Icelandic Volcanoes Help Researchers Understand Potential Effects Of Eruptions

Thursday, July 17, 2008 - 14:28 in Earth & Climate

For the first time, researchers have taken a detailed look at what lies beneath all of Iceland's volcanoes -- and found a world far more complex than they ever imagined. They mapped an elaborate maze of magma chambers -- work that could one day help scientists better understand how earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur in Iceland and elsewhere in the world.

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