A Continent-Sized Mystery Beneath the Pacific — and Scientists May Have Finally Solved It
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Extreme heat and pyroxenite may have built Earth's largest oceanic plateau
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Some geological mysteries begin with something scientists can map clearly but cannot explain convincingly. The deeper they investigate, the more the evidence appears to contradict the most familiar theories.
A new modelling study offers a possible way through that contradiction. Its answer combines extreme heat with an unusual ingredient hidden inside Earth’s mantle, changing how researchers may interpret other enormous underwater structures.