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... Paricutín is the only one in activity . A few are quiescent ; most are extinct . Underlying the Paricutín region , a lava reservoir of undetermined depth makes every property holder the potential owner of a live volcano . Mexico City ...
... Paricutín is the only one in activity . A few are quiescent ; most are extinct . Underlying the Paricutín region , a lava reservoir of undetermined depth makes every property holder the potential owner of a live volcano . Mexico City ...
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... Paricutín spouts fire does not mean the earth's interior is molten , as it is assumed to have been when the globe was young , " Dr. Foshag said . " Earthquake waves registered on seismographs indicate that the outer shell of the earth ...
... Paricutín spouts fire does not mean the earth's interior is molten , as it is assumed to have been when the globe was young , " Dr. Foshag said . " Earthquake waves registered on seismographs indicate that the outer shell of the earth ...
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... Paricutín wants to know its temperature . We cannot climb the cone and stick a thermometer into the crater . However , red - hot lava a mile from its vent has registered 1,090 ° Centigrade ( 1,994 ° Fahrenheit ) . Material ejected di ...
... Paricutín wants to know its temperature . We cannot climb the cone and stick a thermometer into the crater . However , red - hot lava a mile from its vent has registered 1,090 ° Centigrade ( 1,994 ° Fahrenheit ) . Material ejected di ...
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