As tectonic plates pull apart, what drives the formation of rifts?
At the boundaries between tectonic plates, narrow rifts can form as Earth's crust slowly pulls apart.
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Garnet petrochronology: Revealing the lifetime and dynamics of magma at Somma-Vesuvius
Somma-Vesuvius is an iconic active volcano, with historic and archaeological records of hazardous eruptions. Geologists have conducted petrologic studies (microscopic studies of rocks) of eruptive products to provide insights ...
Is Vesuvius taking an extended siesta?
Located near Naples, Italy, Vesuvius last had a violent eruption in 1944, towards the end of the Second World War. It could be a few hundred years before another dangerous, explosive eruption occurs, finds a new study by ...
Earth Sciences
Jan 20, 2022
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Mount Etna's exceptional carbon dioxide emissions are triggered by deep reservoirs of the gas
The transport of carbon dioxide stored in the Earth's lithospheric mantle beneath the Hyblean Plateau in southern Italy at a depth of approximately 50 to 150 kilometers is responsible for the exceptionally large CO2 emission ...
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Jan 20, 2022
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'Slushy' magma ocean led to formation of the Moon's crust
Scientists have shown how the freezing of a 'slushy' ocean of magma may be responsible for the composition of the Moon's crust.
Planetary Sciences
Jan 13, 2022
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Crystals from Popocatepetl volcano reveal the links between magma recharge patterns and eruption style
A new study conducted by Dr. Chiara Maria Petrone, principal researcher at the Natural History Museum, Dr. Martin Mangler, post-doctoral research associate at Durham University and Dr. Julie Prytulak, associate professor ...
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Jan 10, 2022
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Zinc isotopes of arc-related lavas reveal recycling of forearc serpentinites into subarc mantle
Serpentinite, formed by low-temperature hydrothermal alteration of mantle peridotite, is distributed in the lithospheric mantle at the bottom of the subduction slab (slab-serpentinite) and forearc mantle wedge above the subduction ...
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Dec 23, 2021
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The earliest atmosphere on Mercury
Mercury is a most unusual planet. The smallest planet in the solar system, and the closest planet to the sun, it is in a 3:2 spin resonance, slowly turning and experiencing scorching heat up to 430 degrees Celsius, and the ...
Perseverance Mars rover makes surprising discoveries
Scientists with NASA's Perseverance Mars rover mission have discovered that the bedrock their six-wheeled explorer has been driving on since landing in February likely formed from red-hot magma. The discovery has implications ...
Planetary Sciences
Dec 15, 2021
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Iceland's journey to the centre of the Earth
With its large crater lake of turquoise water, plumes of smoke and sulphurous bubbling of mud and gases, the Krafla volcano is one of Iceland's most awe-inspiring natural wonders.
Earth Sciences
Nov 26, 2021
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