New study takes the pulse of a sleeping supervolcano
Thursday, April 23, 2020 - 12:11
in Earth & Climate
Under the volcanoes in the Andes where Chile, Argentina and Bolivia meet, there is a gigantic reservoir of molten magma. For several million years, it has been there without fully solidifying or causing a supervolcanic eruption. Geologists have long wondered how this is possible. Researchers from Uppsala University, among others, have now discovered that the secret may be hidden tributaries of hot magma from inside the Earth. The study is published in the journal Scientific Reports.