- The Indian Ocean Gravity low is created by a hot plume of less dense magma from a sinking slab of an old oceanic plate in to the mantle beneath Africa https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2022GL102694 2 comments science
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- Giant 'Gravity Hole' in the Ocean May Be the Ghost of an Ancient Sea - Scientific American https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/giant-gravity-hole-in-the-ocean-may-be-the-ghost-of-an-ancient-sea1/ 70 comments
- There is a ‘gravity hole’ in the Indian Ocean, and scientists now think they know why | CNN https://edition.cnn.com/2023/07/24/world/gravity-hole-geoid-low-indian-ocean-scn/index.html 63 comments
- Indian Ocean gravity hole was caused by extinct ancient sea | Space https://www.space.com/gravity-hole-indian-ocean-caused-by-extinct-sea 36 comments
- Origin Of A Mysterious Giant ‘Gravity Hole’ In The Indian Ocean Unravelled | Physics-Astronomy https://www.physics-astronomy.com/gravity-hole-in-the-indian-ocean/ 5 comments
- Indian Ocean gravity hole was caused by extinct ancient sea, scientists say | Live Science https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/rivers-oceans/indian-ocean-gravity-hole-was-caused-by-extinct-ancient-sea-scientists-say 0 comments
- Indian Ocean gravity hole: The dent in Earth's gravitational field created by the death of an ancient ocean | Live Science https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/rivers-oceans/indian-ocean-gravity-hole-the-dent-in-earths-gravitational-field-created-by-the-death-of-an-ancient-ocean 0 comments