New research suggests that Earth's first crust, formed over 4.5 billion years ago, already carried the chemical traits we ...

Modern continental rocks carry chemical signatures from the very start of our planet's history, challenging current theories about plate tectonics. Researchers have made a new discovery that ...

A study published in Nature reveals that Earth's first crust, formed about 4.5 billion years ago, probably had chemical features remarkably like today's continental crust. This suggests the ...

Our results showed Earth's earliest crust - known as the protocrust - that formed during the Hadean eon, would have a chemical composition identical to that of the modern average continental crust.

Venus may be far more geologically alive than anyone expected. New research suggests its outer crust could be churning with ...

It’s long been thought that tectonic plates needed to dive beneath each other to create the chemical fingerprint we see in ...

Future missions to Venus could also supply additional data on the density and temperature of the planet's crust, which could be used to test the researchers' hypothesis. If crustal convection is ...

A high-density rain gauge observational network in Taiwan reveals that multiple precipitation peaks exist over the mountainous island during summer afternoon convection. This contrasts with ...

A map showing seismic speed in Earth’s crust at 125 miles depth across the continental U.S. and portions of Central America and Canada. The North American craton (outlined in black dashes) has a ...

It's like taking an X-ray of the crust, revealing where it is thickest and thinnest, and how its density varies. "Because of the use of this full-waveform method, we have a better representation of ...