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

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

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

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

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

It sits over 3,000 miles below the surface, smaller than the Moon yet massive enough to play a big part in Earth’s ... than ...

Researchers have made a new discovery that changes our understanding of Earth's early geological history, challenging beliefs ...

The study is published in the journal Nature. "This study is the first to demonstrate, using a physical model, that the first ...

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

A diagram showing how Earth's crust and upper mantle (together known as the lithosphere) could be dripping into the mantle due to the Farallon slab. (Image credit: Hua et al. Nature Geoscience ...