Scientists found new evidence that Earth’s crust is peeling underneath the Sierra Nevada in California. The process might be ...

Even the oldest and most stable of lithospheric structures can’t withstand geologic machinations deep within the Earth.

Just when things couldn't get any crazier in the US, scientists have discovered that the underside of the Earth's crust is dripping molten lava inside the planet. The hot lava is thought to be ...

Crust and lithospheric mantle—the thinnest and thickest layers of the Earth's lithosphere—and a wide range of dynamic processes that deform them can be studied by using high precision geodetic ...

The plates make up Earth's outer shell, called the lithosphere. (This includes the crust and uppermost part of the mantle.) Churning currents in the molten rocks below propel them along like a ...

and lithosphere) on Earth. Along with energy flows, biogeochemical cycles establish the relations among ecosystem compartments at local, regional and global scales. In these systems of inputs ...

The deep roots of Earth's oldest continents have long been thought to be unshakable. But a new seismic discovery suggests that even these stable landmasses can change. Beneath the center of North ...

They used the magnetotelluric method 5 to measure the electrical resistivity of the region's lithosphere with naturally occurring radio waves. Fluid-rich zones of the Earth's lithosphere show low ...