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New way to estimate magma beneath Yellowstone supervolcano

Geology Page - June 5, 2018

moon's mantle

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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.

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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.

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

bubbly magma in laboratory

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Chemical tipping point of magma determines explosive potential of volcanoes

Geology Page - December 13, 2017

Moon crust formation graphic.

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Moon’s crust underwent resurfacing after forming from magma ocean

Geology Page - November 22, 2017

Long Valley Caldera in California

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Magma held in ‘cold storage’ before giant volcano eruption

Geology Page - November 7, 2017

Giant lateral volcano collapses affects the deep paths of magma.

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New magma pathways after giant lateral volcano collapses

Geology Page - October 24, 2017

Magma chambers

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Magma chambers have a sponge-like structure

Geology Page - October 7, 2017

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Volcanic Crystals Give a New View of Magma

Geology Page - June 16, 2017

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New study documents aftermath of a supereruption, and expands size of...

Geology Page - May 16, 2017

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Deep mantle chemistry surprise: Carbon content not uniform

Geology Page - January 13, 2017

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Modeling magma to find copper

Geology Page - January 13, 2017

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Cyclic change within magma reservoirs significantly affects the explosivity of volcanic...

Geology Page - December 1, 2016

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Popcorn-rocks solve the mystery of the magma chambers

Geology Page - November 3, 2016

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Enormous dome in central Andes driven by huge magma body beneath...

Geology Page - October 25, 2016

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Magma movements foretell future eruptions

Geology Page - October 7, 2016

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Magma build-up at active Japanese volcano poses threat to ‘Naples of...

Geology Page - October 3, 2016

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Magma accumulation highlights growing threat from Japanese volcano

Geology Page - September 13, 2016

$Surface fractures as magma moves$

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Surface fractures as magma moves

Geology Page - August 23, 2016

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Lasers melt rocks to reveal development of super-Earths and how giant...

Geology Page - August 4, 2016

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Traces of failed Super-eruption in the Andes

Geology Page - August 3, 2016

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Magma build-up may put Salvadoran capital at risk

Geology Page - July 25, 2016

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Scientists discover magma buildup under New Zealand town

Geology Page - June 4, 2016

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