Category Archives: volcanoes

Volcanoes triggering volcanoes?

There’s lots of volcanic action in the Aleutians arc at the moment, with three volcanoes: Okmok. Cleveland, and Kastochi, all erupting at various points in the last month or so. The Volcanism Blog and the Eruptions blog have both been … Continue reading

Categories: geology, volcanoes

Volcanoes: our noble allies in the battle against export productivity

Finally, a blogospheric spat that actually matters. Craig McClain over at Deep Sea News has accused volcanoes of being the implacable enemies of marine life, based on new research linking them to some bouts of extreme ocean anoxia (where the … Continue reading

Categories: climate science, environment, geology, tectonics, volcanoes

Active, dormant, and extinct volcanoes

How do you know your if friendly neighbourhood volcano is dead, or merely dozing?
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Categories: basics, geohazards, geology, volcanoes

Peperite: a basaltic sneeze into wet sediments

The outcrop that I gave you to ponder on Friday is pretty strange, but I can assure you that this isn’t a wall: Most of you correctly guessed that the dark fragments are composed of a mafic (basalt-esque) igneous rock, … Continue reading

Categories: geology, geopuzzling, volcanoes

Mysterious magma mingling

I was particularly interested to hear everyone’s ideas about last Friday’s mystery outcrop, as I’m not entirely sure myself about precisely what’s going on. Here’s what I observed at the time: This locality is in the Johannesburg Dome – a … Continue reading

Categories: geology, geopuzzling, volcanoes