
"Enormous Dinosaur-Era Superstructure Unveiled in Pacific Ocean"
A massive Pacific plateau called the Melanesian Border Plateau, larger than the US state of Idaho, has been discovered on the sea floor near Fiji, with evidence suggesting it has formed through four separate pulses of volcanism since the age of dinosaurs. The plateau began forming 120 million years ago and continues to grow, challenging previous assumptions about the origins of underwater volcanic features.