New study shows how one deep heat plume formed two separate volcano chains near Australia

UPDATE - follow-up to How one plume of hot rock built two volcano chains off Australia's coast - Phys.org: Researchers have found fresh details on how a single rising column of hot rock deep inside the Earth formed two distinct chains of volcanoes off the coast of Australia. Scientists studied the geological structure and movement of the Earth's crust to understand this rare formation process. The new findings help explain how volcanic activity can split into multiple paths over millions of years.