Most volcanoes erupt both effusively and explosively, with explosive behaviour being responsible for most human fatalities. Eruption style is thought to be strongly controlled by fast conduit ...
It is generally assumed that volatile-rich magmas erupt predominantly effusively at water depths of several hundred meters, as the high hydrostatic pressure suppresses explosive activity. This view is ...
Local well water in areas where fracking is used to extract natural gas contain so much methane that they technically should be regulated as an explosive hazard.