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Earth’s Longest Volcanic Ridge Is on the Move—and Scientists Didn’t See It ComingA massive volcanic ridge beneath the Indian Ocean has just delivered a major surprise to geologists. According to a new study ...
The next layer is the mantle. Many people think of this as lava, but it's actually rock. The rock is so hot, however, that it flows under pressure, like road tar. This creates very slow-moving ...
Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Two continent-sized regions in Earth's deep mantle, known as Large-Low-Velocity-Provinces (LLVPs), have distinct evolutionary histories and chemical compositions ...
Geodynamics refers to the processes by which mantle convection shapes and reshapes the Earth and other rocky planets. Its study includes plate tectonics, volcanism, the chemistry of lava and ...
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