In a new study of volcanic processes, Bristol scientists have demonstrated the role nanolites play in the creation of violent eruptions at otherwise 'calm' and predictable volcanoes.
Earth Sciences
Sep 23, 2020
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Under the volcanoes in the Andes where Chile, Argentina and Bolivia meet, there is a gigantic reservoir of molten magma. For several million years, it has been there without fully solidifying or causing a supervolcanic eruption. ...
Earth Sciences
Apr 23, 2020
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A new paper from scientists at The University of Manchester has discovered why some volcanic eruptions are more explosive than others.
Earth Sciences
Oct 22, 2019
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A new study reveals why the magma chambers that feed recurrent and often explosive volcanic eruptions tend to reside in a very narrow depth range within the Earth's crust. The findings, published in Nature Geoscience, could ...
Earth Sciences
Aug 19, 2019
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Mount Agung volcano in Bali, Indonesia, has been erupting intermittently since November 2017. The volcano erupted six times in the last month and resulted in the cancellation and delay of some flights in and out of Bali's ...
Other
Jun 10, 2019
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Cerro Blanco Volcanic Complex, located in the south of the Altiplano-Puna plateau, erupted around 4,200 years ago. But it was not an ordinary event. It was the largest eruption of the last 5,000 years in the Central Volcanic ...
Earth Sciences
May 15, 2019
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A University of Oklahoma-led study recently found that explosive volcanic eruptions were at least 3-8 times more frequent during the peak of the Late Paleozoic Ice Age (~360 to 260 million years ago). Aerosols produced by ...
Earth Sciences
May 2, 2019
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The San Francisco Volcanic Field is a 4,700 square kilometers (1,800 square miles) area in the southern boundary of the Colorado Plateau. The field contains more than 600 scoria cones active in the past six million years. ...
Environment
Nov 20, 2018
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Nanodiamonds, bits of crystalline carbon hundreds of thousands of times smaller than a grain of sand, have intriguing surface and chemical properties with potential applications in medicine, optoelectronics and quantum computing. ...
Nanomaterials
Oct 15, 2018
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A new study could help explain the driving force behind the largest mass extinction in the history of earth, known as the End-Permian Extinction.
Earth Sciences
Aug 27, 2018
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