Just listening to Off Track repeat on Radio National, and my ears tuned in when they started talking about deep leads under basalt.
Very interesting program, and worth checking out the podcast here:
http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/offtrack/the-volcanoes-beneath-your-feet/5799034
The volcanoes beneath your feet
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Saturday 11 October 2014 1:05PM
Victorian Volcanoes IMAGE: THE ROUNDED HILLS SOUTH OF DAYLESFORD ARE ACTUALLY VOLCANOES, AND THEY'RE NOT AS OLD AS YOU MIGHT THINK. (ANN JONES)
Weve got one of the most magnificent volcanic areas in the world.
Im biased of course, says University of Melbourne seismologist Gary Gibson who lives encompassed by them in the Central Goldfields of Victoria.
Although Seismologists generally deal with earthquakes, Gibson has a bit of a passion on the side for volcanoes, especially the ones that are right next door to his place.
Were standing looking out at a cluster of hills of different sizes across the landscape and theyre all rounded, covered in pasture, with fence lines transecting them.
To the untrained eye its idyllic yes, but not recognisable as a unique collection of every single volcano variation possible in the middle of a continental plate.
South West Victoria, insists Gibson, is a very special volcanic region: it is diverse, young, the focus of new research findings AND the earth is still rumbling.
Very interesting program, and worth checking out the podcast here:
http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/offtrack/the-volcanoes-beneath-your-feet/5799034
The volcanoes beneath your feet
Listen now Download audio
Saturday 11 October 2014 1:05PM
Victorian Volcanoes IMAGE: THE ROUNDED HILLS SOUTH OF DAYLESFORD ARE ACTUALLY VOLCANOES, AND THEY'RE NOT AS OLD AS YOU MIGHT THINK. (ANN JONES)
Weve got one of the most magnificent volcanic areas in the world.
Im biased of course, says University of Melbourne seismologist Gary Gibson who lives encompassed by them in the Central Goldfields of Victoria.
Although Seismologists generally deal with earthquakes, Gibson has a bit of a passion on the side for volcanoes, especially the ones that are right next door to his place.
Were standing looking out at a cluster of hills of different sizes across the landscape and theyre all rounded, covered in pasture, with fence lines transecting them.
To the untrained eye its idyllic yes, but not recognisable as a unique collection of every single volcano variation possible in the middle of a continental plate.
South West Victoria, insists Gibson, is a very special volcanic region: it is diverse, young, the focus of new research findings AND the earth is still rumbling.
