One documented example occurred in the North China Craton’s deepest root layer millions of years ago. However, until recently, scientists hadn’t had a chance to study the process as it happened.

For example, the North China Craton lost its deepest ... could be driving the process despite being separated from the craton by about 600 kilometers. The plate, which was first seismically ...

A study by Chinese scientists in October of last year detailed how one of the oldest pieces of continental crust—the North China Craton (NCC)—had slowly been disintegrating in a process known ...

For instance, the North China Craton underwent ... have long studied the phenomenon of craton thinning, but it has always been a deeply retrospective process, examining changes millions of years ...

Researchers have discovered that the North American continent is slowly losing rock from its underside in a process called ... One past example of craton change is the North China Craton, but ...

That’s the word scientists are using—“dripping”—to describe how blobs of rock are slowly peeling away from the base of the North American continent and sinking into the mantle below. A team from The ...

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However, they can undergo changes that affect their stability, such as the loss of deep root layers, as seen in the North China Craton. A figure from the study showing rock dripping from the craton.