Hot topic in earth sciences: The mantle plume model and Siberian 'traps'

Wednesday, September 22, 2010 - 15:21 in Astronomy & Space

(PhysOrg.com) -- A Michigan Technological University researcher may have solved a long-standing mystery in earth science studies. In Siberia there exist stepped, large-scale basaltic formations known as `traps.` `Nobody really knew how these were formed,` says Aleksey Smirnov, assistant professor of geophysics at Michigan Tech.

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