Bloglines - Geologists Drill Into Fossil Magma Chamber Deep Under the Ocean

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what this ?? "gabbro: a hard, black rock"

how can this used and why so deep ?? Alternative fossil fuels ??

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Geologists Drill Into Fossil Magma Chamber Deep Under the Ocean By BJS on geoscience Scientists aboard the research drilling ship JOIDES Resolution have, for the first time, drilled into a fossil magma chamber under intact ocean crust. There, 1.4 kilometers beneath the sea floor, they have recovered samples of gabbro: a hard, black rock that forms when molten magma is trapped beneath Earth's surface and cools slowly. read more Comments