“Central Afar represents the early stage of development of a specific type of oceanic plateau: a rifted oceanic magmatic plateau,” the paper reads. “ These features begin their formation ...

An adjunct researcher at the University of Tasmania Vincent Lyne has claimed that MH370 flight disappeared in the south-eastern Indian Ocean's 20,000ft-deep oceanic plateau "hole" -- Broken Ridge.

On the southeastern edge of the Tibetan Plateau, at the convergence of the Hengduan Mountains and the Himalayas, abundant moisture creates a unique climate and ecological environment. [Zhao ...