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Wave attenuation hints at nature of Earth’s asthenosphere

02 Jan 2018 Marric Stephens
A map showing the age of the oceanic crust in the Pacific Ocean
Soft on the inside
Researchers in Japan have used measurements of the aftershocks of the 2011 Tohoku earthquake to gain

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Marric Stephens is a freelance science journalist and former materials-science editor at Physics World
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