Drilling into a volcano - Audio
by Dr Christopher Kilburn
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Description
A team from UCL Earth Sciences is taking part in a project that involves drilling into an active volcano in southern Italy. Scientists will deploy sensors in a 4km-deep borehole and analyse recovered rock as they try to determine what risk the volcano poses to people living nearby and whether it could be a source of geothermal energy.
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Drilling into a volcano | A team from UCL Earth Sciences is taking part in a project that involves drilling into an active volcano in southern Italy. Scientists will deploy sensors in a 4km-deep borehole and analyse recovered rock as they try to determine what risk the volcano poses to people living nearby and whether it could be a source of geothermal energy. | 10/6/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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