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Brown University: Research Shows Why There's 'Sweet Spot' Depth for Underground Magma Chambers
August 20, 2019
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Aug. 20 [TNSscienceresearch] -- Brown University issued the following news release:

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- Computer models show why eruptive magma chambers tend to reside between six and 10 kilometers underground.

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A new study reveals why the magma chambers that feed recurrent and often explosive volcanic eruptions tend to reside in a very narrow depth range within the Earth's crust. The findings, published in Nature Geosci . . .

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