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News Release 09-107
A Hidden Drip, Drip, Drip Beneath Earth's Surface
Geologists find "blob" of material beneath the U.S. West Great Basin
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New seismic images of Earth's mantle beneath the Great Basin show a "lithospheric drip."
Credit: J.D. West, Silverheels Photography
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The Great Basin is a desert region of parallel mountain ranges separated by valleys.
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Crossing the Great Basin, the surface offers no clues to the lithospheric drip below.
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