Oct. 22 (UPI) --Most volcanic eruptions are of the basaltic variety. The eruptions are typically rather tame. Every once in a while, however, the same types of eruptions turn violent and explosive.

Catie Leary writes and curates visual stories about science, animals, the arts, travel, and the natural world. Giant's Causeway is perhaps the world's most extraordinary and well-known example of ...

International group of researchers involving geologists from Wits University (Prof. Rais Latypov and Dr. Sofya Chistyakova) in Johannesburg have come up with an unexpected conclusion that basaltic ...

Mineral carbonation in basaltic rocks represents a promising pathway for permanent carbon dioxide sequestration. This process leverages the intrinsic reactivity of basalt minerals—rich in divalent ...

The magma that erupts from basaltic volcanoes in the middle of tectonic plates originates from within Earth's mantle — rather than from the outer crust — and is propelled upward by CO2, not water.

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Image of the Northest Africa 16286 sample obtained using a scanning electron microscope. These are what’s referred to as “backscattered electron images”, and the different shades of grey highlight ...