Pseudocraters or rootless cones are peculiar volcanic formations with an explosive origin. They do not form from magma coming from deep underground. They are caused by lava covering a water-rich layer ...

The Axial Seamount, an underwater volcano located about 300 miles off the coast of Oregon, is displaying behavior that ...

The combination of the piston-cylinder press and heating assembly allows for experiments that can attain the very high pressures and temperatures found under volcanoes. News media use of the ...

Long-quiet volcanoes in the Cascades region of the Pacific Northwest are still underpinned by large reservoirs of magma, new research finds. The findings have implications for monitoring volcanoes ...

Focus: Modelling the eruptive behaviour of Popocatépetl volcano to understand relationships between the timescales of pre-eruptive magmatic processes and the dynamics of Popocatépetl’s plumbing system ...