Chilean eruption highlights risk from 'rhyolitic' volcanoes

Wednesday, October 7, 2009 - 13:42 in Earth & Climate

Magma from a Chilean volcano shot through Earth's crust at around a metre (3.25 feet) per second, a speed highlighting the perils from so-called rhyolitic volcanoes, scientists reported on Wednesday.

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