New basalt type discovered beneath the ocean

New Type of Rock Created During Exceptionally Hot Volcanic Eruptions Discovered Beneath the Pacific Ocean

A new type of rock created during large and exceptionally hot volcanic eruptions has been discovered beneath the Pacific Ocean. An international team of researchers...The post New Type of Rock Created During Exceptionally Hot Volcanic Eruptions Discovered Beneath the Pacific Ocean appeared first on SciTechDaily.

New basalt type discovered beneath the ocean

A new type of rock created during large and exceptionally hot volcanic eruptions has been discovered beneath the Pacific Ocean.

A new yeti crab phylogeny: Vent origins with indications of regional extinction in the East Pacific

The recent discovery of two new species of kiwaid squat lobsters on hydrothermal vents in the Pacific Ocean and in the Pacific sector of the Southern Ocean has prompted a re-analysis of Kiwaid biogeographical history. Using a larger alignment with more fossil calibrated nodes than previously, we consider the precise relationship between Kiwaidae, Chirostylidae and Eumunididae within Chirostyloidea (Decapoda: Anomura) to be still unresolved at pr…