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Epic Drilling Mission Sets New Record With 4,160-Foot Mantle Core




Thu, 08/08/2024 - 15:05

Gizmodo

Photo of a portion of a core sample taken from the Atlantic Ocean seafloor.

To learn about how rocks and minerals get pushed from the Earth's mantle to the seafloor, scientists drilled a really, really deep hole.

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Earth Science, Atlantic Ocean, Deep Sea, Earth sciences, geology, mantle, rocks

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Epic Drilling Mission Sets New Record With 4,160-Foot Mantle Core
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