A giant Pompeii-scale eruption buried an ancient Andes landscape and preserved it for 22 million years
📍 Aftermath
The coverage reported that a gigantic volcanic eruption about 22 million years ago buried an entire Andean landscape in northern Chile, preserving a “Pompeii‑scale” snapshot of the mountains’ formation. Researchers highlighted that the flat volcanic sheet provides a new constraint on the uplift rate of that segment of the Andes.
Epilogue added 37d ago, after coverage quieted.
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