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World 5 · Inside Earth with seismic waves · 8 min · PRO

How waves reveal a liquid core

PRO · Plate Tectonics

World 5: Inside Earth with seismic waves is part of PRO

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  • A skin of rock around a metal heart
  • Why a layer can vanish from a slice
  • From sandstone to gneiss
  • One magma, two textures
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