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Magma ‘conveyor belt’ fuelled world’s longest erupting supervolcanoes – Science Daily
Geologists have found that a volcanic province in the Indian Ocean was the world’s most continuously active — erupting for 30 million years — fueled by a constantly…
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 for 30 million years — fuelled 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 PhD candidate from…
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