In East Africa's Afar Depression, scientists have discovered that fresh lava from deep within the Earth's mantle is driving ...

The chemical striping suggests the plume is pulsing, like a heartbeat.” That is how Professor Tom Gernon of the University of ...

Something unusual is happening deep within Earth’s mantle,around 1,700 miles below the surface, where seismic waves accelerate in a way that has left scientists scratching their heads for decades.

Ancient magma plume found beneath Oman’s Salma Plateau remains hidden Researchers believe the buried plume redirected India’s ...

Mantle plumes are important geologic processes—they interact with plate tectonics, create rich mineral deposits, and even ...

MUSCAT: A team of international scientists has discovered what they believe is the first confirmed "ghost plume" — a hidden ...

Almost 3,000 kilometers underground, a seismic mystery has been solved as earthquake waves anomalous behavior is finally ...

A mysterious solid layer 2,700 km deep is flowing like honey, speeding up seismic waves. Crystals and post-perovskite ...

Earth's interior is cooling faster than expected. Jan 14, 2022. A new way of looking at the Earth's interior. ... Seismic waves accelerate in the D" layer, about 2,700 km deep, ...

They have demonstrated why earthquake waves change abruptly at a depth of 2,700 kilometres at the so-called D‘’ layer. The reason for this is a type of solid rock that nevertheless flows. This mineral ...

Earth’s solid inner core appears to have changed shape in the past 20 years or so, according to seismic wave measurements – but the behaviour of these waves could also be explained by other ...