
Researchers led by the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel analyzed 66 samples of volcanic glass from the Kermadec island arc near New Zealand and found that Earth's mantle repeatedly melts beneath submarine volcanoes, gradually concentrating gold in rising magma. The study, published in Communications Earth & Environment, reveals a natural underground process scientists are calling a 'gold kitchen.'
Health · Jul 29 · L1-L4