Earth scientists have discovered how continents are slowly peeled from beneath, fueling volcanic activity in an unexpected place: the oceans.

Waves in Earth's mantle created by the rifting of continents may peel the planet's crust from below, feeding volcanoes in the middle of the ocean.

Detached continental material travels into oceanic mantle, sustaining eruptions for tens of millions of years, researchers say - Anadolu Ajansı ...

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Once inside the oceanic mantle, bits of continents become part of the magma factory that powers ocean volcanoes.

HONOLULU (KHON2) — Pūhāhonu means “turtle rising for breath” in Hawaiian. It’s also considered the largest and hottest oceanic shield volcano on Earth. A shield volcano is formed of fluid lava flows. ...

The cracking, bulging and shaking from the eruption of a mile-high volcano where two tectonic plates separate has been captured in more detail than ever before. A University of Washington study ...

Researchers discovered that continents don’t just split at the surface—they also peel from below, feeding volcanic activity in the oceans. Simulations reveal that slow mantle waves strip continental ...

W.G. Muller, 1978 (Barrier Reef Cruises, Queensland, Australia; courtesy of D. Tuni)/Smithsonian Institution - Global Volcanism Program Underwater volcano erupting Stranger things have happened, for ...