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Deep Earth model traces 270 million years of seamount formation across oceans

Over 40,000 seamounts—undersea mountains that don't breach the ocean's surface—are scattered across the ocean floor. Some form linear chains, while others occur as dispersed, isolated features that are not part of well-defined volcanic chains.

Deep Earth model traces 270 million years of seamount formation across oceans
Image: Phys.org
Over 40,000 seamounts—undersea mountains that don't breach the ocean's surface—are scattered across the ocean floor. Some form linear chains, while others occur as dispersed, isolated features that are not part of well-defined volcanic chains.

Originally published at Phys.org

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