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Another PIRE project will investigate fossil subduction zones, the source of deadly natural hazards.
Students and teachers analyze rocks in the field during a 2014 Salinia Field Institute in California, held by ExTerra. This broad geosciences consortium is the recipient of a 2015 Partnerships in International Research and Education (PIRE) award to research rocks exhumed from fossil subduction zones, which produce most of Earth's deadly earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.
Credit: Sarah Penniston-Dorland, University of Maryland
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