Lithospheric dripping occurs when the underside of Earth's rocky crust is heated to a certain temperature. As the rock melts, a drop starts to form, eventually becoming weighty enough to break off and ...

Geologists have made certain assumptions about how the crust making up our planet's earliest surface formed, but a new study has found that Earth's very first protocrust was surprisingly similar to ...

With a computer rendering, he helped scientists understand that the earth, with its shifting tectonic plates, is “an extraordinary living being” that is “continuously changing.” ...

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The initial results from the model showed that under the reducing ... the chemical signatures we see in the continental crust were created in Earth's earliest period—regardless of how the ...

Chemical clues to formation The initial results from the model showed that under the ... signatures we see in continental crust were created in Earth's earliest period -- regardless of how the ...

As you read this, the North American continent’s underside is dribbling away into Earth’s molten mantle. And according to ...

Chemical clues to formation The initial results from the model showed that under the reducing conditions ... “Our research shows that the chemical signatures we see in continental crust were created ...

A rare geological process is tearing the Indian Plate apart deep beneath the surface, scientists have discovered. In a study ...