The Earth has a layered structure made up of the core, the mantle and the crust. Different elements are present in different parts of the Earth’s structure. The crust is made from enormous plates ...
About 1,800 miles beneath the surface, Earth's internal structure changes abruptly where the solid rock of the mantle meets the swirling molten iron of the outer core. But the boundary between the ...
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A Hidden Structure Inside Earth Could Be the Reason the Himalayas Still Stand
A buried wedge of stiff mantle rock might be the reason why the Himalayas and the Tibetan Plateau have stayed so high for ...
Researchers have detected a large, previously unknown structure—consisting of unusually dense, hot rock—deep inside the Earth below the Pacific Ocean. The structure, known as an ultralow-velocity zone ...
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Deep Beneath The Pacific Ocean, Earth's Crust Is Tearing Itself Apart
A careful analysis of the complex boundary where four tectonic plates meet reveals that one of the slabs is tearing itself ...
Using the world's most brilliant X-ray source, scientists have for the first time peered into molten magma at conditions of the deep Earth mantle. The analysis revealed that molten basalt changes its ...
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Scientists detect 'structure' hiding deep inside Earth's inner core using seismic waves
More insights about Earth's core have arrived through some detailed examinations. A team of researchers believes that the inner core is made of two distinct layers. The finding has been explained in ...
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