Beneath the American Midwest, on the continent of North America, the underside of Earth's crust is dripping into the ...

Researchers have discovered that the underside of the North American continent is dripping away in blobs of rock—and that the ...

Earthquakes. A short video for 11-14 year old pupils, exploring tectonic activity and earthquakes and featuring case studies ...

Presently,the trail of devastation now spans five continents, with the latest seismic activity striking Iceland. A powerful volcanic eruption has shaken the Nordic nation, sending ash clouds into the ...

For example, the North China Craton lost its deepest ... of that important zone between the deep mantle and the shallower lithosphere where we would expect to get clues on what’s happening ...

For example, at 200°C, awaruite of composition FeNi3 cannot ... This flat-lying, thrusted sequence of oceanic lithosphere includes a mantle section dominated by serpentinized harzburgite and ...

The lithosphere is peeling away like the cover ... The Sierra Nevada is a breathtaking example of continental construction, but it's not the only place experiencing this underground makeover.

a heavy circle marks the elements of PRIMARY importance, these occur abundantly in t'he nature (lithosphere, hydrosphere and atmosphere) and are essential to life (bioS'- phere). They are the ...