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Driving Through the Most Dangerous Plate Boundary in the World: Exploring the Oceanic Crust Without Unobtainium

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Author: Garry Hayes
Date: 2015-05-17 10:30:00
Blog: Geotripper
URL: http://geotripper.blogspot.com/2015/05/driving-through-most-dangerous-plate_17.html

Summary:

One of the movies I most love to hate is "The Core". There are plenty of ridiculous parts, there are several earnest geologist characters, there are the many gory deaths while the heroes save planet Earth from being severely microwaved or something like that, and there is of course unobtainium, the magical element that makes everything else possible, including "Avatar". But mostly I scream at

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Avatar, Coast Range Ophiolite, course unobtainium, Dangerous Plate Boundary, earnest geologist characters, gory deaths, heroes, magical element, movies, Oceanic Crust, planet Earth, ridiculous parts, World

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