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What Really Fuels Iceland’s Spectacular Volcanic Eruptions?


New findings suggest that the 2021 eruption on Iceland's Reykjanes Peninsula involved magma formed from the crust rather than directly from the mantle, overturning previous assumptions. Geochemical analyses indicate a crustal source for the lava, with similar magma behaviors observed in other recent

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