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More magma found below Yellowstone Caldera than expected

Scientists believe the Yellowstone supervolcano is larger than previously thought. The 2.1-million-year-old volcano beneath Yellowstone National Park is the subject of a new study published in the journal Science. A group of researchers claims in the paper that magma levels beneath the Yellowstone Caldera...

The role of magma in the birth of the Atlantic Ocean

The Atlantic Ocean was born 200 million years ago. It happened when the supercontinent Pangea began to break apart. oceanic crust took its place when continental crust stretched and fractured. Scientists analysed the structure of the present-day eastern North American margin, to investigate this...