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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Science
Stuti Mishra

Vast magma reservoir found beneath Tuscany comparable in volume with Yellowstone

Scientists have discovered a reservoir containing approximately 6,000 cubic kilometres of magma buried deep beneath Tuscany – a volume comparable to the magma systems beneath some of the world's most powerful supervolcanoes.

The volume of magma is so large, it compares with that of Yellowstone in the United States and Lake Taupo in New Zealand.

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