What is the collective noun for a group of volcano scientists? While some tongue-in-cheek responses might be “an eruption of ...

That eruption created Iceland's biggest basalt lava flow in more than 230 years but caused no injuries or damage. Iceland has seen seven volcanic eruptions in a year near the southwestern fishing ...

The most common type of lava flow is basaltic, making up around 90 percent of all lava flows on the planet. In these flows, the lava erupts at temperatures of around 1,100 to 1,250°C (2,012 to ...

The last eruption in the region — a lava flow — was over 70,000 years ago ... the Yellowstone system has also identified a deeper magma body, likely composed of basalt — Earth’s most primitive magma ...

In more recent history, around 400,000 years ago, runny basaltic lava from Newberry Volcano to the south flowed over much of the tuff, leaving only the tall spires exposed above the flow.

low-level lava spattering from the north vent culminated in a small lava flow observed at about 9:15 a.m. at Halema‘uma‘u. At around 9:55 a.m., low-level lava fountaining started with more ...