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A stunning map of the Atlantic Ocean seafloor — and one woman’s pioneering quest to publish it
If the ocean floor was spreading apart at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, it could explain how the ... the U.S. government didn’t ...
Earth.com4d
Melting ice can speed up continental drift and fuel volcanic eruptions
New research suggests melting ice sheets are warming global temperatures which may speed up continental drift, creating ...
Discover Magazine on MSN5d
Global Thaw 10,000 Years Ago May Have Fueled Volcanoes and Sped Up Continental Drift
Learn how a computer simulation demonstrates that tectonic activity may be less slow and steady than previously thought.
Nature1mon
Discontinuities in the History of Sea-floor Spreading
Hess, H. H., Petrologic Studies: A Volume in Honor of A. F. Buddington, 599 (Geological Soc. of America, New York, 1962); Submarine Geology and Geophysics, 317 ...
Knowridge Science Report5d
Melting Ice Age may have supercharged Earth’s movements and volcanoes
At the end of the last Ice Age, around 10,000 years ago, the melting of massive glaciers may have done more than just raise ...
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Melting glaciers at the end of the Ice Age may have sped up continental drift, fueled volcanic eruptions
Graphic showing the Mid-Atlantic Ocean Ridge (red line ... long time—that processes like seafloor spreading and continental drift operate at timescales of millions of years driven by Earth ...
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Ice Age Glaciers Sped Drift, Fueled Eruptions
Around 10,000 years ago as the last Ice Age drew to a close, the drifting of the continent of North America, and spreading in ...
Melting glaciers at the end of the Ice Age may have sped up continental drift, fueled volcanic eruptions
Around 10,000 years ago, as the last Ice Age drew to a close, the drifting of the continent of North America, and spreading ...