Deep Volcanic Fizz Forces Earth to Burp
By Ker Than, LiveScience Staff Writer
posted: 12 July 2007 02:00 pm ET
Like rising bubbles in champagne, gases from Earth’s interior can ascend to the surface and cause magma to explode in dangerous splatters.
A new study, detailed in the July 13 issue of the journal Science, shows that these volcanic “gas slugs” originate from deeper inside the planet than previously thought.
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