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Geologists suggest early continents formed through mantle plumes, not plate collisions
Geologists from the University of Hong Kong (HKU) have made a breakthrough in understanding how Earth's early continents ...
A Fragment of Earth’s Original Crust Still Exists—and It’s Buried in Canada
Our planet has been asteroid-smashed, melted and eroded, enough that most of its original armor has been long buried. Except ...
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A newly forming ocean may split Africa apart, scientists say
"This has profound implications for how we interpret surface volcanism, earthquake activity and the process of continental ...
Scientists Just Found Earth’s Pulse – And It’s Tearing a Continent Apart
Researchers mapped a pulsing mantle plume under Afar that channels molten rock upward, stretching Africa’s crust until it ...
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The Earth’s crust is disappearing beneath our feet – and most people don’t even realise it
The Earth’s crust is disappearing right beneath our feet – and most people don’t even realise it. Now, if you’re a geologist, ...
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Magma Linked to Recent Santorini Quakes, Study Finds
Just 10 days before the earth started quaking in the Greek islands ... Both projects grew out of extensive research into the crustal structure of the crust and the magmatic evolution of the Santorini ...
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Fresh lava from Earth's mantle found bursting onto the surface where a new ocean is forming
Scientists found a rhythmic mantle plume beneath Ethiopia is slowly tearing Africa apart - hinting at the birth of a new ...
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Leka — a Norwegian geological marvel
Leka, a 500-million-year-old geological wonder in Trøndelag, offers a unique travel experience. Explore the island's dramatic ...
Scientists say they have identified Earth’s oldest rocks. It could reveal an unknown chapter in our planet’s history
Scientists agreed the rocky outcrops in a remote part of Quebec, Canada, were ancient. But were they really Earth’s oldest?
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Is Earth Forming a New Ocean? Scientists Report Odd Pulses Coming From Deep Below the African Continent
Tectonic pulses beneath Africa are splitting the continent apart to produce a new ocean, according to University of ...
'Pulsing, like a heartbeat': Rhythmic mantle plume rising beneath Ethiopia is creating a new ocean
Scientists have detected rhythmic pulses of molten rock rising beneath eastern Africa, threatening to pull the continent ...
Is Africa cracking open? How Earth’s ‘heartbeat’ is tearing the continent apart, forming a new ocean
A group of researchers from across the world has found that a steady, rhythmic pulse deep beneath Ethiopia’s Afar region, ...