The processes that form continental crust from the denser basaltic rocks of the upper mantle may make the lower lithosphere denser than the underlying mantle. One theory holds that the lower ...
Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Beneath California's Sierra Nevada, evidence suggests the lithosphere is undergoing foundering, where the denser lower lithosphere detaches and sinks into the mantle ...
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