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Mariana Trench “Deepest Part of the Ocean”

March 26, 2015

The 37 kiloton 'Priscilla' nuclear test, detonated at the Nevada Test Site in 1957. Credit: US Department of Energy

Radioactive carbon from nuclear bomb tests found in deep ocean trenches

Using magnetic data: Researcher uncovers 340 million year-old oceanic crust in the Mediterranean Sea

New Species Discovered Beneath Ocean Crust

Activity on seafloor linked to icy ebb and flow on surface

Ice ages made Earth’s ocean crust thicker

February 7, 2015

Oceanic Crust Breakthrough: Solving a Magma Mystery

January 3, 2013

New Seafloor Map Helps Scientists Find New Features

January 14, 2016

What lies beneath modern New England? Mountain-building and the end of...

April 27, 2014

The floor of the ocean comes into better focus

January 9, 2016

New sulfate-breathing species discovered beneath ocean crust

January 15, 2015

Breathing Underwater: Evidence of Microscopic Life in Oceanic Crust

September 29, 2013

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