Dubbed the Kikai caldera, this mostly-underwater caldera located south of Japan’s Ryuku Islands last erupted 7,300 years ago, ...
No other puʻus exist on the caldera rim, but geologic deposits of tephra fall mapped in Kīlauea’s summit region indicate that ...
Far beneath the ocean near Japan, scientists have discovered that the magma system linked to the most powerful eruption of the Holocene is slowly rebuilding. By using seismic imaging, researchers ...
A new model of Yellowstone’s magma system suggests it is fueled by melts from the shallow mantle, guided by tectonic forces, ...
Scientists have discovered magma refilling beneath Japan’s Kikai caldera, offering new clues into how supervolcanoes recharge.
New seismic surveys beneath Japan’s Kikai caldera have detected a large zone of partially molten rock refilling the magma ...