Mount Toba: References & Edit History

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Modified link of Web site: PNAS - Growth and thermal maturation of the Toba magma reservoir. Aug 14, 2026
Add new Web site: BBC - Humans 'thrived' after historic Mount Toba eruption. Jun 03, 2026
Add new Web site: PBS - NOVA - Mystery of the Megavolcano - Why Toba Matters. Jan 23, 2026
Add new Web site: Frontiers - Frontiers in Earth Science - Resurgent Toba—field, chronologic, and model constraints on time scales and mechanisms of resurgence at large calderas. Jul 25, 2025
Add new Web site: PNAS - Growth and thermal maturation of the Toba magma reservoir. Dec 13, 2024
Add new Web site: CNN - One of the largest eruptions in Earth’s history could have wiped out humans. Here’s how scientists say some survived. Jul 26, 2024
Add new Web site: Global Volcanism Program - Toba. Jan 25, 2024
Add new Web site: Communications Earth and Environment - The Toba supervolcano eruption caused severe tropical stratospheric ozone depletion. Sep 07, 2023
Map added. Jul 18, 2023
Noted that humans may have retreated to areas rich in food after the Mount Toba supereruption. Nov 26, 2018
Add new Web site: Live Science - Supervolcano Not to Blame for Humanity's Near-Extinction. Nov 28, 2016
Add new Web site: Oregon State University - Volcano World - Toba. Nov 28, 2016
New article added. Oct 08, 2009
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