The study was published in Nature Geoscience on June 10. Using computer simulations, the researchers analyzed the spatiotemporal behavior of deep-rooted mantle plumes and their role in generating ...

BEIJING, 15 June (BelTA - Xinhua) - Using a self-developed model, Chinese scientists have uncovered the origin of global seamounts and recreated the subduction history of the last 270 million years.

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 ...