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Newcastle University

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Researchers were able to simulate some of the key conditions of subsurface rock fracturing using vials in the lab. Rocks representative of oceanic and continental crust were crushed under nitrogen, added to oxygen-free water, then heated.

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Jon Telling / Jordan Stone / Newcastle University

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