Thursday, June 15, 2017

Crystals once deep inside a volcano offer new view of magma, eruption timing

06/15/2017 02:00 PM EDT

A zircon crystal the researchers studied; it was once deep within a volcano.

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Volcanologists are gaining a better understanding of what's going on inside the magma reservoir that lies below New Zealand's Mount Tarawera volcano. They're finding a colder, more solid place than they thought, according to research published today in the journal Science.

It's a new view of how ...

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