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New Basalt Rock Formed After Volcanic Eruption Beneath the Pacific Ocean – Science Times

A team of international researchers discovered a new type of basalt rock after a volcanic eruption that occurred beneath the Pacific Ocean.

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An international team of researchers led by the University of Leeds discovered a new type of basalt rock created during large and exceptionally volcanic eruptions beneath the Pacific Ocean.
The rock was a previously unknown basalt rock that was unearthed after drilling through the Pacific ocean floor, Phys.org reported.
Dr. Ivan Savov, the co-author of the study from Leeds’ Institute of Geophysics and Tectonics, said that their findings suggest that ocean floor eruptions in Earth’s mantle were hotter…

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