Recent large basaltic eruptions began after only minor surface uplift and seismicity, and resulted in caldera subsidence. In contrast, some eruptions at Galápagos Island volcanoes are preceded by prolonged, large amplitude uplift and elevated seismicity. These systems also display long-term intra-caldera uplift, or resurgence.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA new nonrotating multiple biopsy device has been developed to allow the rapid, simultaneous and contiguous sampling of cardiac muscle in the large mammalian heart. Each cutter obtains 40 adjacent transmural left ventricular biopsy samples, each of 4 mm section. The epicardial 1.
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