Hidden deep beneath the Pacific Ocean, researchers have uncovered anomalies in the Earth’s mantle that defy existing ...
Scientists in Australia and China believe the ocean is shrinking by around one inch per year, gradually pushing the tectonic ...
The researchers theorize that these far-off remnants could either be deposits of silica-rich material that have hung around ...
According to scientists from the California Institute of Technology and Swiss research university ETH Zurich, a new method ...
The Pacific is one large plate so it should not have any subduction material ... Earthquakes typically occur at the ...
Yet, these are not located where they were expected; instead, they are under large oceans or in the interior of continents – ...
Unexpected mantle structures hint at ancient or unknown materials, challenging current tectonic theories and prompting deeper ...
"We don't know exactly what they are or what material is creating the patterns we have uncovered," researcher Thomas Schouten said.
Scientists discovered plate anomalies in Earth's mantle using seismic wave analysis. These mysterious structures challenge ...
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 ...
A new high-resolution computer model shows rocks that are colder, or have a different composition, in Earth's mantle where ...