magma
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These pockets of magma often become trapped beneath the lithosphere, where they slowly cool and solidify into CO2-rich igneous rocks.
From Science Daily • May 26, 2026
Under these conditions, only small amounts of magma form deep underground.
From Science Daily • May 26, 2026
During the 2022 unrest, however, the rising magma triggered thousands of smaller earthquakes clustered along the fault rather than one major quake.
From Science Daily • May 14, 2026
Satellite data revealed that the ground above the volcano rose by about 6 centimeters, confirming that magma had entered the shallow crust beneath the island.
From Science Daily • May 14, 2026
It turned out that under the western United States there was a huge cauldron of magma, a colossal volcanic hot spot which erupted cataclysmically every 600,000 years or so.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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