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Earth’s Longest Volcanic Ridge May Be an Underwater Moving Hotspot
Scientists uncover surprising evidence that the Kerguelen hotspot, responsible for the 5,000-kilometer-long Ninetyeast Ridge, ...
New research sheds light on earliest days of Earth's formation
New research led by a York University professor sheds light on the earliest days of Earth's formation and potentially calls ...
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Advanced seismic imaging deciphers mantle dynamics beneath Tonga subduction zone
Conducted by researchers from Ocean University of China and Tohoku University, Japan, the work combines innovative seismic methodologies to map mantle flow patterns, slab-plume interactions ...
Giant blobs deep inside Earth are 'evolving by themselves'
Giant regions of the mantle where seismic waves slow down may have formed from subducted ocean crust, a new study finds.
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There could be hundreds’: Big discovery under the Pacific after 200 million years
The mantle of the Earth, up to 1,800 miles (2,900 kms) thick and 84% of the Earth's volume, was assumed to be a simple ...
Jordan Cox: 'Dad was in the queue at Heathrow, I told him to turn round'
With a Test debut looming in New Zealand, wicketkeeper suffered the cruellest break, but he's ready to bounce back | ESPN.com ...
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Science Academy Episode 24: Plate Tectonics
Gather your supplies! In this episode we will use everyday materials to learn about tectonic plates and fault lines.
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Mars's northern ice cap is young with a cold, stiff mantle beneath
Hence, viscous means 'as viscous as bird glue'. For comparison, the rocks making up Earth's mantle are over one trillion (twelve zeroes) times more viscous than asphalt, but still deform and flow over ...
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Mars's northern ice cap is surprisingly young, planetary scientists find
Earth's mantle rocks are more than a trillion times more viscous than asphalt. They still deform, however, and flow over geological timescales of millions of years. Using radar data and other ...