Magma reservoirs key to volcanic eruptions
New study shows the importance of large reservoirs in creating Earth's most powerful volcanic eruptions and explains why they are so rare
New study shows the importance of large reservoirs in creating Earth's most powerful volcanic eruptions and explains why they are so rare
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Jun 2, 2017
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In 1816, summer failed to make an appearance in central Europe and people were starving. Just a year earlier, the Tambora volcano had erupted in Indonesia, spewing huge amounts of ash and sulphur into the atmosphere. As these ...
Earth Sciences
Apr 13, 2016
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We've long known that beneath the scenic landscapes of Yellowstone National Park sleeps a supervolcano with a giant chamber of hot, partly molten rock below it.
Earth Sciences
Jul 1, 2015
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University of Utah seismologists discovered and made images of a reservoir of hot, partly molten rock 12 to 28 miles beneath the Yellowstone supervolcano, and it is 4.4 times larger than the shallower, long-known magma chamber.
Earth Sciences
Apr 23, 2015
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