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Scientists Detect Unusually Buoyant Rock Layer Beneath Bermuda 30 Million Years After Volcanism Ceased
Researchers from the Carnegie Institution of Washington and Yale University mapped a 12-mile-thick subterranean slab beneath Bermuda that is 1.5 percent lighter than surrounding mantle rock. The formation, created between 30 and 35 million years ago, explains why the Bermuda Rise…
New Scientistscience62 days ago
Mantle-derived Gases Found in Zambian Hot Springs
Researchers analysing samples from hot springs and geothermal wells in Zambia's Kafue Rift detected helium and carbon isotope ratios matching those deep beneath the crust. The findings indicate fluids from as far as 190 kilometres below the surface are rising through faults in an…