Additionally, the discovery of two “giant blobs” deep inside the Earth has sparked debates among experts about how and why ...

Mid-ocean ridge basalts (MORBs), located far from subduction zones, are typically thought to be unaffected by subduction ...

An earthquake of magnitude 4.0 jolted Nepal on Tuesday, a statement by the National Center for Seismology (NCS) said. As per the NCS, the earthquake occurred at a depth of 25km, making it susceptible ...

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

This early rocky shell featured chemical signatures previously thought to occur only in continental crusts made by the ...

Nepal was jolted by a magnitude 4.0 ​earthquake Tuesday, a statement by the National Center for Seismology (NCS) said.​ There ...

This subduction process further increases the stress and strain on the crust, and can also lead to Nepal earthquakes. The collision of these plates is also responsible for the uplift of the ...