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By PETER J. SMITH
Department of Earth Sciences
Open University
Milton Keynes, U.K.
" Average continental crust has a high Rb/Sr ratio and is thought to be andesitic, but additions to the crust at modern subduction zones have low Rb/Sr ratios and are basaltic. Either continents are more mafic than hitherto ...
Lab safety rules dictate that one must tie back long hair. Rosemarie Hansen learned the hard way when an open flame turned her locks into a lesson.
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