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 * ... that analogue modelling in geology uses material such as honey, gelatin, sand or clay to simulate crust and mantle?
 * ... that Lvinaya Past was the site of the largest Holocene volcanic eruption in the Southern Kurils?
 * ... that rocks from the Lesser Himalayan Strata show that the northern part of the Indian plate submerged in the late Cretaceous period?
 * ... that the Ciomadul volcano in Romania last erupted less than 50,000 years ago and is still potentially active?
 * ... that Koh-i-Sultan volcano in Pakistan last erupted approximately 90,000 years ago and still displays fumarolic activity?
 * ... that a megaflood from ancient Lake Atna 17,000 years ago may have contributed to the devastation caused by the 1964 Alaska earthquake?