<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news-events/stories/2013/december/120313jonsnowoceancrust.php" dsn="news"><featured/><top-stories/><homepage/><pubDate>08/07/2017 06:16:37 PM</pubDate><title>Expedition Yields Unexpected Clues to Ocean Mysteries</title><subtitle/><description>A UH geoscientist and his colleagues reveal a few surprises they discovered upon penetrating the lower crust of the Pacific Ocean. The findings from this $10 million international expedition are described in the Dec. 1 issue of Nature.</description><author>Lisa Merkl</author><author-email>lkmerkl@uh.edu</author-email><author-phone/><image/><categories>People,Research,Top Stories</categories></item>