Tungsten (W), a hard, heat-resistant, and corrosion-resistant metal, is indispensable to modern high-tech industries—from ...

Geologists from the University of Hong Kong (HKU) have made a breakthrough in understanding how Earth's early continents ...

Is Earth's inner core solid or liquid? While the inner core is extremely hot, experts have known that it is solid for many ...

Understanding these ghost plumes, and especially developing ways to find more of them, will help geologists better understand how much heat is escaping the core-mantle boundary.

A gold reservoir is hidden in Earth's core and it's leaking into the mantle, says new study A new study claims that Earth is receiving some very valuable gifts from deep under the surface. Analysis of ...

These lavas were formed by partial melting of the mantle — the layer between the crust and the core.

Its composition also showed it was part of a planetary mantle – the section between the core and crust – making it the first such sample found from the outer part of the solar system, although ...

Object Details Author Drake, Charles L Hart, Pembroke J Knopoff, Leon 1925- International Upper Mantle Committee Pacific Science Congress (11th : 1966 : Tokyo, Japan) Upper Mantle Project Symposium ...

Hidden beneath the thick crust and scorching layers deep inside our Earth lies an immense stash of precious metals. Scientists have long believed these riches, which include gold and ruthenium, remain ...

Fiery volcanoes have belched up molten rock, hot ash, and gas since Earth formed billions of years ago.

Mantle Plume Reconstruction by Three-Dimensional Electromagnetic Induction Abstract: The Earth’s interior consists of multiscale structures that range from micrometer-scale mineral assemblages to 1000 ...