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New Images Reveal Different Magma Pools Form The Ocean's Crust

5th Sep 2005, 11:58 GMT

For the first time, scientists have produced images of the oceanic crust and found that the upper and lower layers of the crust are likely formed from different magma pools. The images begin to answer some lingering questions about where new ocean crust comes from and whether it is all formed the same way.

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