magma
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Scientists have discovered an enormous body of magma deep beneath Tuscany, even though the region shows few of the surface clues typically associated with such systems.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 5, 2026
By identifying areas where the waves moved at lower velocities, the researchers were able to pinpoint the likely location of magma.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 5, 2026
Over geological timescales, a magma body of this size could theoretically play a role in the development of a supervolcano.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 5, 2026
Scientists have identified a heat-driven process inside magma that could help explain why volcanoes with similar characteristics sometimes erupt in very different ways.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 1, 2026
All silver and shiny, with the new jagged fin stabilizers that were supposed to read the magma currents automatically.
From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer
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He thinks that under the right conditions, similar light isotope ratios could have arisen in magmas interacting with seawater.
From Science Magazine ● Apr. 30, 2024
The chemical composition of the crystals, plucked from rocks in Australia, hint that they formed from magmas doped with freshwater, a team of scientists argues.
From Science Magazine ● Apr. 30, 2024
The paper suggests that intense volcanism occurred on ancient Mars, causing the crust to collapse into the mantle, where the rocks re-melted, resulting in magmas that have high silica.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 15, 2024
Earlier researchers focused on the trace element composition of these rocks, hoping to find clues about TTG magmas and their source.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 31, 2024
Every fresh outburst of volcanic force, and every fresh extrusion of lava, tends to disturb it, and to alter the relations of the interior viscous or molten magmas.
From Volcanoes: Past and Present by Edward Hull
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