Scientists describe a ‘new’ type of volcanic eruption
Posted by ScienceDaily: Oceanography News on 21 January, 2013
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Scientists based in the UK and New Zealand have described a “new” type of volcanic eruption. Volcanic eruptions are commonly categorized as either explosive or effusive. But now, researchers have uncovered a previously undocumented type of eruption in underwater volcanoes – by looking at tiny original bubble spaces trapped in volcanic rock....