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What can island isostasy tell us about hotspot dynamics?

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Hotspots and volcanic uplift

An EU team unravelled the Cape Verde islands' uplift history due to volcanism. The study found evidence of the largest megatsunami known to science, caused by a flank-collapse, also highlighting the contemporary risk of such events.

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