Enormous "mud waves" buried under the Atlantic seabed formed 117 million years ago as the Atlantic Ocean opened up.

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Now, researchers at the Heriot-Watt University have traced its formation event using 117-million-year-old “underwater mud waves.” The mud waves were found in the Atlantic, som ...