"Tom Bennett" wrote in message
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My favourite is much closer to home - the Eifel Volcanic Field in western
Germany, which I rarely see mentioned.
(see: http://academic.emporia.edu/aberjame...ifel/eifel.htm ) It
is thought to be the result of a "plume" and is still classified as
"active", parts of it having last erupted c.13k years ago, spewing out 5
cu km of magma.

I think a repeat of that would be a little too close for comfort.

Maybe this is common knowledge to geologists but it astounds me.
If the last eruption was only 13,000 years ago then are we saying that
Western Europe is a volcanically active area?
13,000 is nothing in geological terms........

Col
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