Volcano Geochemistry: Windows to Earth's Interior | Smithsonian Science How

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Science How volcanoes geochemistry earth science geoscience plate tectonics subduction spreading plates volcanic glass granite volcanic eruption magma rocks geologic time science Smithsonian scientific research geologist geochemist museum collection
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Life Sciences Science
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Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8
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Volcano Geochemistry: Windows to Earth's Interior | Smithsonian Science How

Explore volcanoes as windows into the Earth's melted interior. Meet Dr. Elizabeth Cottrell, a geologist at the National Museum of Natural History. Understand how you are connected to the interior of the Earth through cycling of gases and other materials. Uncover the evidence about geologic events contained in volcanic glasses and other eruption products. Think about how plate tectonics have gotten us to where we are today on Earth.
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