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North Atlantic's volcanic secrets: It's about being thin
Iceland is one of the most active volcanic regions in the world, but its seismic nature is part of a much broader geological ...
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Ancient mantle plume created a 60-million-year volcanic trail from Iceland to Ireland
Scientists have traced a 60-million-year volcanic trail from Iceland to Ireland to a deep mantle plume that shaped the North ...
Africa is tearing in HALF: Scientists detect deep Earth pulses beneath Ethiopia - in ominous sign that the entire continent could rupture
The Afar region is a rare place on Earth where three tectonic rifts meet - the Main Ethiopian Rift, the Red Sea Rift, and the ...
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Volcanoes: limits to the growth
The highest volcano in the world is Cerro Ojos del Salado. It is a stratovolcano in South America’s Central Volcanic Zone, reaching an impressive 6893 meters above sea level (or at least above ...