BLACKSBURG, Va., Sept. 18 -- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University issued the following news release:
In 2024, D. Sarah Stamps' team detected and tracked a short-lived bulge in the land around a volcano in Tanzania. In a paper published Sep. 18, Stamps identified the cause of the uplift: a million cubic meters of magma pouring into an existing magma reservoir about 1.8 miles underground.
Stamps said the amount of magma is modest and not a cause for concern. But the finding demonstrates the effectiveness of Virginia Tech's early-stage alert system for volcanic activity.
Stamps explained the research, which was published in Frontiers in Earth Science in September 2026.
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