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Earth's crust found to be 'dripping' deep into the planet – and the implications could be huge
The research reveals that, beneath the basin, the Earth’s crust is gradually seeping deeper into the Earth’s interior in a newly-discovered process known as lithospheric dripping.
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Earth's crust may be building mountains by dripping into the mantle
Earth's crust may "drip" into its middle layer under growing mountain ranges. This odd process, called lithospheric dripping, has been proposed to occur under the Andes, in Central Asia ...