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Brown University

Aleutian Islands

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New research by Brown University geologists confirms that the Aleutian Islands, the archipelago stretching from Alaska to Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula, experienced a massive geological uplift between 5 million and 7 million years ago. 

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Anahi Carrera

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