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New way to estimate magma beneath Yellowstone supervolcano

Geology Page - June 5, 2018

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Magma ocean may be responsible for the moon’s early magnetic field

Scientists have now made the best computational modeling yet of mantle plumes, hypothesized, mushroom-shaped upwellings of hot rock from the deep Earth. They plumes are hypothesized to form within the thermal boundary layer at the base of the mantle and are thought to carry heat from Earth's core that generates a volcano's magma.

Catching mantle plumes by their magma tails

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Lavas in the lab could lead miners to new iron ore deposits

This is professor Rais Latypov in front of an example of the stratified chromite layers.

New study reveals the secret of magmas that produce South Africa’s national treasures

Scientists ready to study magma formation beneath Mount St. Helens

Geology Page - June 19, 2014

Earthquakes Caused by Clogged Magma a Warning Sign of Eruption, Study...

Geology Page - March 18, 2014

X-Rays Reveal Inner Structure of Earth’s Ancient Magma Ocean

Geology Page - November 7, 2013

Crystals in Picabo’s Rocks Point to ‘Recycled’ Super-Volcanic Magma Chambers

Geology Page - October 12, 2013

Molten Magma Can Survive in Upper Crust for Hundreds of Millennia

Geology Page - August 20, 2013

Scientists Image Deep Magma Beneath Pacific Seafloor Volcano

Geology Page - March 30, 2013

Magma in Mantle Has Deep Impact

Geology Page - January 13, 2013

Hot stuff: Magma at shallow depth under Hawaii

Geology Page - September 15, 2011

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