The phrase “hidden supervolcano” sounds a bit like an oxymoron, doesn’t it? Supervolcanoes are notoriously conspicuous, what with their enormous size and penchant for spewing massive amounts of lava, ash, and rock into the sky. This one, however, has quietly been buried off the east coast of England for millennia.
Its discovery, detailed in a recent study published by the GSA Bulletin, answers a question that has puzzled geologists for decades. The authors believe that some 454 million years ago, this long-extinct supervolcano produced one of the largest eruptions known to scientists, creating the Kinnekulle tephra. The origin of this…
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