The study area lies far from any coastline. Deep beneath the waters of the North Pacific, between Japan and North America, rises a vast volcanic plateau known as Hess Rise. Extending for more than ...

A team of geologists led by the University of Maryland and the University of Hawaiʻi finally connected one of the largest volcanic eruptions in Earth’s history with its source deep beneath the Pacific ...

The volcanic episode that formed Ontong Java Nui (OJN) in the western Pacific ~ 120 million-year-ago is thought to have triggered Oceanic Anoxic Event (OAE) 1a, yet the cause-effect relationship ...

Much of Yellowstone National Park lies on the Yellowstone Plateau, a high tableland formed from thick layers of volcanic rock. The plateau itself belongs to the Yellowstone Plateau volcanic field, a ...

Learn about how volcanoes are formed and the ways they erupt Chiara Maria Petrone, Roberto Scandone, and Alex Whittaker On February 20, 1943, Dionisio Pulido and his family were working in their ...