Friday, April 24, 2020

New study takes the pulse of a sleeping supervolcano

Under the volcanoes in the Andes where Chile, Argentina and Bolivia meet, there is a gigantic reservoir of molten magma. For several million years, it has been there without fully solidifying or causing a supervolcanic eruption. Geologists have long wondered how this is possible. Researchers have now discovered that the secret may be hidden tributaries of hot magma from inside the Earth.

from Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2KyX5vP

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