Word: semimolten
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Dates: during 1974-1974
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...crews of the subs would have seen giant volcanoes like those in Hawaii. But they spotted only small mountains-a sign of minor uplifting by forces beneath the earth's crust. The new observations, he explained, suggest that the continents are being pulled apart and hauled along by semimolten rock moving like two giant conveyor belts in opposite directions...