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The North American continent is "dripping" rock into the lower layers of the Earth, new research says, and in the process ...

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The oldest parts of Earth's continents are called cratons, and underneath, they are rooted to the mantle... | Earth And The ...

The North American continent is "dripping" rock into the lower layers of the Earth, new research says ... redirecting the flow of material in the mantle such that it is wearing away the bottom ...

The dripping area looks like a large funnel, with rocks from across North ... which are regions of Earth's continental crust and upper mantle that have mostly remained intact for billions of ...