
Chemistry
The Floor Is (Usually) Not Lava
We tend to imagine that below the crust, Earth is a seething pool of molten rock—but it’s not
Volcanologist Arianna Soldati received her Ph.D. in geology from the University of Missouri - Columbia. In her research, she uses a combination of field and laboratory techniques to answer questions about the way lava flows advance.
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