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(Modified from Storey 1995)

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  1. Center of Deep Sea Research, Institute of Oceanography, Center for Ocean Mega-Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, 266071, China

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  2. Laboratory for Marine Mineral Resources, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266237, China

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Sun, W. The Magma Engine and subduction initiation. Acta Geochim 38, 611–612 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11631-019-00366-6

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