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Wanna know how old a volcanic rock is? Nuke it! Well, sort of... This week's #Yellowstone #CalderaChronicles explains the details of argon dating.
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Resharing this week's #Yellowstone #CalderaChronicles , which might have been overlooked in the excitement of this week's Kīlauea eruption.
All about McDermitt Caldera -- the first in the line of calderas that stretches from northern NV / southern OR, across ID, to Yellowstone!
New satellite radar interferogram shows deformation that accompanied the June 3 Kīlauea eruption!
Data provided by Agenzia Spaziale ITA and indicate extension across the SW rift zone due to dike emplacement that fed the June 3 eruption.
More information at ow.ly/mGkW50Schsu.
Today marks the 112th anniversary of the 1912 Novarupta and Katmai eruption in #Alaska . This was the largest eruption anywhere in the world during the 20th century!
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