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News Release 05-051
Scientists Aboard Drilling Vessel Recover Rocks from Earth’s Crust Far Below Seafloor
But Earth's elusive mantle is a near miss
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Scientists drill into ocean crust from aboard the vessel JOIDES Resolution.
Credit: IODP
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Ocean drillers fell short of finding the elusive "Moho," the boundary, which geologists refer to as the Mohorovicic discontinuity, between Earth's brittle outer crust and its hotter, softer mantle.
Credit: IODP; Benoit Ildefonse, Université Montpellier II, Co-Chief Scientist, Leg 305.
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Scientists drilled holes in the sea floor at the Atlantic massif hoping to reach the Earth's mantle.
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