Hotspot Scorched Midwest, Leaving Legacy of Earthquakes, Rare Rocks

Sunday, September 15, 2013 - 12:30 in Earth & Climate

A seismic speed trap that stretches from Missouri to Virginia suggests a hotspot scorched the Midwest during the Mesozoic era, a new study finds. The discovery explains rare rocks called kimberlites that punched through Kansas and Kentucky starting about

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