oceanic
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Before the plate boundary moved into the area, the oceanic crust there had already become unusually thick and heated.
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In those regions, heavy oceanic plates slide beneath lighter continental plates, sometimes producing earthquakes hundreds of miles deep.
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The research team plans to further refine the model by adding more atmospheric and oceanic factors, including air temperature and sea level pressure.
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"Normally, an increased supply of iron in the Southern Ocean would stimulate algae growth, which increases the oceanic uptake of carbon dioxide," says lead author Torben Struve of the University of Oldenburg.
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A tender hunk of goat may follow, gleaming over a sauce that gets its oceanic depth from dried scallops.
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