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Two Giant Geological Blobs Lurk Under Africa And The Pacific, Still Defying Explanation
Some 2,896 kilometers (1,800 miles) below the planet's crust, about halfway to the center of the Earth, two giant blobs can ...
'Near India': Earth swallowed our 6th ocean, leaving a giant gravity anomaly spanning 3.1 million sq. km
Earth's deepest gravitational anomaly, known as the 'gravity hole,' lies 1,200 km southwest of India in the Indian Ocean.
'A lost ocean in India': Indian Ocean’s 1948 anomaly holds clues to Earth’s ancient past
The Indian Ocean’s gravity anomaly, a 1.2-million-square-mile 'gravity hole,' holds clues to Earth's ancient tectonic shifts, ...
Indian Ocean gravity hole: How an ancient ocean carved a gravitational dent
A vast 'gravity hole' in the Indian Ocean, where sea levels dip significantly due to weaker gravity, has finally been ...
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Moving ‘hotspot’ created world’s longest straight underwater mountain belt
New Curtin University research has revealed that the Ninetyeast Ridge ­— the Earth’s longest straight underwater mountain ...