Tag: geology press release
The sleeping giant – supervolcano of the Andes
Under the volcanoes in the Andes where Chile, Argentina and Bolivia meet, there is a gigantic reservoir of molten magma.
Hidden source of carbon found at the Arctic coast
A previously unknown significant source of carbon just discovered in the Arctic has scientists marveling at a once overlooked contributor to local coastal ecosystems - and concerned about what it may mean in an era of climate change.
Scientists discover how and when a subterranean ocean emerged
"The mechanism which caused the crust that had been altered by seawater to sink into the mantle functioned over 3.3 billion years ago.
New model suggests lost continents for early Earth
A new radioactivity model of Earth’s ancient rocks calls into question current models for the formation of Earth’s continental crust, suggesting continents may have risen out of the sea much earlier than previously thought but were destroyed, leaving little trace.
Site of biggest ever meteorite collision in the UK discovered
Evidence for the ancient, 1.2 billion years old, meteorite strike, was first discovered in 2008 near Ullapool, NW Scotland by scientists from Oxford and Aberdeen Universities.
Mysterious volcanic ash layer from 29,000 years ago traced to volcano in Naples
Researchers from the University of Oxford have traced the origin of a pre-historic eruption that blanketed the Mediterranean region in ash 29,000 years ago to Naples' lesser-known volcano Campi Flegrei, located immediately to the west of the city.