A fascinating new study has shaken up our understanding of Earth’s oceans. It reveals that around 15 million years ago, ...

The oceanic crust is made of younger rocks than continental crust. This is because oceanic crust is created at mid-ocean ridges. When plates collide, oceanic crust will be subducted under continental ...

“This research advances our understanding of how oceanic crust is formed, and the processes involved in that formation,” says Mike Cheadle, geologist at the University of Wyoming (UW) and ...

One of the key consequences of Earth's continental crust's low iron content relative to oceanic crust is that it makes the continents less dense and more buoyant, causing the continental plates to ...

Continental crust is also much less dense than its oceanic counterpart. In 1962, famed Princeton geologist Harry Hess theorized that the thickness of continental crust had to do with sea level and ...

15-foot hypodermic needles provide evidence for vast oceanic crustal biosphere by SpaceRef March 18, 2003 July 16, 2024 Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X ...

Scientists have traditionally thought that oceanic crust turns into lawsonite eclogites in cold subduction zones. This is based on models and experiments that point to lawsonite being a common ...

A portion of ancient oceanic crust that sits atop Albania and hosts one of the largest chromium mines on Earth also contains a huge hydrogen reservoir, offering a potential source of clean energy.