Geologists from the University of Hong Kong (HKU) have made a breakthrough in understanding how Earth's early continents ...

The study authors noted that, for a mantle mineral, goldschmidtite has a peculiar chemical composition. “Goldschmidtite has high concentrations of niobium, potassium and the rare-earth elements ...

They reveal that the chemical composition of the deep mantle has remained almost intact since the Earth's formation 4.5 ...

A ‘ghost plume’ identified deep in the mantle beneath Oman suggests there may be more heat flowing out of Earth’s core than ...

The record-setting Chang’e-4 mission might have spotted minerals that would reveal long-held ... The study authors argue that it is likely these mineral patches represent upper mantle ...

An international study has revealed how continental collisions may have supercharged the Earth's richest deposits of copper, ...

The mantle is incredibly difficult to study because it’s so deeply buried beneath the Earth’s crust, or outer skin. Now, scientists have drilled a 1,268m-deep core that reaches down into this ...

Research on hidden structures deep within Earth’s mantle challenges theories about our planet’s middle layer and could transform our understanding of plate tectonics. CNN values your feedback 1.

Still, if the plume and mantle were changing so rapidly, the oldest of the minerals should have been carried off, never to be found. But that wasn’t the case. It had to be slow.