900-mile mantle pipeline connects Galápagos to Panama (IMAGE)

Cornell University

900-mile mantle pipeline connects Galápagos to Panama

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Microphotograph of lavas collected in Costa Rica with Galapagos mantle signatures. The sample is among others that led to the discovery of a 900-mile mantle flow connecting Central America to the Galapagos.

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Cornell University

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