Geophysicists challenge traditional theory underlying the origin of mid-plate volcanoes

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A long-held assumption about the Earth is discussed in today's edition of Science, as Don L. Anderson, an emeritus professor with the Seismological Laboratory of the California Institute of Technology, and Scott King, a professor of geophysics in the College of Science at Virginia Tech, look at how a layer beneath the Earth's crust may be responsible for volcanic eruptions.

Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2014-12-geophysicists-traditional-theory-underlying-mid-plate.html#jCp