Giant blobs deep inside Earth are 'evolving by themselves'
Giant regions of the mantle where seismic waves slow down may have formed from subducted ocean crust, a new study finds.
Scientists Reveal Hidden Mantle Superhighways Beneath Tonga
A breakthrough study has provided the most detailed 3D look yet at the inner workings of the Tonga Subduction Zone, where ...
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Pacific Ocean plate sunk to raise Wyoming's Wind River Range
Not all mountains in the Yellowstone region are volcanic in origin. The Wind River Range, southeast of Yellowstone National ...
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Advanced seismic imaging deciphers mantle dynamics beneath Tonga subduction zone
High-Resolution Anisotropic Tomography Reveals Mantle Flow Complexity and Slab-Plume Interactions, Redefining Subduction Zone ...
Deep Inside Earth, Two Giant Mantle Structures Rewrite Geological History
Deep within Earth’s mantle lie two enormous, continent-sized structures known as LLVPs. Scientists once believed these ...
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The Earth Has Two Mysterious Protrusions On Its Core And They’re Not The Same
The two continent-sized provinces have been known since the 1970s, but it’s only in the last few years we’ve started to ...
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Scientists discover giant blobs deep inside Earth are 'evolving by themselves' — and we may finally know where they come from
Giant regions of the mantle where seismic waves slow down may have formed from subducted ocean crust, a new study finds.
Secrets of Earth's Buried Supercontinents Revealed
Surprising differences in the two so-called Large Low-Velocity Provinces may risk instability in Earth's protective magnetic ...
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Studying the evolutionary history of continent-sized regions in the deep mantle
Scientists have revealed that two continent-size regions in Earth's deep mantle have distinctive histories and resulting chemical composition, in contrast to the common assumption they are the same.