Scientists Reveal Hidden Mantle Superhighways Beneath Tonga
A breakthrough study has provided the most detailed 3D look yet at the inner workings of the Tonga Subduction Zone, where ...
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Continent-size blobs in Earth's mantle are a billion years old, ancient crystals reveal
Continent-size islands deep inside Earth's mantle could be more than a billion years old, a new study finds. Known as large low-seismic-velocity provinces (LLSVPs), these blobs are both hotter and ...
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Advanced seismic imaging deciphers mantle dynamics beneath Tonga subduction zone
High-Resolution Anisotropic Tomography Reveals Mantle Flow Complexity and Slab-Plume Interactions, Redefining Subduction Zone ...
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Easter Island's volcanic history suggests Earth's mantle behaves quite differently than previously assumed
Scientists have known since the 1960s that mantle plumes stay in place for a very long time while the Earth's plates move over them. Every time the plate shifts a bit, the mantle plume produces a ...