Scientists have uncovered shocking evidence that India’s tectonic plates are literally splitting apart.

Scientists estimate it will take at least 5 to 10 million years for the Afar region to be fully submerged. When that happens, ...

Scientists have recently made a groundbreaking discovery: two enormous, mysterious structures hidden deep beneath the Earth’s ...

Scientists discover enormous pockets of salty brine beneath the Pacific Ocean, key to understanding periodic underwater ...

McArie Island, located between New Zealand and Antarctica, is a geological treasure that offers a glimpse into Earth’s deep past. Unlike most islands, McArie is composed entirely of oceanic crust and ...

Jill VanTongeren, an assistant professor at Rutgers University, will present a lecture titled "Structure and formation of the oceanic crust through time" at 11 a.m. on Thursday, April 20, 2017, in the ...

Our results demonstrate that long-term recycling of dense oceanic crust naturally leads to the formation of thermochemical piles with seismic characteristics similar to the LLSVPs. The extent to which ...

Carbon can also be introduced to the mantle by subducting slabs, both in sediments and altered oceanic crust. The balance of carbon entering the mantle through subduction and leaving the convecting ...

Lithospheric mantle provides critical links between underlying asthenosphere and overlying crust. Understanding the evolution of lithospheric mantle beneath continents and ocean floors sheds lights on ...

Oceanic Convergence: The Birth of Trenches Schematic of oceanic convergence. Oceanic convergence occurs when two tectonic plates, at least one of which carries oceanic crust, move towards each other.