Volcanic eruptions can destroy essential infrastructure, ground air traffic for days, wipe out entire cities, disrupt the ...

A diagram of the Earth's layers, including the transition zone ... (255 and 410 mi) deep, separates the upper and lower mantle. To get a closer look at what's going on down there, ...

An illustrative diagram showing the ancient subducted 'slab' the team resolved at present day. It has a direct impact on the large-scale lowermost mantle structures known as 'superplumes'.

A schematic diagram showing remnants of the early Cenozoic Pacific lower mantle flow beneath the Philippine Sea Plate. The white bars and grey dashed lines denote remnants of the Pacific lower ...

The mantle wave penetrates far beneath the continent, and the uplift and kimberlite volcanism migrate inland as well. A broad plateau has formed on the surface, and it is punctured with kimberlite ...

Scientists are currently studying a part of the Earth’s mantle which has become exposed in Baltimore, Md. The rock layer typically lies far below the Earth’s surface, and presents a rare ...