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Peer reviewedKerr, Richard A. – Science, 1986
Reviews seismological studies that provide evidence of the existence of continental roots beneath the continents. Suggests, that through the collisions of plate tectonics, continents stabilized part of the mobile mantle rock beneath them to form deep roots. (ML)
Descriptors: Geology, Oceanography, Physical Environment, Physical Geography
