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Analogue model of extension tectonics
... that
analogue modelling in geology
uses material such as honey, gelatin, sand or clay to simulate
crust
and
mantle
?
... that
Lvinaya Past
was the site of the largest
Holocene
volcanic eruption in the Southern
Kurils
?
... that rocks from the
Lesser Himalayan Strata
show that the northern part of the Indian plate submerged in the late
Cretaceous
period?
... that the
Ciomadul
volcano in
Romania
last erupted less than 50,000 years ago and is still potentially active?
... that
Koh-i-Sultan
volcano in Pakistan last erupted approximately 90,000 years ago and still displays
fumarolic
activity?
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... that a
megaflood
from ancient
Lake Atna
17,000 years ago may have contributed to the devastation caused by the
1964 Alaska earthquake
?
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