magma
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Over geological timescales, a magma body of this size could theoretically play a role in the development of a supervolcano.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 5, 2026
These changes can affect both the speed at which magma rises and the ease with which volcanic gases escape.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 1, 2026
The models indicated that a long delay in crystallization can keep magma relatively fluid, allowing it to rise rapidly toward the surface.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 1, 2026
The scientists found that "superheating," which occurs when magma becomes hotter than the temperature at which crystals remain stable, can postpone crystal formation as the magma moves toward the surface.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 1, 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
The team took this as evidence that these two sets of zircons formed from shallow magmas that interacted with freshwater.
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 paper suggests that intense volcanism occurred on ancient Mars, causing the crust to collapse into the mantle, where the rocks re-melted, resulting in magmas that have high silica.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 15, 2024
Earlier researchers focused on the trace element composition of these rocks, hoping to find clues about TTG magmas and their source.
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 Hull, Edward
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