Crystalline roots of the continents (IMAGE)

GFZ Helmholtz-Zentrum für Geoforschung

Crystalline roots of the continents

Caption

A microscopic image of a fragment of the lowermost continental mantle — the crystalline roots of the continents. This is the type of material that the authors propose is stripped away and laterally transported into the oceanic mantle. Photo: Prof Tom Gernon (University of Southampton).

Credit

Prof Tom Gernon (University of Southampton).

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