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Doug Toomey Professor of Geophysics
Latest results:
Mantle upwelling, Magmatic Differentiation, and the meaning of axial depth at fast-spreading ridges, Geology, 2008. Go to the Undershoot page
Skew of Mantle upwelling beneath the EPR Governs Segmentation, Nature, 2007. Go to the Undershoot page
Upper mantle structure beneath the Galápagos Archipelago from surface wave tomography, J. Geophys. Res., 2007. go to the Galapagos page
Under the Volcano
Somewhere on Earth, beneath its ocean, a volcano is erupting. As you read this, there are probably several submarine volcanoes spewing forth lava, creating new seafloor and renewing deep-sea hydrothermal vent fields that support unique animal communities. These erupting volcanoes lie along the globe-encircling mid-ocean ridge system, the largest continuous structural feature of our planet. This volcanic activity is not cataclysmic, but is the signature of a living planet, one that is evolving and one that is capable of hosting life.
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