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 ...
It turns out that water plays a pretty important role in all aspects of vulcanism. Groundwater, if it interacts with magma, ...
"And also to understand other phenomena at the Earth's surface, such as vulcanism and mountain building," Deuss adds. "The Earth's mantle is the engine that drives all these phenomena. Take ...
"And also to understand other phenomena at the Earth's surface, such as vulcanism and mountain building," Deuss adds. "The Earth's mantle is the engine that drives all these phenomena. Take ...
Houston is on its way to becoming the world’s geothermal hub. It isn’t blessed with any particular proximity to vulcanism; it doesn’t need it. What it needs is folks who know how to drill ...
It turns out that water plays a pretty important role in all aspects of vulcanism. Groundwater, if it interacts with magma, can lead to highly explosive behavior in some cases, if the ratio of ...
As we take our daily walks along the Earth’s surface, there are secrets hidden under our feet. Just this week, research revealed that two ancient, massive islands are buried in the planet’s mantle.