The largest volcanic eruption in earth'S history

• Autores: Sean O'Neill
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 3030, 2015, pág. 33
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The Volcanic Explosivity Index gives one an idea of what's in store: the eruption one wants to see has the maximum ranking of 8, which is described as apocalyptic. This score is given to any event that ejects more than 1000 cubic kilometers of rock, as the supervolcano Toba did in Indonesia 74,000 years ago, much to fledgling humanity's inconvenience. Here, O'Neill features Gondwana.