Eruptions come in a range of magnitudes. Numerical simulations and laboratory experiments show that rare, giant super-eruptions and smaller, more frequent events reflect a transition in the essential driving forces for volcanism.
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Jellinek, M. Volcanic bipolar disorder explained. Nature Geosci 7, 84–85 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo2067
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