Pressure from a pool of magma has just cracked solid rock, creating a volcano-tectonic (VT ... fault and the Mid-Atlantic Ridge). VT events cycle as many as five times a second, particularly ...

which are heated and compressed underground.Igneous rocks are formed when molten rock from volcanic activity cools down either underground or on the surface.This slow but continuous cycle of rock ...

Lava from Hawaii's most active volcano created fountains that reached 700 feet Thursday during the latest episode of an ...

New research into fossilized rock formations in Zimbabwe is shedding light on Earth's nitrogen cycle before the rise of atmospheric oxygen. Scientists analyzing ancient stromatolites—layered rock ...

The global CO2 release from rock organic carbon ... how much CO2 is released by volcanoes around the world, meaning it is a key player in Earth’s natural carbon cycle,” commented study co ...

This is what a recent study published in Nature Communications hopes to address as an international team of researchers investigated how volcanic activity billions of years ago could have influenced ...