Rough diamond hints at vast quantities of water inside Earth | #Geology #GeologyPage A small, battered diamond found in the gravel strewn along a shallow riverbed in Brazil has provided evidence of a vast wet zone deep inside the Earth that could hold as much water as all the worlds oceans put together. The water is not sloshing around inside the planet, but is held fast within minerals in what is known as the Earths transition zone, which stretches from 410 to 660km (250-400 miles) beneath the surface. Read more : geologypage/2014/03/rough-diamond-hints-at-vast-quantities.html Geology Page geologypage
Posted on: Thu, 08 Jan 2015 22:00:00 +0000
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