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Earth's upper mantle is revealing the deepest effect of human activity
As the Aral Sea has been drained by irrigation and dried up, the mass loss on the surface has caused Earth’s upper mantle to ...
Scientists Discover That North America Is “Dripping” Down Into Earth’s Mantle
Researchers have discovered cratonic thinning occurring beneath North America, driven by the remnants of the Farallon Plate.
Uh, Looks Like North America is ‘Dripping’ Into Earth’s Mantle
Even the oldest and most stable of lithospheric structures can’t withstand geologic machinations deep within the Earth.
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North America is 'dripping' blobs of rock down into Earth's mantle under the U.S.
Beneath the crust of North America, scientists have found that the deep roots of the continent are slowly dripping away in ...
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Unexplained Structures Found Deep Underneath The Pacific Ocean
It is unclear what these structures are. If they were anywhere else, they could be portions of tectonic plates that have sunk ...
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Water stored in the mantle for millions of years may be linked to continental volcanism
The mantle transition zone (MTZ), which occurs 410–670 kilometers below Earth's surface, may store several oceans' worth of water. This water, which is carried to such depths by subducting ...
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New research sheds light on earliest days of Earth's formation
The study is published in the journal Nature. "This study is the first to demonstrate, using a physical model, that the first ...
North America is 'dripping' down into Earth's mantle, scientists discover
Seismic mapping of North America has revealed that an ancient slab of crust buried beneath the Midwest is causing the crust ...