Thursday, May 16, 2013

Re: [Geology2] Volcano causing homes in California subdivision to sink



Thanks for the clarification Eman. So this glass type rock would end up something like the glittery waste slag material, (Carborundum) that comes out of furnaces then??? Or am I on the wrong track again?
----- Original Message -----
From: MEM
Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2013 8:16 PM
Subject: Re: [Geology2] Volcano causing homes in California subdivision to sink

Ha ha Loz....The glass isn't the glass we typically see in construction: Glass being technically any substance that does not have a crystalline structure.  Glass made by this process looks like a big chunk of rock from a distance. The "in situ" glass is "unfined" and much like a fulgurite caused by lightening.

I waited all my life for the right opportunity to use the "...glass houses shouldn't strow thrones" line and I fear I was taken too seriously....sigh

Eman



From: Happy Chappy <funkyferret@tiscali.co.uk>
To: geology2@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2013 5:17 AM
Subject: Re: [Geology2] Volcano causing homes in California subdivision to sink

 
Interesting! But if you're living in a volcanic region, what happens to the glass if an earthquake happens??? Seems like a major sweeping up exercise afterwards! LOLOL
Loz
----- Original Message -----
From: Lin Kerns
Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2013 5:59 AM
Subject: Re: [Geology2] Volcano causing homes in California subdivision to sink

Wow. You parted my hair with that one. I'm with Kim. Call the state office and volunteer the info. A-m-a-z-i-n-g.

Lin


On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 9:55 PM, MEM <mstreman53@yahoo.com> wrote:
 
Initial impression is a not so "quick-sand" allegory is at work. Each swelling of the ground by groundwater saturation is followed by a subsidence as water retreats.  This might explain the comments that things could move an inch one time or 6 feet another. It is a buoyancy issue--physics at work not a "dormant volcano".  Larger and heavier objects such as "sewer pipes and garages sink" in such situations.  Unlike clay, ash is impossible to compact as with traditional stabilization

Seems the subdivision was built on an ash bed over shallow bedrock so it is easily saturated by water.  The blaming it on a "dormant volcano headline" is a bit bogus especially including unrelated discussions about geysers and hot springs.

My solution is place electrodes around he structures and raise the temp to a level which vitrifies the ground. Yes you heard me-- turn it into glass.  This technique is already being used to transmute radioactive soil into glass--immobilizing any radioactive minerals from migrating in ground water.  Seems if you make glass columns down to the bedrock you take away the susceptibility of the buildings to rise and fall with groundwater changes.  Ta Da Dah!
Eman






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