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Min Xu (front) and Min Ding trekking in the Italian Alps.

Min Xu (front) and Min Ding trekking in the Italian Alps.
Min Xu (front) and Min Ding trekking in the Italian Alps.
Min Xu (front) and Min Ding trekking in the Italian Alps.
Min Xu (front) and Min Ding trekking in the Italian Alps.
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Min Xu (front) and Min Ding trekking in the Italian Alps.
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06/03/2010
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The annual Geodynamics Field trip to visit the Ocean Crust Transition as it is exposed in the Alps. The field trip took place in the Switzerland and Italian Alps May 30-June 9, 2010. The trip was led by Oliver Jagoutz (MIT), and Othmar M?ntener of the University of Lausanne.
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MIT-WHOI Joint Program students Min Xu (front) and Min Ding, trek in the Italian Alps on a study tour to examine a geologic formation called an ophiolite. This type of igneous rock forms where a portion of the seafloor has been uplifted on land to expose ancient rocks in seafloor crust and in Earth's underlying mantle. The tour culminated the 2010 WHOI Geodynamics Program, an annual semester-long series of seminars on specific earth science topics. The 2010 program focused on the formation of Earth's crust. The 2017 program will revisit the subject and include a trip to the Josephine Ophiolite in Oregon.
Photo by Katie Pesce
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