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In summer 2023, researchers deployed a remotely-operated underwater vehicle calledSuBastianto investigate hydrothermal vents on the southeastern Pacific Ocean floor. But when SuBastian flipped over a small section of ocean crust, the team discovered something ...
according to new research published Wednesday in the journalNature. Though moons with global oceans have been sighted in the solar system before, the idea that water could be lurking under Mimas’ crust was unexpected.
Scientists have discovered clams, mussels, crabs, and even giant worms living in and around these hydrothermal vents. The warm temperatures generated by the vents and the bacteria that exists in these extreme environments provide food and a unique habitat where deep-sea life can thrive. Deep sea...
And this doesn’t seem to be a fluke occurrence. Teams around the globe have found underwater rivers in the Black Sea and off the coasts of Australia and Portugal. A team led by Dr. Dan Parson from the University of Leeds discovered the river at the bottom of the Black Sea. Meanwhile...
Mid-ocean ridges (MORs) are quintessential sites of tectonic extension1,2,3,4, at which divergence between lithospheric plates shapes abyssal hills that cover about two-thirds of the Earth’s surface5,6. Here we show that tectonic extension at the ridge axis can be partially undone by tectoni...
Tharp discovered a notch in the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, a rift valley, which meant the Earth’s crust was splitting along those cracks. The discovery, along with ensuing research tracing the location of the rift with a combined use of sounding data and earthquake epicenter locations, showed the mi...
L., Leyden, R., Ewing, M., Newly discovered diapirs in Gulf of Mexico. [Auch: Contr. Lamont geol. Obs. No. 1216.]—Bull. Amer. Assoc. Petrol. Geol. 52, 1968. No. 7, S. 1204–1228: Bryant, W. R., Antoine, J., Ewing, M., Structure of Mexican continental shelf and slope...
The Chaijialing dacites formed by a partial melting of thickened lower crust. Combined with previous research results, we can conclude that the Eastern PAO closed by a scissor-like movement from west to east during the Late Permian–Middle Triassic. Keywords: Central Asian Orogenic Belt; Paleo-...
The Icelander is said to have been the first man from Europe to cross the Atlantic Ocean and step onto North American land. He named the eastern coast of Canada 'Vinland', which is believed to be what is now Newfoundland. Erik the Red discovered Greenland. ...