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Evidence of massive simultaneous supervolcano eruption in NZ mongabay.com December 24, 2006 Eruptions of supervolcanoes capable of causing planetary climate disruptions and mass extinctions can be worse than previously thought according researchers from Auckland University in New Zealand. Darren Gravley, a geologist at Auckland University, and colleagues published an account of one of the largest supervolcano eruptions on record, at Taupo, New Zealand some 250,000 years ago. They found that the eruption was twice as large as previously believed, ejecting massive amounts of sulphur dioxide and ash into the atmosphere and creating a giant crater known as a caldera.
The research is published in the Bulletin of the Geological Society of America. More information: Scientists show NZ eruption was double trouble This article uses information from an article written by Kent Atkinson of NZPA. Recommend this article? Comments? >Digg this article | >Hugg this article | Contact News options
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