Oct. 22 (UPI) --Most volcanic eruptions are of the basaltic variety. The eruptions are typically rather tame. Every once in a while, however, the same types of eruptions turn violent and explosive.
The origin and stability of deep-mantle melts, and the magmatic processes at different times of Earth’s history are controlled by the physical properties of constituent silicate liquids. Here we ...
Kenneth Sims and other research scientists recently discovered that mafic volcanism of Henrys Fork Caldera, which is located in eastern Idaho and west of Yellowstone National Park, occurred ...
United States Geological Survey (USGS) scientist Mark Stelton (left) and Kenneth Sims, a UW professor of geology and geophysics and a member of the USGS Yellowstone Volcano Observatory, examine a ...
A 2.35-billion-year-old meteorite with a unique chemical signature, found in Africa in 2023, plugs a major gap in our understanding of the moon's volcanic history. Presented at the Goldschmidt ...
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