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Ocean Floor Witnessed Splitting Apart for the First Time — Releasing Lava
Researchers tracked a sudden seafloor rupture that released about 160 million cubic metres of lava and shifted oceanic crust by at least 2 metres.
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Thanks to measuring instruments at a depth of nearly 2,000 metres off Amsterdam Island, a French team was able to follow this phenomenon on 26 April 2024. Geophysicists found that the abyssal floor had been extended in a few days from 2 to 4 metres.
·Paris, France
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Large and small pieces of the Earth's crust are constantly in motion. Geophysicists have now seen live how such plate tectonics works. "Sometimes you get a gift."
·Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
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Ocean floor witnessed splitting apart for the first time — releasing lava
Scientists observed a mid-ocean ridge widen in real time, recording several metres of sea-floor motion and huge lava outflows. Scientists observed a mid-ocean ridge widen in real time, recording several metres of sea-floor motion and huge lava outflows.
·United Kingdom
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