[Geysers] Kamchatka update

[Whitledge, Vicki M.]

In the October 4, 2007 issue of Nature there is a small news item called "Return of the geysers" by Heidi Ledford.  This item is likely a result of the same interview mentioned in the link that Jeff provided, but contains slightly different information.  The part of the article that discusses the geysers directly is as follows:

"Four months after a landslide dumped 4.5 million cubic metres of rock and mud into Russia's Valley of Geysers, two geysers have re-emerged, and others may be on their way, researchers say.
       Of the 41 notable geysers in the valley, which is situated on the eastern side of the Kamchatka Peninsula, 9 were buried directly by the 3 June landslide.  Another 13 were submerged when debris dammed a river.  But water levels in the resulting lake have since dropped, revealing two previously submerged geysers - the dramatic 'Bolshoi' (great) geyser and the colorful 'Malachite grotto'.  Meanwhile, steam is beginning to puff up around debris clogging a third geyser, says Laura Williams of conservation group the WWF."

The rest of the news item quotes/discusses microbiologists who do research in the Valley.

Vicki Whitledge

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Subject: [Geysers] Kamchatka update

Here is a link that claims Bolshoi and Pervenets have begun erupting again:

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/B715303.htm

Jeff Cross
jacross at lamar.colostate.edu


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