A new study claims that the Earth’s crust is peeling away beneath California’s Sierra Nevada mountain range. Scientists analyzed earthquake data and deep rock formations to find evidence of this process, which they believe is currently occurring in the central region of the mountain range and progressing northward. The findings, published in December’s Geophysical Research Letters, could offer a unique insight into how continents formed.
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