Why China's Largest Volcano Is So Unusual

Mount Paektu (also known as Changbai Mountain) is one of the largest volcanoes on earth and yet, for the longest time, nobody could explain where it came from or why it exists. Here we will discuss why this volcano is so unusual and how the geological mystery surrounding it could eventually be solved.

DISCLAIMER: I am not a geologist. The information in this video was presented after weeks of careful and thorough research about the topic. This video is merely meant as an illustrated introduction for basic educational purposes. Should you plan to use the information beyond that I advise you to cross-reference it by doing your own research. The sources below should provide you a good starting point.

Sources/ Further Reading:
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/259441299_Changbai_intraplate_volcanism_and_deep_earthquakes_in_East_Asia_A_possible_link
https://www.academia.edu/7371733/P_wave_tomography_and_origin_of_the_Changbai_intraplate_volcano_in_Northeast_Asia
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/332637034_Buoyant_hydrous_mantle_plume_from_the_mantle_transition_zone
https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2019GC008373
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/305351621_Mantle_transition_zone_structure_beneath_the_Changbai_volcano_Insight_into_deep_slab_dehydration_and_hot_upwelling_near_the_410-km_discontinuity
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/274140246_Late_Cenozoic_intraplate_volcanism_in_Changbai_volcanic_field_on_the_border_of_China_and_North_Korea_Insights_into_deep_subduction_of_the_Pacific_slab_and_intraplate_volcanism
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/258647124_Recent_unrest_of_Changbaishan_volcano_Northeast_China_A_precursor_of_a_future_eruption
https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2009JB006882
https://www.academia.edu/34412751/Multi_proxy_dating_the_Millennium_Eruption_of_Changbaishan_to_late_946_CE
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0377027317301051
https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2018GC008090
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/336745222_Mantle_Melting_and_Intraplate_Volcanism_Due_to_Self-Buoyant_Hydrous_Upwellings_From_the_Stagnant_Slab_That_Are_Conveyed_by_Small-Scale_Convection
https://www.ajsonline.org/content/310/10/1250
https://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms8700
https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2018TC005079
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/331807263_Onset_of_the_North-South_Gravity_Lineament_NE_China_Constraints_of_Late_Jurassic_bimodal_volcanic_rocks
Voice-over by Matt Provenzano
www.mattprovenzano.com

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