Reading the Earth's LIPS (IMAGE)

University of Sydney

Reading the Earth's LIPS

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This image shows ridges and seafloor volcanics west of Australia. The massive edifice in the foreground of the image, offshore Antarctica, is the Kerguelen Plateau having grown to its massive size over tens of millions of years, because it was close to a mid-ocean ridge.

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Credit: University of Sydney

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