Dec 19, 2017 04:26 AM
https://www.sciencealert.com/mysterious-...ew-england
https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/gsa/geo...med-mantle
Apparently there's a blob of hot rock rising in the Earth's mantle below Vermont, New Hampshire and western Massachusetts. It's reminiscent of the hot-spots below Yellowstone and Hawaii. But since there's no visible sign of volcanism in New England and given the small lateral size of the new hotspot, they believe that it's a recent development. (In geological terms. It might have been slowly brewing for millions of years.)
It may well eventually result in volcanoes, but that might be millions of years off.
https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/gsa/geo...med-mantle
Apparently there's a blob of hot rock rising in the Earth's mantle below Vermont, New Hampshire and western Massachusetts. It's reminiscent of the hot-spots below Yellowstone and Hawaii. But since there's no visible sign of volcanism in New England and given the small lateral size of the new hotspot, they believe that it's a recent development. (In geological terms. It might have been slowly brewing for millions of years.)
It may well eventually result in volcanoes, but that might be millions of years off.