Data mining finds more than expected beneath Andean Plateau

Data mining finds more than expected beneath Andean Plateau 08/31/2017 01:22 PM EDT Seismologists investigating how Earth forms new continental crust have compiled more than 20 years of seismic data from a wide swath of South America's Andean Plateau and determined that processes there have produced far more continental rock than previously believed. Full story at http://news.rice.edu/2017/08/23/data-mining-finds-more-than-expected-beneath-andean-plateau/ Source Rice University This is an NSF News From the Field item.   Follow NSF:  This email was sent using GovDelivery Communications Cloud on behalf of: National Science Foundation Update · 4201 Wilson Boulevard · Arlington, VA 22230 · 703-292-5111