eruption
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The park service said earthquakes during the 2018 Kīlauea volcano eruption and summit collapse had damaged the cliffs near the arch.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
These samples contained more potassium than those used previously and came from material released during the earliest part of the eruption.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 30, 2026
The argon-argon measurements placed the eruption 1,938 ±13 years before the minerals were analyzed in 2025.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 30, 2026
Renne and his colleagues had already used sanidine from pumice produced during the 79 CE eruption to test argon-argon dating.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 30, 2026
Buzz felt a shock race through him that had nothing to do with the eruption.
From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone
That includes eruptions from volcanoes that continue to pose risks to heavily populated regions around Mexico City, Naples and Yogyakarta in Indonesia.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 30, 2026
About a decade ago, Renne used argon-argon dating to establish precise ages for a meteor impact, major volcanic eruptions in India and the extinction of the dinosaurs.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 30, 2026
During what is thought to have been a series of immense volcanic eruptions, life within hundreds of kilometers of the blasts was shattered.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026
Its eruptions are often relatively modest, but the volcano is also capable of producing much more hazardous activity.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 18, 2026
It was also at about this time that they were able to work out that the cycle of Yellowstone’s eruptions averaged one massive blow every 600,000 years.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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