Sample of Mantle Xenolith Rock Used by the Researchers (IMAGE)

University of Tennessee at Knoxville

Sample of Mantle Xenolith Rock Used by the Researchers

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The photo depicts a sample of mantle xenolith, rock sections of the lithosphere that get captured by the passing magma and erupted to the surface during the volcanic explosion.

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Michael W. Broadley.

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