Geology of the United States A slice of the Earth from the Pacific Ocean through the Pacific Northwest might look something like the adjacent image. Beneath the Cascades, a dense oceanic plate plunges beneath the North American Plate; a process known as subduction. As the oceanic slab sinks deep into the Earth's interior beneath the continental plate, high temperatures and pressures allow water molecules locked in the minerals of solid rock to escape. The water vapor rises into the pliable mantle above the subducting plate, causing some of the mantle to melt. This newly formed magma rises toward the Earth's surface to erupt, forming a
What Lies Beneath World Tour What Lies Beneath World Tour What Lies Beneath World Tour is the second world tour by Finnish soprano Tarja Turunen to promote her third album, "What Lies Beneath", released by Universal Music on September 1, 2010. Tarja started the tour performing in several metal festivals in Europe, including the Wacken Open Air in Germany and the Graspop Metal Meeting in Belgium, with special concerts at Miskolc Opera Festival and at the Masters of Rock, where she performed accompanied by a full philarmonic orchestra and choir. Also in 2010 Tarja played a European tour and supported Alice Cooper in 9 concerts