Schematic Diagram of Deep Space, Deep Sea, and Deep Earth. (IMAGE)

Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Research (OLAR)

Schematic Diagram of Deep Space, Deep Sea, and Deep Earth.

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The left panel shows the solar system and Earth. The upper right panel presents the layered structure of the Earth, with arrows showing the coupling between mantle convection and tectonic plate motion. The lower right panel displays the deep-sea topography of the Mariana Trench and Southeast Indian Ridge, as well as their underlying geological structure.

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Jian Lin, Yiming Luo, Zhiyuan Zhou, and Fan Zhang

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