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What is the climb in the Sierra Madre Mountains of the Los Padres National Forest?

What was the cause of the "hotspot" in the los padres national forest, santa barbara county, CA?

  • See: http://www.geotimes.org/jan06/NN_fieryhotspot.html "In August 2004, a mysterious patch of hot soil triggered a forest fire in Southern California’s Los Padres National Forest. A fire crew arrived on the scene and extinguished the fire, which burned 3 acres of land in the rugged backcountry of the Dick Smith Wilder-ness, but crews were baffled by a lingering heat emanating from fissures in the ground. "

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    Magma may be closer to the surface + if underground rock was protruding up through to the surface this could theoretically conduct heat better then the surrounding area.

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possibly magma under the ground near the surface

purple umbrella

Volcanic hot spot, ie. the magma is near the surface.

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High tempertures

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