The vertical movement of the mantle is one of the driving forces that brings about large-scale geological changes to the ...

They reveal that the chemical composition of the deep mantle has remained almost intact since the Earth's formation 4.5 ...

Geologists from the University of Hong Kong (HKU) have made a breakthrough in understanding how Earth's early continents ...

Scientists found a rhythmic mantle plume beneath Ethiopia is slowly tearing Africa apart - hinting at the birth of a new ...

Most meteorites that have reached Earth come from the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. But we have 1,000 or so ...

Mantle plumes are important geologic processes—they interact with plate tectonics, create rich mineral deposits, and even ...

In the Afar Depression of East Africa, a remarkable geological transformation is unfolding, with scientists revealing that ...

Geologists have long debated whether a stony formation in Canada contains the world’s oldest rocks – new measurements make a ...

A phase change in post-perovskite materials at the so-called D” discontinuity is also evidence for long-predicted slow, convective flows in the mantle itself ...

Scientists have made significant progress in drilling into the Earth’s crust, reaching unprecedented depths that bring them ...

Most meteorites that have reached Earth come from the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. But we have 1,000 or so ...