Flagg Ranch exposure showing lower unknown ignimbrite (ash flow), the Lava Creek Tuff (LCT) ash fall deposit, and upper ignimbrite of the LCT. Thanks to work by Montana State University geologists, it ...
An unusual rock type spotted by two Mars rovers may indicate that the Martian landscape was shaped by extremely violent volcanic eruptions. The Nili Fossae region of Mars, which includes the Jezero ...
A super-eruption of an Italian volcano that may have played a major role in the Neanderthals' fate was apparently even larger than thought, new research suggests. For the new study, scientists ...
The Journal of Geology, Vol. 79, No. 1 (Jan., 1971), pp. 100-110 (11 pages) Alkali-ion exchange between rock and aqueous phases during devitrification and secondary hydration of ignimbrite sheets ...
Researchers at BSC are using the MareNostrum supercomputer to study super eruptions–volcanic events with most destructive force on this planet. Only a few super volcanos exist in the world and when ...
About 40,000 years ago, the last sparse Neanderthal communities roamed Europe, their numbers dwindling as Homo sapiens encroached on their territory. Times were hard, and about to get worse. That’s ...