magma
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By reconstructing two major eruptions from the volcano's past, the scientists found that magma followed very different routes and moved toward the surface at very different speeds.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026
By sequencing and measuring crystals formed in the magma, the researchers reconstructed what happened during the 122 B.C. eruption.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026
These volatiles are gases that can separate from magma as pressure changes.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026
A volcano's explosiveness depends on several factors, including how easily its magma flows and the amount of volatile material trapped inside it.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026
This wasn’t hard rock against hard rock; harmonic tremors were earthquakes of solid rock against magma, “like squishy rock sliding on solid rock,” explained Malone.
From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone
The main process enriching these magmas with gold appears to be high-degree, multi-stage melting of a water-rich and oxidized mantle.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 29, 2026
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
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
"These elements allowed us to look back through the chemical changes that TTG magmas go through and trace the melt compositions back to their initial state and source -- most likely a sort of gabbro."
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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Physical Geography - Introductory
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