Drilling into a volcano - Audio
1 episode - English - Latest episode: over 14 years ago -A team from UCL Earth Sciences is taking part in a project
that involves drilling into an active volcano in southern Italy. Scientists
will deploy sensors in a 4km-deep borehole and analyse recovered rock as
they try to determine what risk the volcano poses to people living nearby
and whether it could be a source of geothermal energy.
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Drilling into a volcano
October 06, 2009 13:25 - 10 minutesA team from UCL Earth Sciences is taking part in a project that involves drilling into an active volcano in southern Italy. Scientists will deploy sensors in a 4km-deep borehole and analyse recovered rock as they try to determine what risk the volcano poses to people living nearby and whether it could be a source of geothermal energy.