The processes that form continental crust from the denser basaltic rocks of the upper mantle may make the lower lithosphere ...

This is known as lithospheric foundering, a process where a portion of Earth's lithosphere (the rigid outer layer of the Earth) becomes too dense and sinks into the underlying, softer mantle.

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Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Beneath California's Sierra Nevada, evidence suggests the lithosphere is undergoing foundering, where the denser lower lithosphere detaches and sinks into the mantle ...