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List of flood basalt provinces (Earth sciences 🌍)

Representative continental flood basalts and oceanic plateaus, together forming a listing of large igneous provinc...

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List of flood basalt provinces - Wikipedia

Matt WillemsenFeb 11, 2024
The Tectonic Plate Under The Pacific Ocean Is Being Torn Apart, Scientists Reveal
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The Tectonic Plate Under The Pacific Ocean Is Being Torn Apart, Scientists Reveal

While it's the reigning theory now, the road to acceptance was long and bumpy for plate tectonics, which describes how large portions of Earth's crust slide, grind, rise and sink ever so slowly across its sludgy mantle.

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