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Spectacular deformation (folding) within the Grey’s Landing Ignimbrite. Photo credit: Dr Tom Knott, lead author

Discovery of Ancient Super-eruptions Suggests the Yellowstone Hotspot May Be Waning

Explosive super-eruptions (those involving more than 450 km3 of magma) are among the most extreme events to affect the Earth’s surface. Thankfully, humans have not experienced such an event in recorded history (the last massive volcanic explosion was 26,500 years ago). The only clues to help us better understand super-eruptions and their impacts are therefore […]

Spectacular deformation (folding) within the Grey’s Landing Ignimbrite. This is termed “Rheomorphism” and is a result of the intense temperature of the super-eruption and the pyroclastic density currents that engulf the landscape. As each high-temperature ash particle welds to the land surface (and each other) the growing deposit continues to creep and flow as a searing hot viscous glass. It is for this reason that many Yellowstone hotspot super-eruption deposits are described as “lava-like” despite being deposited from currents of hot gas and ash.. Photo credit: Dr Tom Knott, Lead author

Inauguration Centre for Artificial Intelligence, Data Analysis and Modelling (AIDAM)

The highly-anticipated opening of the University’s new Centre for Artificial Intelligence, Data Analysis and Modelling – known as AIDAM – will be taking place at 3pm on 24 June 2020.