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Giant caldera in the Arctic Ocean: Evidence of the catastrophic eruptive event

A giant caldera located in the eastern segment of the Gakkel Ridge could be firstly seen on the bathymetric map of the Arctic Ocean published in 1999. In 2014, seismic and multibeam echosounding data were acquired at the location. The caldera is 80 km long, 40 km wide and 1.2 km deep. The total volu...

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Autores principales: Piskarev, Alexey, Elkina, Daria
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5385544/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28393928
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep46248