Go to the source article for an illustration of how this plate has gone into the mantle without losing all of its heat. It's now adjacent to the outer core and hasn't yet heated to the point of the surrounding mantle.
1 posted on
04/09/2016 7:50:31 PM PDT by
JimSEA
To: JimSEA
So what do you surmise caused the slab to lodge beneath the other? Fascinating stuff. Thanks for sharing.
2 posted on
04/09/2016 8:06:39 PM PDT by
CARTOUCHE
To: SunkenCiv
*ping in case you hadn’t seen it*
To: JimSEA
Stop Anthropogenic Continental Drift!
To: JimSEA
I heard they found owebama’s birth certificate down there too...
6 posted on
04/09/2016 9:05:15 PM PDT by
43north
(BHO: 50% black, 50% white, 100% red.)
To: JimSEA
I blame it on made made climate change...
8 posted on
04/10/2016 4:40:28 AM PDT by
Hotlanta Mike
('You can avoid reality, but you can't avoid the consequences of avoiding reality.")
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