Seismic mapping of North America has revealed that an ancient slab of crust buried beneath the Midwest is causing the crust ...

Beneath the crust of North America, scientists have found that the deep roots of the continent are slowly dripping away in ...

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A chunk of ancient oceanic crust buried deep beneath the Midwest is pulling parts of North America's crust down into the ...

The oldest parts of Earth's continents are called cratons, and underneath, they are rooted to the mantle... | Earth And The ...

Geodynamic models say deep mantle flow from the long-subducted Farallon slab is likely behind the massive underground “drips” ...

Researchers have discovered that the underside of the North American continent is dripping away in blobs of rock—and that the ...

The study also provides a new approach to solving one of the biggest enduring scientific mysteries: when did plate tectonics ...

New research suggests that Earth's first crust, formed over 4.5 billion years ago, already carried the chemical traits we ...

Modern continental rocks carry chemical signatures from the very start of our planet's history, challenging current theories about plate tectonics.

Researchers have discovered cratonic thinning occurring beneath North America, driven by the remnants of the Farallon Plate.