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Scientists had found an intriguing dome on the seafloor, called the Atlantis Massif (right), made of peridotite, a rock usually found deep in Earth's mantle layer.
Old rock woven into new seafloor crust by Oceanus
This is the mantle layer, where temperatures can reach more than 1,371 [degrees] c, hot enough to melt rock that can extend down to more than 3,200 kilometers.
Deep heat: geothermal energy by Fishman, David J. / Science World
Geophysicists estimate that some 80 percent of its heat comes from the decay of radioactive elements distributed throughout the mantle layer.
Planetary coffee: take a five-minute break inside the earth by Monastersky, Richard / Science News
 
 
 
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