The Fluid Earth: Volcanic eruptions and lava flows, as exemplified in Iceland – Professor Herbert E. Huppert

Speaker: Professor Herbert E. Huppert FRS, Institute of Theoretical Geophysics, Cambridge

Synopsis: Gigantic volcanic eruptions, either into the atmosphere or under the oceans, can claim many human and animal lives, do enormous and very costly damage, as well as often supplying wonderful sights. I will outline some of the background, describe the initiation of tsunamis and discuss how some scientists believe that eruptions at deep-sea vents, zillions of years ago, resulted in the initiation of life.

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