An odd phenomenon called lithospheric dripping might occur wherever mountains form. Earth's crust may "drip" into its middle ...

An unexpected find in tiny crystals hints that the Earth's mantle may not quite behave as has been believed for nearly a ...

EPFL/Alain Herzog A team of EPFL scientists has provided insight into the mechanisms at work in geothermal reservoirs located ...

Beneath a depression called the Konya Basin, Earth's crust is slowly dripping deeper into the planetary interior, a process that is gradually shaping the surface geology of not just the basin, but the ...

A team of EPFL scientists has provided insight into the mechanisms at work in geothermal reservoirs located deep underground, ...

The two tremors shifted the entire Anatolian plate to the west, a phenomenon that necessitates a reevaluation of existing ...

Artist impression of two types of lithospheric drip. One type produces thickening and uplift of Earth’s crust, while the other results in the formation of a basin at the surface without ...

Beneath a depression called the Konya Basin, Earth's crust is slowly dripping deeper into the planetary interior, a process that is gradually shaping the surface geology of not just the basin ...

A Chinese research team has reported the discovery of abiotic organic compounds in the oceanic crust of the Southwest Indian ...

Researchers created a seismic map of Earth's interior beneath the southeastern Pacific Ocean and discovered an ancient slab of oceanic crust that appears to be stuck midway through the mantle.

Recently, a Chinese research team reported the discovery of abiotic organic compounds in the oceanic crust of the Southwest ...