At 13:20 01/23/99 , Michael S. Lorrey wrote:
> All that is needed is for
What can happen if someone knocks a bit of ice off Antarctica?
If the continent lightens up just enough to start rising, the following
sequence of earthquakes can melt and shake off more ice, which will
lead to faster rising, etc. - until much of the ice falls off.
I wonder how unstable Antarctica may be in this respect, and how much
would it take to start the process.
Any geologists out there?
>sufficient force to crack the crust of the planet enough so that it breaks up
>like an ice floe. The impacts are merely catalysts. Once this is done, the
>crust
>destabilizes and becomes inundated with fresh lava, eventually subducting
>everything and a new crust forms. Grey goo gets gutted.
>
I've been asking this question since high school...