A fascinating new study reveals that a massive chunk of Earth’s crust, buried deep beneath the Midwest, is slowly pulling ...

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

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

But don't worry, the continent isn't about to collapse. These are incredibly slow geological processes, happening over ...

This model brought the drips into view for the first time in this way. It also helped the researchers deduce that the Farallon Plate, an oceanic tectonic plate that has been subducting under North ...

A new study suggests that this process may be caused by the remnants of an ancient tectonic plate Farallon, which has been submerged under the North American tectonic plate for many millions of years.

A 3D block diagram across North America showing a mantle tomography image reveals the Slab Unfolding method used to flatten the Farallon tectonic plate. By doing this, Fuston and Wu were able to ...

Farallon slab linked to crust loss under Midwest, says seismic study Crust thinning traced to deep Farallon slab 660km below ...

In a surprising new discovery, scientists have found that the underside of the North American continent is slowly “dripping” away—like blobs of rock melting off into the Earth’s mantle. This strange ...

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