Eifel Volcanic Field II

Recently Nathan took you on a comfortable journey into the Eifel volcanic field. But what is the origin of this intraplate volcanism and where will the journey go? About 400 million years ago during the Devonian, the Age of Fish, when only plants and insects roamed the land, Laurussia and Gondwana converged into the supercontinent…

Eifel Volcanic Field I

Few volcanic areas in the world are as easily accessible and in such a friendly environment as the Eifel Volcanic Field. Volcanophiles generally know of the existence of this volcanic field and that it lies somewhere in western Germany. Most ordinary people however have no idea that an active volcanic field with some 200+ volcanoes…