initial volcanic explosions) exist at present.

from Professor Ray Cas
Director, Australian Crustal Research Centre (ACRC), and
Monash Volcanology Research Group (MONVOLC)
School of Geosciences
Monash University


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     ● Re: It involved a still-active volcano on Sumatra - Cathryn  00:57:19 - 4/20/2005  (25669)  (1)
        ● Toba - chris in suburbia  08:18:50 - 4/21/2005  (25686)  (0)