Right down the middle of the Atlantic Ocean there is a rift where molten lava spews into the water. Why doesn't this destroy the trans-Atlantic communication cables?
2007-01-06 23:47:03 · 4 answers · asked by Gerinald P 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
it cross's north of the fault line your talking about. that fault line does not go from the south pole to the north pole it stops. if you drew a line on a map from the west most part of Spain to NC, it tends to close north of that.
2007-01-06 23:52:18 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If the molten material were to come up at just the right (or wrong) place it certainly would melt the cable-I am pretty certain the lava would not cool that quickly. With communication satellite technology I doubt if it would make much of a difference, though.
2007-01-07 10:02:16 · answer #2 · answered by David A 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First of all this fault line segmented and the water cool the molten lava continuously, (this carried by the convection heat transfer) the hot water goes up and the fresh cold water comes to cool the lava, so that, the temperature of the water there will not reach 200 degree centigrade
2007-01-07 09:09:23 · answer #3 · answered by moon 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I get back to you in a day or two !
2007-01-11 00:40:37 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋