The Daily Galaxy on MSN1d
Earth’s Longest Volcanic Ridge Is on the Move—and Scientists Didn’t See It Coming
A massive volcanic ridge beneath the Indian Ocean has just delivered a major surprise to geologists. According to a new study ...
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Earth’s Longest Volcanic Ridge May Be an Underwater Moving Hotspot
Scientists uncover surprising evidence that the Kerguelen hotspot, responsible for the 5,000-kilometer-long Ninetyeast Ridge, ...
EurekAlert!5d
High-precision full waveform inversion imaging and its applications
Full Waveform Inversion (FWI) is capable of finely characterizing the velocity structure, anisotropy, viscoelasticity, and attenuation properties of subsurface media, which provides critical ...
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Global tomography
Seismic tomography is a powerful tool to investigate the dynamic of the Earth's interior. In the last 10 years, the resolution of whole mantle seismic models has improved (Ritsema et al., 2011; Moulik ...
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Scientists have discovered two giant mystery structures lurking under Africa
We can’t tell what this material is based on seismic tomography data alone, but some scientists like to believe that they are ...
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Advanced seismic imaging deciphers mantle dynamics beneath Tonga subduction zone
(a) Tectonic setting background in the Tonga-Lau-Fiji region. (b) Schematic diagram of the upper mantle structure beneath the Tonga-Lau-Fiji region. A landmark study published in Geoscience—a ...