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ScienceAlert on MSNMysterious Blobs Deep Inside Earth May Fuel Deadly Volcanic EruptionsVolcanic eruptions can destroy essential infrastructure, ground air traffic for days, wipe out entire cities, disrupt the ...
An illustrative diagram showing the ancient subducted 'slab' the team resolved at present day. It has a direct impact on the large-scale lowermost mantle structures known as 'superplumes'.
A diagram of the Earth's layers, including the transition zone ... (255 and 410 mi) deep, separates the upper and lower mantle. To get a closer look at what's going on down there, ...
The mantle wave penetrates far beneath the continent, and the uplift and kimberlite volcanism migrate inland as well. A broad plateau has formed on the surface, and it is punctured with kimberlite ...
Thirsty crystals The deep Earth holds about the same amount of water as our oceans. That’s the conclusion from experiments on rocks typical of those in the mantle transition zone, a global ...
Scientists are currently studying a part of the Earth’s mantle which has become exposed in Baltimore, Md. The rock layer typically lies far below the Earth’s surface, and presents a rare ...
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