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Former piece of Pacific Ocean floor imaged deep beneath China

Source
Phys.org

Publication Date
2020-11-16

In a study that gives new meaning to the term "rock bottom," seismic researchers have discovered the underside of a rocky slab of Earth's surface layer, or lithosphere, that has been pulled more than 400 miles beneath northeastern China by the process of tectonic subduction.

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https://phys.org/news/2020-11-piece-pacific-ocean-floor-imaged.html