A team of geologists at the Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, the Institute of Space Sciences and the Shandong ...

Two distinct magma types lie under Yellowstone, with basaltic magma being the primary driver of Earth's volcanic activity.

Magma moves through Hawaiian rift zones as dikes, which are tabular sheets of magma that move laterally and vertically ...

Though volcanologists study all types of volcanoes ... against each other and generate enough friction and heat to create magma from melted rock. This magma surges through the surface of the ...

A volcano is an opening in the Earth's crust that allows magma, hot ash and gases to escape. Composite volcanoes are the most common type of volcano. They can have violent eruptions and can grow ...

When the plate sinks into the mantle it melts to form magma. The pressure of the magma builds up beneath the Earth's surface. The magma escapes through weaknesses in the rock and rises up through ...