Igneous rock (derived from the Latin word ignis meaning fire), or magmatic rock, is one of the three main rock types, the others being sedimentary and metamorphic. Igneous rock is formed through the ...

Magmatic fluids and melts may lie beneath dormant German volcanoes by Sarah Stanley, Eos Geological map of the study area including the seismic lines BELCORP/DEKORP87 1A and 1B (black lines).

Central Europe is typically not on most people's radar when it comes to assessing volcanic risk. However, as recently as 11,000 years ago, volcanoes erupted in the Eifel Mountains of western Germany.