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Earth's Crust Sinks Deep, Only to Rise in Plumes of Lava (Published 1993)

By Walter Sullivan · The New York Times · June 1993

Earth's Crust Sinks Deep, Only to Rise in Plumes of Lava (Published 1993)

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