Giant regions of the mantle where seismic waves slow down may have formed from subducted ocean crust, a new study finds.

Giant regions of the mantle where seismic waves slow down may have formed from subducted ocean crust, a new study finds.

Continent-sized structures of mineral protruding from the lower mantle towards Earth's outer core may be contributing to an ...

Deep within Earth’s mantle lie two enormous, continent-sized structures known as LLVPs. Scientists once believed these ...

And the crust is this layer of solid rock that we live on ... These plates can be oceanic, meaning they're found mainly under the ocean, or continental, and mainly found under land.