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    What Rock Types Characterize the Lowermost Ocean Crust and the Upper
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What Rock Types Characterize the Lowermost Ocean Crust and the Upper

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What rock types characterize the lowermost ocean crust and the upper mantle respectively, such as the "fossil Moho" preserved in the ophiolite complex of Western Newfoundland?

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