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
...Earth to the Dandy Warhols... ...Earth to the Dandy Warhols... ...Earth to the Dandy Warhols... is the sixth studio album by American alternative rock band The Dandy Warhols, recorded in 2008 and released on May 19, 2008 and is the first album released on their self-founded Beat the World Records label, after leaving Capitol Records in 2007. The album continues in a similar electro-rock style to 2003's "Welcome to the Monkey House", following the psychedelic guitar-rock of 2005's "Odditorium or Warlords of Mars". One single, "Mission Control", was released from the album. The album continues in a similar electro-rock style to 2003's "Welcome to the