How exciting! There is really nothing like a good campout. After taking rock samples and seeing the volcano in action, I've concluded that Eld Fell is formed from a Divergent plate boundary. This occurs when two tectonic plates are moving apart, unlike my last visit when they were moving together. As they move apart, something has to fill the space, and that thing in this case is magma. The hot lava flows up and as it is cooled by water and air, it turns into rock. But magma still comes up and builds on top of that rock, working its way up and up to form a mountain. Still today, it is boiling up to the top which is the cause of a volcano. How interesting! Boy, Geology rocks. Here's a picture of how a Divergent plate boundary works!
So science-y! I love how you described all this, but still made it understandable to an average reader.
ReplyDeleteAwesome blog!
(btw, I caught that "geology rocks" pun :) lol)