Where the Pacific and Australian tectonic plates collide under the South Island of New Zealand large quantities of aqueous fluid are produced. But how does this happen? Geophysical and petrological data indicate that it may not be as we thought.
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Wannamaker, P. Water from stone. Nature Geosci 3, 10–11 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo732
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