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Seafloor erosion now occurring like coastal land loss

Scientists have found that the seafloor from the Mississippi River Delta to the Gulf of Mexico is eroding just like the land loss that’s occurring on the Louisiana coast. Geology News — ScienceDaily

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Trendy volcanism tied to occasions occurring quickly after Earth’s start

Plumes of sizzling magma from the volcanic hotspot that fashioned Réunion Island within the Indian Ocean rise from an unusually primitive supply deep beneath the Earth’s floor. The mantle differentiation occasion preserved in these hotspot plumes can each train scientists … Continue reading

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North Texas earthquakes occurring on ‘dead’ faults, seismology research shows

Recent earthquakes in Texas’ Fort Worth Basin – in the community of Venus and the Dallas suburb of Irving – occurred on faults not active for at least 300 million years, according to research. The research supports the assertion that … Continue reading

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