Just when things couldn't get any crazier in the US, scientists have discovered that the underside of the Earth's crust is ...
Seismic mapping of North America has revealed that an ancient slab of crust buried beneath the Midwest is causing the crust ...
Modern continental rocks carry chemical signatures from the very start of our planet’s history, challenging current theories ...
A diagram showing how Earth's crust and upper mantle (together known as the lithosphere) could be dripping into the mantle due to the Farallon slab. (Image credit: Hua et al. Nature Geoscience (2025)) ...
The processes led to the lithosphere, which consists of the Earth's crust and upper mantle, thinning and extending seaward. The NCC was specifically studied, but "the North American craton ...
Research on the interactions between Earth's lithosphere, atmosphere, and ionosphere has uncovered new insights into how ...
Lithospheric dripping occurs when the underside of Earth's rocky crust is heated to a certain temperature. As the rock melts, ...