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After the Tsunami of 2011, I began to wonder if the same thing could happen the subducting earth's crust going under a continental plate.
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Continental Calving
You know how glaciers calve into the sea, creating icebergs, right?
After the Tsunami of 2011, I began to wonder if the same thing could happen the subducting earth's crust going under a continental plate.
Wondering what might happen if it just snapped off and sank into the asthenosphere? It probably just melts at the end and is absorbed, but what if it snapped? Would a giant fissure open up, flooding lava to the surface?
After the Tsunami of 2011, I began to wonder if the same thing could happen the subducting earth's crust going under a continental plate.
