Using modeling of the river networks, they identified and measured the bullseye pattern of uplift around the mountains—the telltale “fingerprint” of a lithospheric drip. They also found that the crust beneath the Uinta Mountains is several kilometers thinner than expected for a mountain range of its height, which the team say is consistent with dense lower-crustal material having dripped away. When they calculated the surface uplift expected from this missing material, it matched the roughly 400-plus-meter elevation change they had inferred from the river networks.
Geologists may have solved mystery of Green River’s ‘uphill’ route
Why the Green River Cuts a Massive Mountain in Utah.
The video discusses older theories. I know why I can’t insert directly.
Lithospheric Drip is such a odd sounding term. I love it.