This is a cartoon showing the big mantle wedge beneath eastern Asia and lithosphere thinning process of the North China craton caused by carbonated metasomatism of the lithosphere mantle.

Earthquakes. A short video for 11-14 year old pupils, exploring tectonic activity and earthquakes and featuring case studies ...

This ancient slab may be weakening the overlying lithosphere, making it prone to dripping into the mantle. Researchers found that these drip-like structures extend about 640 kilometres (400 miles ...

Crust and lithospheric mantle—the thinnest and thickest layers of the Earth's lithosphere—and a wide ... processes that affect our lives, like earthquake sciences and volcanology." ...