“Long regarded as a microcontinental fragment left when India parted company with Antarctica – based on isolated occurrences of gneisses – there is evidence that during the formation of the Kerguelen LIP the basalts rose above sea level. “
“How did what seems to be a ‘golden spike’ in human culture first take material form in Olduvai?”
The complex plumbing system beneath volcanoes has been revealed in the clearest detail ever, marking a ‘major step forward’ in our understanding of how they are formed and behave.
“By using artificially generated microwaves to illuminate the Earth’s surface it is possible to create images. “
Millions of years ago a series of massive volcanic eruptions in the Wrangellia Province of western Canada, blasted out huge volumes of volcanic basalt.
“For all manner of reasons, natural springs have fascinated people since at least as long ago as the Neolithic.”
” Cooling to near-glacial climates was astonishingly rapid, on the order of a few decades at most. “
A giant raft of pumice is helping to sustain Australia’s Great Barrier Reef.
“…after Caesar had been killed in the Senate on the day before, the sun’s light failed from the sixth hour until nightfall.”
