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Volcano lurking under Pacific’s surface has an explosive past

A distinctive rock layer on two Japanese islands is traced to an underwater volcano’s violent eruption some 13,500 years ago.
A solid lava block collected from the summit of a newly-discovered underwater volcano Oomurodashi

Samples of solid lava from the summit of the underwater volcano Oomurodashi helped scientists to determine that it erupted 7,000–10,000 years ago. Credit: JAMSTEC

An underwater volcano near Tokyo Bay has erupted twice within the past 14,000 years, with ash from the earlier blast raining down on nearby islands1.

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Nature 607, 424 (2022)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-022-01908-4

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  1. McIntosh, I. M., Tani, K., Nichols, A. R. L., Chang, Q. & Kimura, J.-I. Geology https://doi.org/10.1130/G50148.1 (2022).

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