Feb. 9 (UPI) --A trio of surveys carried out by scientists with the Kobe Ocean Bottom Exploration Center in Japan has confirmed the presence of a giant lava dome in the Kikai Caldera, a mostly ...

One of the world’s largest lava domes has been discovered in the Kikai Caldera south of Japan’s main island. (CN) – One of the world’s largest lava domes has been discovered in the Kikai Caldera south ...

The eruption and volcanic material sedimentation processes of giant caldera eruptions are not well understood, making it also difficult to estimate their size. Kobe University researchers used seismic ...

They don’t work like other volcanoes. They’re huge — but thin — patches of the Earth’s crust. When the enormous mass of lava burbling beneath bursts through to the surface, they can change the planet.

A giant undersea caldera near Japan hosts a lava dome made from 8 trillion gallons of molten rock. The dome, which is 6.2 miles (10 kilometers) wide and 1,968 feet (600 meters) tall, is solid rock now ...

THERE’s a supervolcano beneath Japan. Now geologists have discovered it’s beginning to wake from its 7000-year-old slumber. They don’t work like other volcanoes. They’re huge — but thin — patches of ...

Scientists are worried the volcano could erupt for the first time in 7,300 years and could spark a volcanic winter SCIENTISTS fear an underwater supervolcano off the coast of Japan could blow and kill ...

Researchers have confirmed that a giant lava dome was created in the Kikai Caldera, south of Japan's main islands after the caldera-forming supereruption 7,300 years ago. The dome is in the world's ...