Researchers have discovered cratonic thinning occurring beneath North America, driven by the remnants of the Farallon Plate.

Beneath the crust of North America, scientists have found that the deep roots of the continent are slowly dripping away in blobs of rock.

But don't worry, the continent isn't about to collapse. These are incredibly slow geological processes, happening over ...

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The researchers hypothesize that the dripping is caused by the remnants of the subducting Farallon slab below the craton.

Researchers have discovered that the underside of the North American continent is dripping away in blobs of rock—and that the remnants of a tectonic plate sinking in Earth's mantle may be the ...