Figure 1: Digital elevation map of Toba Caldera and locations of sampled and analysed lava domes. Figure 3: Sr-isotope data and AFC model for Sinabung and Toba samples. The data connote that zircon ...

The rare but spectacular eruptions of supervolcanoes can cause massive destruction and affect climate patterns on a global scale for decades -- and a new study has found that these sites also may ...

About 74,000 years ago, a volcanic eruption more powerful than any in Earth’s modern history triggered global consequences that lasted hundreds of years. Geologists hypothesize that the Toba caldera, ...

Approximately 75,000 years ago, a massive explosive eruption from a volcano in western Indonesia (Toba caldera) coincided with the onset of the Earth?s last Ice Age. Narragansett, RI -- January 26, ...

Figure 1: Topography of the Toba Caldera area. In the context of the Toba volcanic activity, several important questions are actively debated: why did several large eruptions occur in approximately ...

Approximately 75,000 years ago, a massive explosive eruption from a volcano in western Indonesia (Toba caldera) coincided with the onset of the Earth's last Ice Age. In the current issue of Geology, ...

In a newly published study, scientists reveal evidence that groups of humans survived a massive volcanic eruption at the Toba caldera, a supervolcano in Sumatra. “It is possible that people moved out ...

Beginning in 1949, when Dutch geologist Rein van Bemmelen discovered massive deposits of volcanic rock along the perimeter of Lake Toba on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, scientists knew they were ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The Toba Caldera Geopark in North Sumatra will soon improve its management and supporting facilities following a 'yellow card' warning from UNESCO. The geopark received the ...

JAKARTA: Unesco assessors have begun the revalidation process of Lake Toba in North Sumatra, as local authorities strive to maintain the site’s Global Geopark status following a “yellow card” warning ...