Two buried ‘supercontinents’ hiding inside Earth could be much older than previously thought
Research on hidden structures deep within Earth’s mantle challenges theories about our planet’s middle layer and could ...
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Two buried ‘supercontinents’ hiding inside Earth could be much older than previously thought
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Is Earth the only planet in the solar system with plate tectonics?
Plate tectonics give Earth its mountains, earthquakes, continental drift and maybe even helped give rise to life itself. But do other planets in the solar system have them too?
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Discovery of a lost world beneath the Pacific, challenging our knowledge
The Earth's mantle, the layer between the crust and the core, is the stage for slow but powerful movements. These movements, called convection, are responsible for plate tectonics. Oceanic plates, ...
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Scientists Found Ancient Tectonic Plates in the Middle of Continents—Where They Shouldn't Be
The modern understanding of the plate tectonic ... since the formation of the mantle four billion years ago, or areas where iron-rich rocks have accumulated via convection over billions of years.
Buried Continents: Ancient Mega-Islands Discovered Deep Beneath Earth’s Surface
Scientists have discovered hidden treasures in the Earth's mantle. Hidden deep within Earth's mantle are two colossal ...
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Colossal 'Anomalies' in Earth's Mantle Aren't What We Thought
To find out, the team used whole-Earth oscillation data from 104 past earthquakes to create a detailed 3D model of the upper ...
Mysterious 'Supercontinents' Inside Earth Challenge Mantle Theory
These ancient buried "super-continents"—known to scientists as large low-seismic-velocity provinces (LLSVPs)—were found lurking below Africa and the Pacific Ocean, entombed some 1,200 miles below the ...