Tuesday, June 10, 2014

Mini-Maars: How to Mimic a Volcanic Eruption

But volcanic maar craters, which result from violent underground explosions, aren't very safe to watch. "These experiments can give us new insight into real eruptions," said Greg Valentine, a volcanologist at the University of Buffalo. Valentine estimates he's set off 35 explosions in the past two years at the University of Buffalo's rural geohazards testing site in Ashford, New York. Maar ...

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