New study takes the pulse of a sleeping supervolcano
Friday, April 24, 2020 - 12:40
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 have now discovered that the secret may be hidden tributaries of hot magma from inside the Earth.