myrmepropagandist on Nostr: The "antipodal hypothesis" is the idea that massive volcanic events such as the ...
The "antipodal hypothesis" is the idea that massive volcanic events such as the Siberian traps could have been triggered by an impact on the opposite side of the globe.
We don't know enough about the workings of the Earth to say if this is how it could really work.
It's a very seductive idea, though!
https://www.mantleplumes.org/WebDocuments/Antip_hot.pdfPublished at
2025-02-11 10:14:06Event JSON
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