[HN Gopher] Surprise Magma Chamber Growing Under Mediterranean V...
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Surprise Magma Chamber Growing Under Mediterranean Volcano (2023)
Author : jandrewrogers
Score : 30 points
Date : 2025-02-12 00:00 UTC (3 days ago)
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| YeGoblynQueenne wrote:
| Note date:
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| >> 12 January 2023
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| This may or may not be connected to the recent strong tremors in
| Santorini.
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| What I want to know is who named that thing "Kolumbo". That's not
| a Greek name. We got so much prime material for Greek-mythology
| inspired names of volcanoes. e.g. "Charybdis" would fit right in.
| JPLeRouzic wrote:
| Wikipedia seems to agree with you:
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| Koloumpo (Greek: Koloumpo) But the word "Kolumbo" is used 11
| times in the article about "Kolumpo"
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| https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koloumpo
| thaumasiotes wrote:
| > But the word "Kolumbo" is used 11 times in the article
| about "Kolumpo"
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| This is just you not knowing that Koloumpo is "Kolumbo".
| There's no discrepancy to explain; they are the same thing
| and "Kolumpo" would be an error.
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| It's still true that Columbo isn't a Greek name. But there's
| nothing unusual about its Greek spelling; there's no other
| way to spell "b" in modern Greek than "mp".
| louthy wrote:
| > This may or may not be connected to the recent strong tremors
| in Santorini
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| It isn't related.
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| Explanation from geology professor Sean Willsey [1] -- my go to
| source for anything geology related!
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| [1] https://youtu.be/4jREQ3EdEAY?feature=shared
| louthy wrote:
| > Sean
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| Shawn, my mistake!
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