Wednesday, November 12, 2014

[jmfyhsnr] Artificial volcano

A country wishes to become notable by constructing a mountain taller than Everest (but probably only slightly taller). (Merely building the world's tallest building is so passé these days.)  One way this might be done is to artificially induce and sustain the eruption of a volcano.  Would it work?  Can mountains formed by volcano exceed the height of Everest formed by uplift?  It probably depends on the material properties of rock.

Artificially duplicating the conditions underneath Everest, i.e., crashing two continents into each other, seems far more difficult.

An artificial volcano also seems easier than the straightforward approach of constructing a mountain, laying down stone or concrete.

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