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  • New model reveals rips in Earth’s mantle layer below southern Tibet

    Jul 22, 2018 1:45 pm by Lois YoksoulianResearch
    geology professor Xiaodong Song. Photo by L. Brian Stauffer

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    • geology professor Xiaodong Song. Photo by L. Brian Stauffer

    Seismic waves are helping researchers uncover the mysterious subsurface history of the Tibetan Plateau, possibly lending insight to future earthquake activity in the region