Scientists Find Weird Reason Diving Plates Get Stuck 400 Miles Beneath Earth's Surface

Tuesday, October 9, 2018 - 15:30 in Earth & Climate

A slippery layer beneath Earth stops chunks of crust in their tracks, creating "stagnant slabs" in the middle of the mantle.

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