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  • U of I team central to NSF project researching flow of Earth’s mantle

    Dec 22, 2022 11:15 am by School of Information SciencesDiscovery
    graphic shows cutaway image of earth and its thin outer layer, the mantle. Image by Johan Swanepoel/Shutterstock.

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    • graphic shows cutaway image of earth and its thin outer layer, the mantle. Image by Johan Swanepoel/Shutterstock.

    A National Science Foundation project is exploring the microphysical activities of rocks that affect the Earth's upper mantle. 'Our modeling sits at the intersection of all this work. It's at the heart of the scientific process behind this project.'