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crazygringo ◴[06 Apr 25 15:17 UTC] No.43602043[source]▶

Is there any possible justification for using the word "dripping" rather a normal word like "sinking"?

To me, dripping requires liquid drops that travel through air or a vacuum. Maybe through another liquid if the drops cohere. But solids can't drip, and substances can sink or travel or migrate through a solid but they can't drip through it.

Is there some special geological meaning of "dripping"? Or is this just bad English?

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1. seadan83 ◴[06 Apr 25 16:30 UTC] No.43602704[source]▶

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Rock behaves like warm wax on geologic timescales. Kinda crazy..

Was hoping to find a source to back up my memory on this,FWIW, Google's AI summary states it well:

> On geological timescales (millions to billions of years), rocks, even those that seem brittle, can deform plastically, or flow like wax, due to the immense pressures and temperatures deep within the Earth, allowing for slow, gradual deformation

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North America Is Dripping from Below, Geoscientists Discover