A 20-Kilometer-Thick Rock Layer May Finally Solve One of Bermuda’s Biggest Mysteries

Giant Structure Beneath Bermuda Surprises Scientists

Bermuda Island. Credit: Premshree Pillai / Flickr / CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 A giant structure hidden deep beneath the Atlantic Ocean is giving scientists a new reason to look past the legends of the Bermuda Triangle and focus instead on what lies below the seafloor. Researchers have identified an unusually thick layer of rock buried beneath the oceanic crust under Bermuda. The layer measures about 12.4 miles (20 kilometers) in thickness. Scientists say …

Bermuda’s waters are hiding a mysterious giant structure that’s ‘unlike anything else on Earth’: scientists

In a new study published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters, scientists believe they discovered the reason why Bermuda never sank after its volcanoes shut down more than 30 million years ago.

A 20-Kilometer-Thick Rock Layer May Finally Solve One of Bermuda’s Biggest Mysteries

Scientists used distant earthquakes to uncover a massive hidden layer keeping Bermuda afloat.

Bermuda Sits On A Strange, 20-Kilometer-Thick Structure That's Like No Other In The World

This could explain differences between Bermuda and the rest of the world’s volcanic islands that have puzzled geologists for decades.

A massive hidden rock layer found under Bermuda is challenging Earth’s mantle theory

Science News: Scientists have uncovered a massive, hidden rock layer beneath Bermuda, over 12 miles thick, defying typical oceanic island formation. This unusual ge