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lava & magma

Map of the Hawaiian islands with colors and contour lines overlain.
Posted inEditors' Highlights

A Strong Pacific Plate Bends Under the Hawaiian Volcanic Chain

by Emilie Hooft 14 March 202413 March 2024

Two seismic studies reveal the volcanic loads and resulting flexure of the Pacific plate at the Hawaiian Ridge and, surprisingly, show no magmatic underplating.

A satellite image looking down at snow-covered Reykjanes Peninsula with an erupting volcanic fissure and steam plume.
Posted inNews

Iceland’s Recent Eruptions Driven by Tectonic Stress

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 23 February 202423 February 2024

Magma flow in the magmatic dike near Grindavík was among the fastest recorded. The processes driving that flow could be at play at volcanoes in Hawaii, off the African coast, and anywhere crustal plates split apart.

海底的彩色测深图像,其中海拔最高的点为红色,海拔最低的点为深蓝色。
Posted inResearch Spotlights

大洋中脊两侧的海底形态与岩浆供给有关

by Rebecca Owen 12 January 202412 January 2024

新的研究表明,大洋中脊形态变化的来源可能比科学家们想象的要深。

Lava flows from a volcanic fissure in Iceland.
Posted inNews

Icelandic Fissure Finally Erupts

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 19 December 20238 February 2024

The position of the eruption and wind conditions are favorable. No one is in immediate danger, local officials said.

Image of a coastal town seen from the air with a geothermal power plant in the background.
Posted inNews

Eruption Now Unlikely Near Icelandic Town

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 6 December 20236 December 2023

Scientists and local authorities had been tracking the eruption’s precursors for weeks and evacuated residents. Then the magma stalled.

A colorful bathymetric image of the seafloor, in which the points at highest elevation are red and the points at lowest elevation are dark blue.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Seafloor Shapes on the Flanks of Mid-Ocean Ridges Linked to Magma Supply

by Rebecca Owen 5 December 202312 January 2024

New research suggests the source of morphologic variation on mid-ocean ridges might be deeper than scientists thought.

In the background, snow-capped Mount Hood rises above a mountain range. In the foreground, the skyscrapers of Portland, Ore., dominate the landscape.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Some High-Threat Volcanoes Are Severely Understudied

by Saima May Sidik 29 November 202329 November 2023

Scientists have little understanding of where magma is stored along the Cascade Volcanic Arc or how its volcanoes could affect population centers.

Diagram from the paper.
Posted inEditors' Highlights

Rift-to-Ridge: Mid-Atlantic Ridge Segments Imprinted During Rifting

by Emilie Hooft 19 October 202317 October 2023

A new seismic study shows that magmatism along the eastern North American rift margin was segmented, and that rift discontinuities influence formation of fracture zones along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.

Diagrams showing lithospheric stretching with rifting.
Posted inEditors' Highlights

Uncovering Mantle Heterogeneities Beneath Drifting Continents

by Fabio A. Capitanio 11 September 20236 September 2023

Computational models of the composition and volumes of magmas during continental rifting evolution provide clues on the heterogeneities of the deep melting mantle.

Una imagen de satélite de una masa continental con parches cafés y verdes. Al centro hay una nube de humo con una línea naranja brillante.
Posted inNews

La tercera es la vencida para el Fagradalsfjall de Islandia

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 28 July 20234 August 2023

La región volcánica que hizo erupción en 2021 y 2022 después de más de 7 siglos de estar dormida, lo está haciendo de nuevo.

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