{"id":8896,"date":"2020-05-26T12:10:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-26T12:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/?post_type=research_project&p=8896"},"modified":"2024-03-05T09:34:08","modified_gmt":"2024-03-05T09:34:08","slug":"sea-floor-marine-geoscience","status":"publish","type":"research_project","link":"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/sea-floor-marine-geoscience\/","title":{"rendered":"Sea floor: marine geoscience"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t\t
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Sea floor: marine geoscience<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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