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The Ontong Java Plateau, formed by such a hotspot, exemplifies the massive impact of these phenomena. Its size testifies to the intensity of eruptions that shaped our planet. The underwater mountains ...
For years, scientists wondered whether the southern Pacific Ocean’s Louisville hotspot—an area where hot and chemically distinct material from deep inside the Earth rises to the surface to create ...
Researchers have now linked volcanic activity at the Louisville hotspot to the formation of a line of underwater mountains known as the Louisville Ridge, as well as a 120-million-year-old seafloor ...
Resolving a longstanding mystery The Ontong Java Plateau, a vast underwater volcanic platform north of the Solomon Islands, is one of the planet’s largest volcanic features. For decades, geologists ...
But one feature, the massive Ontong Java Plateau in the mid-Pacific Ocean, stood out as a mystery. At about 120 million years old and larger than Alaska, this seafloor plateau is the most ...
The Ontong Java Plateau, located north of the Solomon Islands, is a massive submerged volcanic platform. It’s about 120 million years old and has puzzled researchers due to its size and unclear ...
To test their volcanic hypothesis, the team simulated Large Igneous Province eruptions based on the Ontong Java Plateau—Earth’s largest known volcanic event—assuming 400,000-year eruption ...