NASA's advanced seafloor mapping technology has revealed what is hidden beneath Earth's oceans. The findings offer an insight into how underwater navigation can be improved. The data comes from the ...

Related: Scientists discover Earth's inner core isn't just slowing down — it's also changing shape Others have suggested that the blobs are huge chunks of oceanic crust that were pushed into the ...

Surprising differences in the two so-called Large Low-Velocity Provinces may risk instability in Earth's protective magnetic field.

Drewitt, J. W. E., Walter, M. J., Zhang, H., McMahon, S. C., Edwards, D., Heinen, B. J., Lord, O. T., Anzellini, S., & Kleppe, A. K. (2019). The fate of carbonate in ...

One common hypothesis is that the LLVPs are made up of oceanic crust that was pushed into the mantle at subduction zones. This crustal material was then stirred through the mantle over millions of ...

Continental and oceanic plates all fit together to form the outer crust of the planet. Eight major plates are named on the diagram below. Heat from the core makes magma in the mantle rise towards ...

Others have suggested that the blobs are huge chunks of oceanic crust that were pushed into the mantle when one tectonic plate slipped under another — a process known as subduction. The crust ...