Research on hidden structures deep within Earth’s mantle challenges theories about our planet’s middle layer and could ...
Two Buried Supercontinents Under Africa and the Pacific Ocean Could Be Much Older Than Previously Assumed Earth has several ...
To find out, the team used whole-Earth oscillation data from 104 past earthquakes to create a detailed 3D model of the upper ...
Overall, Professors Sun and Tkalčić determine that mantle convection is the primary cause of Mars's unusual dichotomy, not giant impacts as the alternative hypothesis suggests. But their ...
Mars' dramatic north-south divide has puzzled scientists for half a century. However, they may now have a conclusive answer.
Scientists have discovered hidden treasures in the Earth's mantle. Hidden deep within Earth's mantle are two colossal ...
Scientists from Utrecht University have discovered two enormous structures deep in Earth's mantle, suggesting that these regions are significantly older and hotter than surrounding tectonic plates.
The emerging model of mantle convection suggests that some relatively cool subducting slabs of oceanic plate (blue) are deflected at the 660 km discontinuity (dashed black line) whereas others ...
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