Sounds sexy, doesn't it? Nope...it's geology, folks! The AP reported today that a new study released in the current journal, Science, demonstrates how superplumes of magma rumble deep within in the earth. There is also mentioned a geologic plate movement called subduction. Both of these words caught my eye, especially subduction. Here's an excerpt from the article that uses both words:

Researcher Barbara Romanowicz said earthquake studies until now have emphasized the dynamics of collisions between the planet's massive surface plates. When two of them crash together, one slips beneath the other in a process called subduction, and earthquakes and volcanoes can follow. "We think the superplumes play an important role as well," Romanowicz said.

And here's the article url:

http://www.newsday.com/news/science/wire/sns-ap-superplumes0418apr18.story?coll=sns-ap-science-headlines

I was wondering what the board thought of both these words, and their potential for breaking out into general usage.

The geological theory is pretty interesting, too!

And, stales, report in any time you're ready!


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