Geologists have found evidence of a 400-mile-long chain of extinct volcanoes hidden deep beneath the Sichuan Basin in the Yangtze Block of South China. The team led by Nanjing University, China, ...
Around 800 million years ago, during the Tonian period, the Yangtze Block in South China experienced significant tectonic activity, in which the ancient supercontinent Rodinia broke off from the area ...
Researchers have discovered a 400-mile-long chain of extinct, fossilized volcanoes buried deep below South China. The volcanoes formed when two tectonic plates collided during the breakup of the ...