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Deep Earth pulses beneath Africa are tearing the continent apart
The vertical movement of the mantle is one of the driving forces that brings about large-scale geological changes to the ...
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Fresh lava from Earth's mantle found bursting onto the surface where a new ocean is forming
Scientists found a rhythmic mantle plume beneath Ethiopia is slowly tearing Africa apart - hinting at the birth of a new ...
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A continent in the making: How lava bursts from Earth’s mantle are creating a new ocean in Africa
In the Afar Depression of East Africa, a remarkable geological transformation is unfolding, with scientists revealing that ...
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Mysterious seismic wave speed-up deep within Earth’s mantle explained at last
A phase change in post-perovskite materials at the so-called D” discontinuity is also evidence for long-predicted slow, convective flows in the mantle itself ...
Lava bursts from Earth's mantle are creating a new ocean in Africa
In East Africa's Afar Depression, scientists have discovered that fresh lava from deep within the Earth's mantle is driving ...
Scientists detect deep Earth pulses beneath Africa
Research led by Earth scientists at the University of Southampton has uncovered evidence of rhythmic surges of molten mantle ...
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'Pulsing, like a heartbeat': Rhythmic mantle plume rising beneath Ethiopia is creating a new ocean
Scientists have detected rhythmic pulses of molten rock rising beneath eastern Africa, threatening to pull the continent ...
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A giant pulse beneath Africa could split the continent — and form an ocean
Beneath the Afar region in Ethiopia, scientists have discovered pulsing waves of molten rock rising from deep within the Earth — a geological heartbeat that could eventually split Africa in two. These ...
Scientists Just Found Earth’s Pulse – And It’s Tearing a Continent Apart
Researchers mapped a pulsing mantle plume under Afar that channels molten rock upward, stretching Africa’s crust until it ...
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Africa’s Continental Split May Hold Clues To What’s Happening Deep Inside Earth
Scientists found that the speed at which continents split apart directly influences how molten rock flows deep beneath ...
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Earth's mantle chemistry has remained stable for billions of years, according to scientists
They reveal that the chemical composition of the deep mantle has remained almost intact since the Earth's formation 4.5 ...
Something is ‘pulsing’ beneath the Earth, scientists say – and it could tear a continent apart
Scientists have detected deep pulses in the Earth beneath Africa – and it could tear the continent apart. The pulses are made ...