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Big shocks push volcanoes over the edge

Some of Earth’s mightiest earthquakes have triggered volcanic explosions.

 

References:

Linde, A.T., and I.S. Sacks. 1998. Triggering of volcanic eruptions. Nature 395(Oct. 29):888.

 

Sources:

Alan T. Linde
Carnegie Institution of Washington
Department of Terrestrial Magnetism
5451 Broad Branch Road, N.W.
Washington, DC 20015

From Science News, Vol. 154, No. 18, October 31, 1998, p. 279.
Copyright Ó 1998 by Science Service.

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