[Rockhounds] Volcanos, earthquakes and things

Tue Jan 8 05:07:13 PST 2008

Hi Kreigh & Kitty & all, 

I'm gathering data for a speech on the subject for my club. A somewhat
frivolous speech since none of the below has been confirmed by solid
research as far as I know. More like exploring an idea than a real speech
;-)))

It seems that compression of quartz bearing rock layers generates the
cumulative effect of the piezo-electric field of billions of tiny quartz
crystals. 
The reason for this is that quartz crystals grow with their c-axis aligned
with the earth's gravitational field. So , any plutonite with micro-crystals
of quartz would have those crystals aligned following it's orientation to
the earth's axis at the time it solidified. Pressure on the rock in the
direction of the c-axis of the crystals would generate tiny electric fields
round each crystal. The effect (although I think that it still needs some
proof) may be the cause of the so called quake-lights. It may even be strong
enough to directly influence sensory perception and cause hallucinations in
persons that are susceptible to it: UFO sightings, alien abduction stories,
ghost apparitions, feelings of anxiety, elfs, cobolds... A lot of myth and
perhaps even man's inclination to religion and mysticism may have begun
here.

In this respect I would find it logical that if seismic disturbance creates
strong electrical fields it also causes ELF/VLF emissions.

I'm still looking for a way to measure flutuations of the elctric field of
quartz bearing rock when compressed near breaking point. ;-)))

I'd like the opinion of a geologist on this one very much.

Cheers
Axel

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> [mailto:rockhounds-bounces at lists.drizzle.com] Namens Kreigh 
> Tomaszewski
> Verzonden: dinsdag 8 januari 2008 5:39
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> Onderwerp: Re: [Rockhounds] Volcanos, earthquakes and things
> 
> Kitty,
> 
> Most earthquake researchers tend to agree that each 
> earthquake reduces stress locally, but transfers it to 
> adjacent regions. NASA has a pretty good predictive system if 
> you care about where but not when. It continues to get better.
> 
> There is also good evidence that earthquakes emit ELF/VLF 
> radio signals hours to days before, and also during, the 
> seismic event. I know of several groups working to make this 
> reliable. Even minutes of warning for an earthquake would 
> save many lives.
> 
> If you are at all interested in earthquakes I suggest you visit
> 
> 	http://www.iris.edu/seismon/
> 
> The global view is a great summary, but you can drill down to 
> raw data from most of the seismic stations in the world. It 
> is a great resource.
> 
> Kreigh
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Kitty & Bill Heacox wrote:
> > 
> > I remember as a young child (more than half a century ago) 
> asking my 
> > parents why it seemed that when there was an earthquake on 
> one side of 
> > the world there often was another one soon after on the 
> other side of 
> > the world.  My father (who was an electrical engineer at Bell
> > Labs) said it was just coincidence.  My mom (who was the Franklin 
> > fluorescent mineral fan, but with no college education) used the 
> > opportunity to show me a globe and see that some of those 
> events that 
> > I thought were directly opposite, were not (we often forget 
> how truly
> > large the Pacific Ocean is!).   I had actually thought maybe there
> > was a kind of slosh effect from the liquid magma in the 
> center of the 
> > earth.  My dad simply laughed, and my mom said it was a 
> good idea but 
> > scientists hadn't talked about it.
> > 
> > Now, JR & Martha, here is a copy of part of an email I sent 
> just this 
> > last August 16.  I sent it to a friend of ours, George Polman, a 
> > geologist and fluorescent mineral dealer, after he asked 
> how we were 
> > doing after news of a hurricane heading for Hawaii:
> > 
> > <Yeah, we've had a scary several days here on the Big Island.  
> > Hurricane Flossie actually petered out last night leaving 
> only a lot 
> > of rain and high surf---and frayed nerves.  Then yesterday we had a 
> > few hours of worry about a potential tsunami caused by the 
> earthquake 
> > in Peru, which also turned out not to happen.  And we've had three 
> > earthquakes here this week, the last was at 3 this morning at 4.5 
> > intensity.  Do you have any ideas as a geologist if there is any 
> > connection between earthquakes around the world?  August 8: Java
> > - 7.6, August 12: Spain- 5.4, August 13: Kilauea 5.4, 
> August 15: Peru
> > - 7.9, August 16: Kilauea 4.5.  I'd imagine the ones here are 
> > different because they are due to magma shifting.  As for other
> > volcanoes:  Philippines' Bulusan July 31, Indonesia's 
> Sulawesi August 
> > 14, and Alaska's Cleveland in the Aleutians is beginning to 
> act up a 
> > bit.  What do you think? >
> > 
> > His answer was that there was no evidence that he knew of 
> to connect 
> > earthquakes in different locations.
> > 
> > Aloha, Kitty
> > 
> > At 03:42 PM 1/6/2008, you wrote:
> > >Hi:
> > >
> > >Well, Martha got a book about the 1906 SF earthquake, 
> which is loaded 
> > >with geo facts.  She reads me some of the factoids that 
> strike her as 
> > >interesting or surprising.
> > >
> > >One recent one was that there was a huge volcanic eruption 
> (Vesuvius  
> > >I think?) 17 days before the 'quake. Then today on one of the news 
> > >shows there was a mention of someone being killed in an 
> eruption.  We 
> > >didn't catch where, so she said "Google it" so I did.
> > >
> > >Much to my surprise, there were a lot of new volcanic eruptions in 
> > >the news today!  One was in Chile, where they were 
> rescuing tourists, 
> > >and one was in the Red Sea, near Yemen, where they talked 
> about how 
> > >bright the glow was from the lava.  I think there were 
> others too...
> > >
> > >Should I be strapping the bookcases to the wall?  I'm being 
> > >deliberately - what's the word, maybe obtuse? - here, but 
> isn't it a 
> > >little odd to have several volcanoes go off at once?
> > >
> > >I'm in WV, where there are several thousand feet of stable 
> > >sedimentary rock between me and the real basement.
> > >
> > >I did feel an earthquake here once, 3.? on the Richter 
> scale, while I 
> > >was driving on a bridge over the Kanawha River, I thought 
> a towboat 
> > >had hit a bridge pier - it wasn't too long after the Silver Bridge 
> > >collapsed.  It would have been really scary in an underground coal 
> > >mine, you bet!
> > >
> > >Speaking of Richter, Martha tells me (the earthquake book says) he 
> > >was an avid nudist and famously sexually active - I guess that's 
> > >easier in California.  Is there some famous geo-gossip about him 
> > >beyond his work on earthquakes?
> > >
> > >JR
> 
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