magma
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The magma cooled slowly enough for large mineral grains to develop.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 30, 2026
As the magma continues to escape, sections of the unsupported ground subside, opening new fractures and vents while feeding further eruptive columns and pyroclastic density currents.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026
Taken together with the shallow earthquakes and rapid uplift, the concern is that magma may be moving upwards.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026
Earlier geological surveys had interpreted the local breccia rocks as evidence of a funnel-shaped volcanic structure called a diatreme, which forms when explosive magma eruptions create a pipe filled with shattered rock.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026
What happens is that deep in the Earth there is an explosion that fires, in effect, a cannonball of magma to the surface at supersonic speeds.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
"When we analyzed these samples, we found that their gold concentrations are often several times higher than those of comparable magmas from mid-ocean ridges," says Timm.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 29, 2026
It is the world's only active carbonatite volcano, producing lava that is unusually fluid and relatively cool at about 550 degrees Celsius, compared to the 650 to 1,200 degrees typical of most magmas.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 27, 2025
To be certain, the researchers performed tens of thousands of computer simulations of zircons forming from magmas mixed with seawater, rainwater, or some combination of both.
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 settlement of this problem awaits the solution of the more general problem of the origin and crystallization of magmas.
From The Economic Aspect of Geology by C. K. (Charles Kenneth) Leith
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