Surprising differences in the two so-called Large Low-Velocity Provinces may risk instability in Earth's protective magnetic field.

The plates make up Earth's outer shell, called the lithosphere. (This includes the crust and uppermost part of the mantle ... the plates meet or divide. The movement of the plates creates ...

The deep oceans are far from flat. They feature ridges, trenches, seamounts, and valleys, creating a diverse and dramatic ...

The mantle of the Earth, up to 1,800 miles (2,900 kms) thick and 84% of the Earth's volume, was assumed to be a simple ...

Your students will examine the locations of earthquakes, investigate why earthquakes occur and determine the value of being able to predict earthquakes. Distribute to students the CNN Student News ...

Plate tectonics describes the movement and interaction of tectonic plates on Earth's surface. This movement is driven by the very slow creeping motion of Earth's mantle, called convection, which ...

By combining a model of mantle convection, including a reconstruction ... It is also fascinating to see the links between the movements of plates on the Earth's surface and structures 3000 km ...

Everest, about 60 million years ago, was the rapid movement of India ... t sink into the Earth's dense mantle. For at least 80 million years the oceanic Indian Plate continued its inexorable ...

A major example of this plate movement is along the coastline ... continental plates are forced together by the convection currents in the upper mantle. At collision zones fold mountains will ...

By combining a model of mantle convection, including a reconstruction ... It is also fascinating to see the links between the movements of plates on the Earth's surface and structures 3000 km ...