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The Atlantic ocean is getting wider-Here’s why – About Manchester – About Manchester
An upsurge of matter from deep beneath the Earth’s crust could be pushing the continents of North and South America further apart from Europe and Africa, new research…
Now a team of seismologists, led by the University of Southampton, have found evidence of an upwelling in the mantle the material between the Earths crust and its core from depths of more than 600 kilometres beneath the Mid Atlantic ridge, which could be pushing the plates from below, causing the continents to move further apart. Upwellings beneath ridges are typically thought to originate from much shallower depths of around 60 km.
The findings, published in the journal Nature provide a greater…
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