Just when things couldn't get any crazier in the US, scientists have discovered that the underside of the Earth's crust is ...

Giant regions of the mantle where seismic waves slow down may have formed from subducted ocean crust, a new study finds.

Scientists have long thought that tectonic plates needed to dive beneath each other to create the chemical fingerprint we see ...

The study also provides a new approach to solving one of the biggest enduring scientific mysteries: when did plate tectonics ...

New research suggests that Earth's first crust, formed over 4.5 billion years ago, already carried the chemical traits we ...

NASA's SWOT satellite has revealed unseen ocean depths, mapping seafloor features that shape life, currents and tectonics.

Seismic mapping of North America has revealed that an ancient slab of crust buried beneath the Midwest is causing the crust ...

Researchers have made a new discovery that changes our understanding of Earth's early geological history, challenging beliefs ...

The substance can contain up to 1.5 percent water, and if the ringwoodite under the surface has just one percent water in its ...

The fate of carbonate in oceanic crust subducted into earth’s lower mantle ... comprising the entire phase assemblage expected to crystallize from basalt under lower-mantle conditions while the ...

Stable parts of the Earth's crust may not be as immovable as previously ... caused by this special form of subduction occurring near oceanic plates, revealing how the continents evolved over ...

Beneath the American Midwest, on the continent of North America, the underside of Earth's crust is dripping into ... reveals that the craton that sits under most of the North American continent ...