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The Brief But Violent Life of Monogenetic Volcanoes
October 3, 2012
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A new study in the journal Geology is shedding light on the brief but violent lives of maar-diatreme volcanoes, which erupt when magma and water meet in an explosive marriage below the surface of the Earth.
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