The first study on the Moon samples brought back by the Chinese Chang'e-6 mission show that the Moon's far side was just as molten as the near one eons ago.

A stunning claim, but certainly Charles Lyell's Principles of Geology, published in 1830 ... Darwin reckoned that volcanoes were connected by magma underground, and that pressure not released ...

To time how fast a sprinter runs, you just need a stopwatch. To time how fast magma moves, you need to know a little bit ...

“How to find the appropriate method to decode the formation of arc magma? This is one important problem in solid Earth science.” Said Yi-Xiang Chen, the leading author of the paper, who is a ...

As the magma cooled it forced the existing sea-floor away from the Rift on either side. This theory accounted for and united several separate puzzles in marine geology: the youth of the ocean ...

The Artstor website will be retired on Aug 1st. The Journal of Geology Vol. 34, No. 8, Nov./Dec., 1926 The Existence of a Once Homogeneous Magm... The Existence of a Once Homogeneous Magma-Mass ...

Left: 3D visualization from the magnetotelluric scan of Erebus interior (red is most conductive and magma rich); Right: schematic depiction of magmatic processes. Upward flow from a deep crustal ...

These famous natural landmarks result from the park’s unique geology: It sits atop an active ... not anytime soon—because the magma lurking beneath its surface is split across a web of ...

During their research, scientists confirmed the presence of the KREEP layer in the far side samples, suggesting that the magma ocean once spanned the entire moon. However, distinct evolutionary paths ...

Along with the cooling magma thrown up by the eruptions ... professor emeritus of volcanic geology at the University of Tokyo, who was aboard an Asahi Shimbun plane that flew over the islet ...