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Earth’s Longest Volcanic Ridge May Be an Underwater Moving HotspotThe deep oceans are far from flat. They feature ridges, trenches, seamounts, and valleys, creating a diverse and dramatic ...
This is a 3D view of the top 1,000 kilometers of the earth's mantle beneath the central Pacific showing the relationship between seismically-slow "plumes" and channels imaged in the study.
Had the team found evidence that the mantle plume under Easter Island has been active for 165 million years? To answer that ...
The 3-D illustration shows the so-called mantle plume feeding the super volcano which forced the plates apart. The arrows indicate the different movements. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert!
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