Hot topic in earth sciences: The mantle plume model and Siberian 'traps'
Wednesday, September 22, 2010 - 15:21
in Astronomy & Space
(PhysOrg.com) -- A Michigan Technological University researcher may have solved a long-standing mystery in earth science studies. In Siberia there exist stepped, large-scale basaltic formations known as `traps.` `Nobody really knew how these were formed,` says Aleksey Smirnov, assistant professor of geophysics at Michigan Tech.