What Causes Geysers
March 18th, 2008 Posted in Geyser Science
A geyser is caused by water on the surface of the Earth seeping down toward the center of the Earth where it contacts magma-heated rock that causes it to boil and erupt back up to the Earth’s surface by the process of convection. A tremendous
column of a geyser eruption is often the result of the process which repeats itself over and over again through the geyser’s vent.
One Response to “What Causes Geysers”
By Joseph on Sep 21, 2008
Hi…Im from Chile… the last night, in the news i saw a real “iceberg” in the dessert near of a geyser field, in Puchuldiza, at 4200 meters over the sea level. My question is… Does it Always happen (in geysers at too much altitude)??
Where had you take this photo?
(I hope you can understand my english =P)
Thanx