The basement was formed about 60 million years ago at the mid-ocean ridge crest, and the uplift of the ridge and opening of Kings Trough occurred about 27 million years ago.

2016). We have also shown that diamonds from Juina, Brazil and their silicate mineral inclusions crystallised from just such a carbonatitic melt, suggesting that small-degree melts of subducted crust ...

It’s here that Barbara Sherwood Lollar, a hydrogeologist at the University of Toronto, journeys into the planet’s crust to hunt for signs of life. “You get into a small truck or vehicle and go down a ...

Scientists have discovered an ocean located beneath the Earth's crust that contains more water than all the surface oceans combined. This vast reservoir of water is situated more than 640 ...

But for two earthquake researchers, they found whale vocalization reflections could assist in measuring ocean crust structure. Their findings appear today (February 12) in Science. “It’s a nice ...

Now, people are only just realising that there’s a massive ocean hidden under the Earth’s crust. It turns out there ... other sites and building up a profile of your interests.

Glaciers once inched toward the sea, gouging rocks. When the ice masses melted, they infused oceans with nutrients that may ...