Chunks of Earth's Mantle Are 'Peeling Off'

Tuesday, May 10, 2016 - 08:40 in Earth & Climate

An odd phenomenon may explain why the Southeastern United States has experienced recent earthquakes, even though the region sits snugly in the middle of a tectonic plate and not at the edges, where all the ground-shaking action usually happens.

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