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magma gravity well Indian Ocean (www.cnn.com)
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the scale of this reminds me how tenuous our existence remains. alt source: https://boingboing.net/2023/07/24/theres-a-gravity-hole-in-the-indian-ocean-and-scientists-found-the-cause.html

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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I read into this a little more. there are theories about chicxulub meteor causing an antipodal eruption in that vicinity. Much uncertainty about plate tectonics for further study. https://news.berkeley.edu/2015/04/30/did-dinosaur-killing-asteroid-trigger-largest-lava-flows-on-earth/

[โ€“] uniqueid198x 3 points 2 years ago

I've been reading that the k-Pg is found in the Deccan traps, suggesting that the eruptions had already been going on at the time of the chicxulub impact. So, no consensus on a relationship there. But the geoid low being related is an interesting suggestion!