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

Deep beneath Earth’s surface, researchers have discovered an ancient seafloor buried for millions of years. This unexpected ...

Drewitt, J. W. E., Walter, M. J., Zhang, H., McMahon, S. C., Edwards, D., Heinen, B. J., Lord, O. T., Anzellini, S., & Kleppe, A. K. (2019). The fate of carbonate in ...

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

One of the worrying consequences of climate change is the rising sea level. This situation threatens many territories, ...

Scientists believe that the LLVPs are made up of accumulated oceanic crust subducted down into the mantle. Because seismic waves appear to travel through them in similar ways, it was long assumed ...

One common hypothesis is that the LLVPs are made up of oceanic crust that was pushed into the mantle at subduction zones. This crustal material was then stirred through the mantle over millions of ...

One common hypothesis is that the LLVPs are made up of oceanic crust that was pushed into the mantle at subduction zones. This crustal material was then stirred through the mantle over millions of ...

Continental and oceanic plates all fit together to form the outer crust of the planet. Eight major plates are named on the diagram below. Heat from the core makes magma in the mantle rise towards ...