Basalt is a type of volcanic rock that is formed when lava with a high content of mafic minerals (such as pyroxene and olivine) cools…
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A supervolcano is a volcano that has produced an eruption with a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 8, the highest recorded number on the index. While…
Left: 3D visualization from the magnetotelluric scan of Erebus interior (red is most conductive and magma rich); Right: schematic depiction of magmatic processes. Upward flow…
Kīlauea lava entry site on the southeast coastline of Hawaiʻi Island. Credit: Karin Bjorkman, SOEST When Kīlauea Volcano erupted in 2018, it injected millions of…
Lava from a fountain on Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano flows over a spillway into an established channel in June 2018. (Image courtesy of U.S. Geological Survey)…