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We've all heard of the sunken city of Atlantis, but are you aware of the 'Lost City'? This particular underwater landscape is ...
Around 10,000 years ago, as the last Ice Age drew to a close, the drifting of the continent of North America, and spreading ...
At the end of the last Ice Age, around 10,000 years ago, the melting of massive glaciers may have done more than just raise ...
Mid-ocean ridge basalts (MORBs), located far from subduction zones, are typically thought to be unaffected by subduction ...
New research suggests melting ice sheets are warming global temperatures which may speed up continental drift, creating ...
Learn how a computer simulation demonstrates that tectonic activity may be less slow and steady than previously thought.
Around 10,000 years ago as the last Ice Age drew to a close, the drifting of the continent of North America, and spreading in ...
Tharp’s map provided some of the necessary missing evidence. If the ocean floor was spreading apart at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge ...
Graphic showing the Mid-Atlantic Ocean Ridge (red line) and how melting ice from Greenland caused changes in the motion of Earth's crust (purple arrows). Around 10,000 years ago as the last Ice ...