Newswise — Scientists from the University of Wyoming, the United States Geological Survey and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution reveal in the Oct. 28 issue of "Science" the most accurate method ...
Scientists aboard IODP Expedition 399 developed and validated a rigorous workflow for retrieving contamination-free hard rock ...
Image: Tiny crystals called zircons are used to date oceanic crust. A newly developed method that detects tiny bits of zircon in rock reliably predicts the age of ocean crust more than 99 percent of ...
Professor Yao Huajian's research group from the School of Earth and Space Sciences of the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), in cooperation with Dr. Piero Poli from Grenoble-Alpes ...
In 1981, scientists discovered one of the thinnest portions of the Earth’s crust — a 1-mile (1.6 kilometers) thick, earthquake-prone spot under the Atlantic Ocean where the American and African ...
An international research team has discovered that a subduction zone's age affects the ability for it to recycle water between the Earth's surface and its inner layers. The more mature the subduction ...
Learn about the swelled-up structure beneath Bermuda, where a thick layer of buoyant rock may be holding up oceanic crust. The Bermuda Triangle has been the source of tall tales for decades, but deep ...