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
To the Ends of the Earth comments and advice. "Rites" explores the cruelties of men in groups, and the tensions as they struggle over status and place in their artificial society on the ship. In 2005 the books were adapted as a BBC drama serial starring Benedict Cumberbatch. Named "To The Ends of the Earth," the series was directed by David Attwood. To the Ends of the Earth To the Ends of the Earth is the name given to a trilogy of nautical, relational novels—"Rites of Passage" (1980), "Close Quarters" (1987), and "Fire Down Below" (1989)—by British author William Golding. Set on a former British man-of-war