As bristling with volcanoes as a porcupine with ... magma goes up and down," Mura says. "The lava crust is forced to break against the walls of the lake, forming the typical lava ring seen in ...

On a quiet Friday, a big earthquake hit Myanmar, killing more than 1,600 people and causing a lot of damage. Buildings fell, ...

Understanding how lava cools and fractures underwater could provide clues about the formation of other deep-sea features, including underwater ridges, volcanic arcs, and oceanic crust formation.

in South America— the whole of that vast Plateau—is a single volcanic surface, composed of a solid crust covering a lake of molten matter. Such opinions, however, have nothing to do with a ...

The mountain got its devilish name back in 1805 when Spanish soldiers were chasing Native Americans. When the Native ...

Figure 1. The sparsely populated high desert of eastern Oregon is home to three localities producing natural copper-bearing labradorite feldspar. In this view of Lake County’s Dust Devil mine, the ...

"Convection in the crust could be a key missing mechanism," Solomatov said. Convection near the surface also could influence the type and placement of volcanoes on the Venusian surface, Solomatov ...

Scientists were bracing for high lava fountains Tuesday during the latest episode of an ongoing eruption of Hawaii's Kilauea volcano. Lava fountains have reached heights of 1,000 feet (305 meters ...

Lava from an eruption. Most volcanic eruptions are caused by pieces of the Earth's crust, called tectonic plates, moving towards each other. Some volcanoes, like Mauna Loa in Hawaii are caused by ...