Supercontinent causes Earth's mantle to split in two
The Earth's mantle was split into two regions, the African region and the Pacific region, when the supercontinent Pangaea broke apart.Earth's ancient secrets revealed at the bottom of the Philippine sea
A 50-million-year-old geological treasure buried beneath the Philippine Sea Plate preserves fascinating data about the Earth's mantle.Discovered an unprecedented depth of volcanic lava
Researchers have identified a previously unknown source of volcanic lava at the extreme depth of the Earth, in the transition zone between the upper and lower layers.