Situated 60 kilometers beneath the Pacific Ocean floor, the enigmatic magma channel beneath the 'Cocos Plate' remains a subject of deep geological debate.
Unlike conventional mantle melts that ascend buoyantly to the surface, forming underwater volcanoes and chains of islands, Naif's imaging revealed a section of partially molten rock known as 'low-degree partial melts.' Surprisingly, these partial melts were sandwiched at the base of the Cocos Plate, approximately 37 miles below the ocean floor.
"[The study] also raised several questions about why magma is stored in a thin channel — and where the magma originated from," said Naif in aExpanding upon his initial breakthrough, Naif embarked on an extensive, years-long investigation, assembling evidence from diverse sources such as geophysical data and geochemical analysis.
This phenomenon occurs when a column of hot mantle plume rises deep within the Earth. As it makes it's way up, the plume melts, creating a volcanic chain. A well-known example is the Hawaiian Islands, situated in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.
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