There's a gravity 'hole' in the Indian Ocean and now we may know why

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There's a gravity 'hole' in the Indian Ocean and now we may know why
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Earth appears to have less mass beneath a certain part of the Indian Ocean compared with the rest of the planet. Plumes of magma at the location could explain why

The area of Earth with the lowest relative gravity is located just south of India in the Indian Ocean.

This gravity “hole” may be due to low-density plumes of magma disturbed by the sinking slabs of a former tectonic plate., the shape of the planet’s gravitational field depends on the distribution of mass within it. One way of representing this field is …

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