Geologists Discover Magma and Carbon Dioxide Combine to Make 'Soda-Pop' Eruption

Tuesday, July 8, 2008 - 14:21 in Earth & Climate

Through an autopsy of an ancient Scandinavian mountain chain, a team of Texas Tech University geologists found that carbon dioxide can create explosive eruptions when magma encounters calcium carbonate-based rocks.

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