The Yellowstone Caldera is often referred to as the Yellowstone Supervolcano due to its colossal size; it's one of the largest on Earth.

Scientists have long thought that tectonic plates needed to dive beneath each other to create the chemical fingerprint we see ...

These findings bolster theories that during the moon's early years, it was covered by an ocean of magma. Chang'e-6 basaltic fragment. Credit: Beijing SHRIMP Center, Institute of Geology ...

the generation and transport of basaltic magma; the development and evolution of volcanic systems; magma degassing; volcanic hazard assessment; radiometric methods for dating igneous and sedimentary ...

If magma erupts on the surface as lava, it will form extrusive rock, e.g. basalt. These rocks are formed when magma solidifies. As the magma cools, mineral crystals will begin to grow. These ...

with the primary basalt formation age determined to be approximately 2.82 billion years. These findings validate the lunar magma ocean hypothesis, which states that the moon experienced global ...

So, rather than using absolute ages to constrain the timescales of individual eruption durations, my research uses the width of a thermal imprint created by a magmatic intrusion to quantify the ...

The researchers found that the basalt in the sample was similar to basalt ... it was covered by an ocean of magma. The magma ocean model suggests the moon experienced a massive melting event ...