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Could Hong Kong Have Been a Super Volcano?
Friday, August 31, 2012 8:42
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Hong Kong is probably sitting on the remains of a super volcano that erupted 140 million years ago. That's according to Geologists at Hong Kong's Geotechnical Engineering office. After years of research, lead researcher Rodrick Sewell said the pieces of the puzzle finally fit together. [Rodrick Sewell, Lead Researcher and Geologist at Hong Kong's Geotechnical Engineering Office]: “I think for any scientist, it's the 'a-ha' moment, after years and years of painstaking, systematic research, you suddenly see the story come together. And that is very exciting, when it comes together that way.” A super volcano erupts more than one thousand cubic meters of ash. Geologists estimate that the volcano sitting under Hong Kong spewed over 1300 cubic meters of ash. This may sound quite frightening for Hong Kong residents, but Denise Tang assures us there is nothing to worry about. [Denise Tang, Researcher and Geologist at Hong Kong's Geotechnical Engineering Office]: “Hong Kong's main city actually sits on a very old volcano, though people don't need to worry because the volcano is already extinct and it won't erupt again.” The volcano is 140 million years old and geologists speculate it may have erupted around the end of the Jurassic period. It is a plausible theory that the eruption of a few super volcanoes contributed to the extinction of the dinosaurs. [Rodrick Sewell, Lead Researcher and Geologist at Hong Kong's Geotechnical Engineering Office]: “This is the first well-documented …
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