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Christina Rhodes, BS, is an earth science writer on the editorial staff at Biology Insights. A certified public high school teacher, Rhodes still supervises student geology fieldwork each semester. She received her undergraduate degree in earth science education.

Where Is the Top of the Asthenosphere Closest to the Earth’s Surface?
Where Does an Accretionary Wedge Form?
How Do Halite Deposits Form? The Chemistry Explained
What Is Partial Melting and How Does It Work?
How Does the Asthenosphere Differ From the Mesosphere?
What Is a Destructive Force Caused by the Convection in the Mantle?
What Are the Three Main Types of Stress in Rock?
What Is an Accreted Terrane in Geology?
Where Does Decompression Melting Occur?
What Is Continental Rifting and How Does It Occur?
Can Igneous Rock Become Sedimentary Rock?
What Is the Chemical Composition of the Crust?
Is Conglomerate Clastic, Organic, or Chemical?
What Is Radioactive Decay in Geology?
What Is the Pressure of the Outer Core?
What Is a Nappe in Structural Geology?
How Are Sedimentary Rocks Classified?
What Is the Great Unconformity in Geology?
What Distinguishes an Angular Unconformity From a Nonconformity?
Which Type of Stress Causes Rocks to Fold?
What Is an Ophiolite? From Ocean Crust to Land
How Is New Crust Formed at Plate Boundaries?
What Is a Pluton? Types and Formation Explained
Does the Outer Core Have Convection Currents?
What Has to Increase for Metamorphism to Occur?
Where Can You Find Meteorites on Earth?
What Are Laccoliths and How Do They Form?
How Long Was the Archean Eon and What Happened?
What Does Proterozoic Mean? The Eon of Earlier Life
Is the Earth a Magnet? Explaining the Geodynamo