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Magma ‘conveyor belt’ fuelled world’s longest erupting supervolcanoes – Phys.org
International research led by geologists from Curtin University has found that a volcanic province in the Indian Ocean was the world’s most continuously active—erupting…
International research led by geologists from Curtin University has found that a volcanic province in the Indian Ocean was the world’s most continuously activeerupting for 30 million yearsfuelled by a constantly moving conveyor belt of magma.
It’s believed this magma conveyor belt, created by shifts in the seabed, continuously made space available for the molten rock to flow for millions of years, beginning around 120 million years ago.
Research lead Qiang Jiang, a Ph.D. candidate from Curtin’s…
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