These ancient buried "super-continents"—known to scientists as large low-seismic-velocity provinces (LLSVPs)—were found ...

A new research reveals hidden 'sunken worlds' in Earth's mantle, offering clues about ancient crust and tectonic mysteries.

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." The modern understanding of ...

Deeply hidden in Earth's mantle there are two huge "islands" the size of a continent. New research from Utrecht University ...

Geophysicists find areas that resemble the results of tectonic plate collisions — far from any area of such activity.

Unexpected mantle structures hint at ancient or unknown materials, challenging current tectonic theories and prompting deeper ...

According to scientists from the California Institute of Technology and Swiss research university ETH Zurich, a new method ...

These fragments of our surface do have a tendency to sink into Earth's mantle when they lose out in the plate-on-plate ...

Scientists discovered plate anomalies in Earth's mantle using seismic wave analysis. These mysterious structures challenge ...

A new way of measuring structures deep inside Earth has highlighted numerous previously unknown blobs within our planet's ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." The modern understanding of the plate tectonic cycle predicts that remnants of submerged plates will ...