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There’s a hot rock blob under New Hampshire. It could be why the Appalachian Mountains are standing tall
A hot blob of rock beneath New Hampshire may be helping the Appalachian Mountains stand so tall. The rock mass is slowly on ...
'Hot rock blob' under NH helps keep Appalachian Mountains standing, study says
A new study shows a giant blob of hot rock beneath New Hampshire is helping the Appalachian Mountains stand tall despite millions of years of erosion.
Beneath America, a Large Buried Heat Blob Is Moving
A bold new theory reimagines the NAA as a "Rayleigh–Taylor instability"—a geological term for when heavy, cold rock begins to ...
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Don't Worry, But a Giant Blob of Hot Rock is Forming Under New England
New Hampshire Public Radio | By Rick Ganley, Mary McIntyre Published December 20, 2017 at 8:10 AM EST Listen • 4:48 Ken Snow / Flickr Creative Commons ...