Lab life under pressure: how to investigate the Earth's interior

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On the Rocks


By Carla Tiraboschi

Have you ever wondered how scientists can study something inaccessible like the interior of the Earth? This short video shows how experimental petrologists and mineral physicists reproduce the conditions of pressure and temperature inside our planet by employing a variety of apparatuses, from large presses to tiny diamonds.

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