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Geoscientists Find Large Bodies of Magma beneath Dormant Volcanoes


Magma reservoirs beneath volcanoes along the Cascade Range arc vary in depth, size and complexity, but upper-crustal magma bodies are widespread, according to a team of geoscientists from Cornell University and Cascades Volcano Observatory.

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