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SUBMITTER: Hunt JE
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5727060 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nature communications 20171212 1
Volcanic island inception applies large stresses as the ocean crust domes in response to magma ascension and is loaded by eruption of lavas. There is currently limited information on when volcanic islands are initiated on the seafloor, and no information regarding the seafloor instabilities island inception may cause. The deep sea Madeira Abyssal Plain contains a 43 million year history of turbidites among which many originate from mass movements in the Canary Islands. Here, we investigate the c ...[more]