Lava formations in western US linked to rip in giant slab of Earth

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Lava formations in western US linked to rip in giant slab of Earth
Thursday, 23 February 2012

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Lava formations in western US linked to rip in giant slab of Earth

San Diego CA (SPX) Feb 22, 2012

Like a stream of air shooting out of an airplane's broken window to relieve cabin pressure, scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego say lava formations in eastern Oregon are the result of an outpouring of magma forced out of a breach in a massive slab of Earth. Their new mechanism explaining how such a large volume of magma was generated is published in the Feb. 16 issu

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