Yale University: A Deep Dive Into the Upward Mobility of Rocks
March 17, 2020
March 17, 2020
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, March 17 [TNSscientificresearch] -- Yale University issued the following news release:
Yale geologists have identified the deepest pieces of Earth's crust ever found in the United States or Canada -- in the rolling hills of northern Connecticut.
Tiny bits of quartz and other minerals, inside garnet crystals, tell the story of a tectonic escalator ride that started 100 miles below Earth's surface, some 400 million years ago. The discover . . .
Yale geologists have identified the deepest pieces of Earth's crust ever found in the United States or Canada -- in the rolling hills of northern Connecticut.
Tiny bits of quartz and other minerals, inside garnet crystals, tell the story of a tectonic escalator ride that started 100 miles below Earth's surface, some 400 million years ago. The discover . . .