Under this theory the magma (in this case the fuel) fragments upon contact with a coolant (the sea, a lake or aquifer), the propagating stress waves and thermal contraction widening cracks and increasing the interaction surface area leading to explosively rapid cooling rates.
The propagating stress waves and thermal contraction widen cracks and increase the interaction surface area, leading to explosively rapid cooling rates. Under this theory the fuel (in this case, the magma) fragments upon contact with a coolant (the sea, a lake or aquifer).
Under this theory the fuel (in this case, the magma) fragments upon contact with a coolant (the sea, a lake or aquifer). The propagating stress waves and thermal contraction widen cracks and increase the interaction surface area, leading to explosively rapid cooling rates.
Under this theory the fuel (in this case, the magma) fragments upon contact with a coolant (the sea, a lake or aquifer). The propagating stress waves and thermal contraction widen cracks and increase the interaction surface area, leading to explosively rapid cooling rates.