Data from a different technique for probing events within the Earth, interpreted in terms of a new hypothesis about the effects of water at depth, raise tantalizing questions about recycling of a tectonic plate.
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Evans, R. Just add more water. Nature 429, 356–357 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1038/429356a
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