Due to the radiative thermal conductivity of the mineral olivine, only oceanic plates over 60 million years old and ...

The vertical movement of the mantle is one of the driving forces that brings about large-scale geological changes to the ...

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

Scientists have detected rhythmic pulses of molten rock rising beneath eastern Africa, threatening to pull the continent ...

More information: T. Ohuchi et al, A Stress Memory Effect in Olivine at Upper Mantle Pressures and Temperatures, Geophysical Research Letters (2025). DOI: 10.1029/2025GL114960 ...

Scientists believe that gold and other precious metals are slowly leaking to the surface from Earth's core through Hawaiian volcanoes.

Intermediate earthquakes occur in the subducting slabs at depths of 50-300 km. Hypocenters of intermediate earthquakes form seismic zones. The Kaiser effect, which is known as a stress memory ...

The chemical striping suggests the plume is pulsing, like a heartbeat.” That is how Professor Tom Gernon of the University of ...

The drying of one of the world’s largest lakes is among the greatest human-made disasters to ever impact the Earth’s surface.

It’s certainly not an obvious choice as a source for battery materials. But that’s exactly how it’s viewed by a group of New Zealand engineers. Christchurch-based Aspiring Materials has developed a ...

Porter, R., H. Gilbert, G. Zandt, S. L. Beck, L. M. Warren, J. Calkins, P. Alvarado, and M. Anderson, Shear wave velocities in the Pampean flat-slab region from Rayleigh wave tomography: Implications ...

Zhu, L., 1988, Study on the inversion of 3D velocity structure of crust and upper mantle. M.Sc. thesis, Institute of Geophysics, SSB, Beijing, China. (in Chinese). Zhu, L., 1985, The tau-p ...