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🌍 Discovery: continents disintegrating at their base
The continents we know are not stable entities. According to a study published in Nature Geoscience, their base undergoes ...
Scientists have uncovered a hidden geological process where fragments of continents are slowly stripped from below and swept deep into the oceanic mantle, sparking volcanic activity in unexpected ...
Earth scientists have discovered how continents are slowly peeled from beneath, fueling volcanic activity in an unexpected ...
A new study led by University of Wisconsin Oshkosh geologist Timothy Paulsen and Michigan Tech geologist Chad Deering advances the understanding of the role that continents have played in the chemical ...
Researchers discovered that continents don’t just split at the surface—they also peel from below, feeding volcanic activity in the oceans. Simulations reveal that slow mantle waves strip continental ...
Once inside the oceanic mantle, bits of continents become part of the magma factory that powers ocean volcanoes.
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Oceans are ‘peeling’ continents to feed volcanoes for tens of millions of years
These continental fragments are then swept sideways into the oceanic mantle, sometimes travelling over 1,000 km. Once in the ...
Detached continental material travels into oceanic mantle, sustaining eruptions for tens of millions of years, researchers ...
Earth scientists have discovered how continents are slowly peeled from beneath, fueling volcanic activity in an unexpected ...
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