Talk:Volcanism on Io

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Good Article Nomination?

Since it looks like the peer review process appears to be slowing down, perhaps we should take this article to the next step in the process, a Good Article nomination? Would give the article another pass through another set of reviewers, the GA folks. --Volcanopele (talk) 20:12, 7 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

As was suggested, it might even be worth taking it straight to the FA folks...get the strictest review possible. It isn't necessary to go peer->GA->FA, unless simply by choice. I apologise for not working on the article lately (though it appears you have things well under control)...I just haven't had time to devote to sitting down and working through everything. — Huntster (t • @ • c) 21:18, 7 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, I'll post a link to the review to the Geology and Volcano Wikiprojects, then wait a few days to submit it for FAC. --Volcanopele (talk) 06:15, 8 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Radioactive heating

I just removed radioactive heating as the earth's heat source driving volcanism, and replaced it with a very hot interior and mantle convection transferring that heat upward. Please correct me if I'm wrong, but radioactive heating only really matters in the crust. I may have gotten too specific into volcanism; delete if necessary. Awickert (talk) 20:50, 11 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Well, yes, volcanism is driven by a warm interior and mantle convection. But the source of THAT heat is primarily radioactive isotope decay. True, it isn't the only one, heat from accretion for example, but that passages purpose was to explain the heat source on Io, and to say that the source of heat causing melting in the interior comes from tidal heating. This differs from the earth, where tidal heating (from the sun and moon) is negligible. So I would disagree with this edit, mostly because I think that is a bit too much explanation for the lead section of an article about Io's volcanism. --Volcanopele (talk) 00:43, 12 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]