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Earth’s hidden “gold kitchen” lies beneath the seafloor
ScienceDailyWednesday, July 29, 2026 at 4:14 AM
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Deep beneath submarine volcanoes, Earth may be running a natural “gold kitchen. ” By analyzing volcanic glass from the Kermadec island arc north of New Zealand, researchers found that water-rich mantle repeatedly melts beneath subduction zones, gradually concentrating gold in…
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Deep beneath submarine volcanoes, Earth may be running a natural “gold kitchen. ” By analyzing volcanic glass from the Kermadec island arc north of New Zealand, researchers found that water-rich mantle repeatedly melts beneath subduction zones, gradually concentrating gold in…
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