Understanding volcanoes better: Scientists find exact locations of magma movement

Understanding volcanoes better: Scientists find exact locations of magma movement

How do volcanoes work? What happens beneath their surface? What causes the vibrations—known as tremor—that occur when magma or gases move upward through a volcano's conduits? Professor Dr. Miriam Christina Reiss, a volcano seismologist at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU), and her team have located such tremor signals at the Oldoinyo Lengai volcano in Tanzania.

Scientists Pinpoint Magma in Motion Beneath Earth’s Coldest Volcano

Oldoinyo Lengai, a dark cone rising from the floor of the Natron Basin in northern Tanzania, behaves like no other volcano on Earth. Its lava is black, cold by volcanic standards, and thin enough to pour like syrup. When it erupts, it hisses instead of roaring, spreading fast-moving sheets that cool to a chalky crust […] The post Scientists Pinpoint Magma in Motion Beneath Earth’s Coldest Volcano appeared first on Above The Norm News.