Modeling the Adirondack Mountains (VIDEO)

University of Massachusetts Amherst

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Using an advanced seismic imaging method and data available only in the past five years, UMass Amherst geoscientists have constructed a detailed model of the tectonic plate -- the crust and the uppermost rigid mantle of the lithosphere under the northeast United States - down to about 62 miles (100 km), and direct evidence of structures beneath the Adirondack Mountains.

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UMass Amherst/X.Yang

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