Unprecedented: Expedition recovers mantle rocks with signs of life
Posted by Oceanography News -- ScienceDaily on 1 February, 2016
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An international team of scientists -- recently returned from a 47-day research expedition to the mid-Atlantic -- have collected an unprecedented sequence of rock samples from the shallow mantle of the ocean crust that bear signs of life, unique carbon cycling, and ocean crust movement. These unique samples were collected using unique seabed rock drills....