Comments on: Picture of the Week—Indonesian Mud Flow http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/2009/08/picture-of-the-week-indonesian-mud-flow/ Ideas, innovations and discoveries from the world of science Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:05:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4 By: memphissigncompany http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/2009/08/picture-of-the-week-indonesian-mud-flow/comment-page-1/#comment-1962 memphissigncompany Thu, 06 May 2010 02:50:18 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/?p=1795#comment-1962 Hey that is pretty interesting, but obviously caused ny the drilling of an oil well into water.....hot water. Does'nt it seem as if it will dissolve so much material that it will collapse back in on it self at some point? I like the idea of steel balls and chain. very novel. maybe just use bigger ones to try and slow down the flow. Enough of them should stop the flow with just mass, but what happens if it just erodes more and more soil around the attempted blockage??? Stephanie R Hey that is pretty interesting, but obviously caused ny the drilling of an oil well into water…..hot water. Does’nt it seem as if it will dissolve so much material that it will collapse back in on it self at some point?
I like the idea of steel balls and chain. very novel.
maybe just use bigger ones to try and slow down the flow. Enough of them should stop the flow with just mass, but what happens if it just erodes more and more soil around the attempted blockage???

Stephanie R

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