Massive Submarine Volcanic Plateau Has Been Lurking on the Pacific Ocean Floor

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Massive Submarine 'Superstructure' Has Been Lurking on the

Pacific Ocean Floor; Scientists Explore Its Formation and Growth.

Margaret Davis, LiveScience, Jan 11, 2024

 

Experts stunned by massive underwater structure expanding

since Jurassic era. By Vikrant Singh, WION (India), January 11, 2024

 

The paywalled paper is:

 

Konrad, K., Balbas, A., Finlayson, V.A., Jackson, M.G., Konter,

J.G., Koppers, A.A., Price, A.A. and Steinberger, B., 2024.

Four distinct pulses of volcanism built the Melanesian Border

Plateau: Implications for oceanic mid-plate superstructure

formation. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 626, no.118549.

 

Yours,

 

Paul H.