Deep recycling in Earth faster than thought
Posted by ScienceDaily: Oceanography News on 10 August, 2011
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The recycling of Earth's crust in volcanoes happens much faster than scientists have previously assumed. Rock of the oceanic crust, which sinks deep into the earth due to the movement of tectonic plates, reemerges through volcanic eruptions after around 500 million years....