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Through the wringer

Potentially huge amounts of water could be carried deep within the Earth by subducting oceanic crust. But it seems that most of that water is released, fuelling volcanism above subduction zones.

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White, W. Through the wringer. Nature 420, 366–367 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1038/420366a

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