{"668150":{"#nid":"668150","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Scientists Unearth 20 Million Years of \u2018Hot Spot\u2019 Magmatism Under Cocos Plate","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETen years ago,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/people\/naif-dr-samer\u0022\u003ESamer Naif\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;made an unexpected discovery in Earth\u2019s mantle: a narrow pocket, proposed to be filled with magma, hidden some 60 kilometers beneath the seafloor of the Cocos Plate. The observation\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/physicsworld.com\/a\/deep-sea-imaging-reveals-how-tectonic-plates-slide\/\u0022\u003Eprovided an explanation\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;for how tectonic plates can gradually slide, lubricated by partial melting. The study also \u201craised several questions about\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003Ewhy\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;magma is stored in a thin channel \u2014 and where the magma originated from,\u201d says Naif, an assistant professor in the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;at\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EGeorgia Institute of Technology\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;Fellow researchers went on to share competing interpretations for the cause of the channel. Naif went looking for clues of mantle magmas that he first observed in his\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/nature11939\u0022\u003E2013\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003ENature\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003Estudy\u003C\/a\u003E. The results of that search are detailed in a new\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EScience Advances\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;article,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.science.org\/doi\/10.1126\/sciadv.add3761\u0022\u003E\u201cEpisodic intraplate magmatism fed by a long-lived melt channel of distal plume origin\u201d\u003C\/a\u003E, co-authored by Naif.\u0026nbsp; (Coverage of this study also appeared at \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2023-06-scientists-unearth-million-years-hot.html\u0022\u003EPhys.org\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;and\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/interestingengineering.com\/science\/mystery-magma-channel-unveils-20-million-years-of-galapagos-origins\u0022\u003EInteresting Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E.)\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETen years ago,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/people\/naif-dr-samer\u0022\u003ESamer Naif\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;made an unexpected discovery in Earth\u2019s mantle: a narrow pocket, proposed to be filled with magma, hidden some 60 kilometers beneath the seafloor of the Cocos Plate. The observation\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/physicsworld.com\/a\/deep-sea-imaging-reveals-how-tectonic-plates-slide\/\u0022\u003Eprovided an explanation\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;for how tectonic plates can gradually slide, lubricated by partial melting. The study also \u201craised several questions about\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003Ewhy\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;magma is stored in a thin channel \u2014 and where the magma originated from,\u201d says Naif, an assistant professor in the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;at\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EGeorgia Institute of Technology\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;Fellow researchers went on to share competing interpretations for the cause of the channel. Naif went looking for clues of mantle magmas that he first observed in his\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/nature11939\u0022\u003E2013\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003ENature\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003Estudy\u003C\/a\u003E. The results of that search are detailed in a new\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EScience Advances\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;article,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.science.org\/doi\/10.1126\/sciadv.add3761\u0022\u003E\u201cEpisodic intraplate magmatism fed by a long-lived melt channel of distal plume origin\u201d\u003C\/a\u003E, co-authored by Naif. (Coverage of this study also appeared at \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2023-06-scientists-unearth-million-years-hot.html\u0022\u003EPhys.org\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/interestingengineering.com\/science\/mystery-magma-channel-unveils-20-million-years-of-galapagos-origins\u0022\u003EInteresting Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E.)\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2023-06-20 15:49:54","changed_gmt":"2023-07-19 18:26:31","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"Newswise","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.newswise.com\/articles\/scientists-unearth-20-million-years-of-hot-spot-magmatism-under-cocos-plate","dateline":{"date":"2023-06-20T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2023-06-20T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"364801","name":"School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences (EAS)"}],"categories":[{"id":"154","name":"Environment"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"166926","name":"School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences"},{"id":"188051","name":"Samer Naif"},{"id":"188346","name":"tectonic plates"},{"id":"173589","name":"magma"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}