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Expedition to undersea mountain yields new information about sub-seafloor structure

Scientists recently concluded an expedition aboard the research vessel JOIDES Resolution to learn more about Atlantis Massif, an undersea mountain, or seamount, that formed in a very different way than the ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Mar 22, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Indian Ocean cocktail party leaves trail of party hats behind

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have unexpectedly found traces of the supercontinent Gondwana in the Indian Ocean - in the process solving a mystery behind a large group of ocean 'mountains' known as seamounts, ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Nov 29, 2011 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Marine scientists unveil the mystery of life on undersea mountains

They challenge the mountain ranges of the Alps, the Andes and the Himalayas in size yet surprisingly little is known about seamounts, the vast mountains hidden under the world's oceans. Now in a special issue ...

Biology / Ecology

created Sep 20, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Geoscientists back from expedition to Labrador Sea

Scientists from the Alfred Wegener Institute have researched the geology of the seabed in the Labrador Sea on board of the research vessel Maria S. Merian. They have studied the so-called Eirik Drift at the ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jul 22, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Simulations, ancient magnetism suggest mantle plumes may bend deep beneath Earth's crust

Computer simulations, paleomagnetism and plate motion histories described in today's issue of Science reveal how hotspots, centers of erupting magma that sit atop columns of hot mantle that were once though ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Apr 02, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (12) | comments 0