International research team to bore into tectonic plates off Japan
Monday, August 15, 2011 - 11:31
in Earth & Climate
An international research team will use the deep-sea drilling vessel Chikyu to bore into an area where two tectonic plates meet to study the movements of the plates that caused the Great East Japan Earthquake, according to sources.
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