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    "title": "Age, spreading rates, and spreading asymmetry of the world's ocean crust",
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        "Earth Science > OCEANS > Marine Geophysics > Marine Magnetics",
        "Earth Science > SOLID EARTH > Rocks\/Minerals\/Crystals > Age Determinations",
        "Earth Science > SOLID EARTH > Geomagnetism > Paleomagnetism",
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