Source of Earth's biggest eruptions discovered

Wednesday, July 27, 2011 - 14:30 in Paleontology & Archaeology

A half dozen of the most titanic volcanic eruptions in Earth's history — including one potentially linked with the extinction of the dinosaurs — might all stem from the same ancient reservoir of super-hot rock near the Earth's core, scientists find.

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