The largest volcanoes in Earth’s history owe their formation to powerful geological phenomena called mantle plumes—upwellings of abnormally hot rock within the Earth’s mantle that rise toward the ...

A recent groundbreaking scientific expedition has pierced deeper into the Earth’s mantle than ever before, offering ...

The finding could explain the long-running mystery of why the surfaces of the lunar near and far sides are so different.

A hidden tectonic tear may be splitting the Indian Plate from within. New seismic and isotope data suggest a vertical ...

Aboard the Joides Resolution research vessel, team members process samples of mantle rock recovered from a more than 4,100ft-deep hole drilled into the seabed of the North Atlantic (Lesley ...

The mantle and crust have long been thought to ... Do you have a question about geology? Let us know via [email protected].

If you want to understand the geology of our home planet, studying the mantle is a great place to start. Separating the planet’s rocky crust and the molten outer core, the mantle makes up 70 per ...

A reappraisal of decades-old data suggests that strange circular formations on Venus could be volcanic “rings of fire” ...

Had the team found evidence that the mantle plume under Easter Island has been active for 165 million years? To answer that question, Rojas-Agramonte needed evidence from the geology of the 'Ring ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Many seismologists and researchers have long believed the Earth ...

Plate tectonics is geology’s Theory of Everything ... suggest they are caused by waves that ripple through Earth’s mantle, the layer below the crust, when continents divide.