magma

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Beneath the surface, magma shifts position, changes chemically, and can sit for long stretches before finally erupting.

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Studying these deep tremors could provide new clues about the crust mantle boundary and the behavior of the upper mantle, which generates volcanic magma and helps drive tectonic plate motion.

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Their analysis shows that roughly 300 million cubic meters of magma rose from deep within the crust and stalled about four kilometers beneath the seafloor.

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They evaluated long-term exposure to cosmic rays, changes during magma evolution, and contamination from meteorites.

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Safely down in the lab, Swanson and his team found that the ash was old rock—there was no indication of new magma erupting out from deep inside the earth.

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