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How Old Is the Earth?
Stromatolites: You Can't Spell Mold Without Old One of the big problems with Kelvin's estimates for the age of the Earth was ...
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There could be hundreds’: Big discovery under the Pacific after 200 million years
The mantle of the Earth, up to 1,800 miles (2,900 kms) thick and 84% of the Earth's volume, was assumed to be a simple ...
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How hidden water in Earth’s mantle might spark volcanoes
Scientists have long been puzzled by volcanoes that erupt far from the edges of tectonic plates—known as intraplate volcanoes ...
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Scientists Crack Mystery Behind Large Slabs of the Earth's Crust That Went 'Missing' From Geological Records
Scientists Crack Mystery Behind Large Slabs of the Earth's Crust That Went 'Missing' From Geological Records The Earth is no ...
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New ocean is being born on Earth: Close to America, but is “strange”
An ocean may in time develop from a rift in the Afar Triangle, in the Horn of Africa which will be close to America.
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Scientists Say the Moon Was Once a Giant Ocean of Molten Rock
China’s Chang’e 6 mission uncovers evidence of a molten lunar magma ocean and a violent ancient impact.
Water stored in the mantle for millions of years may be linked to continental volcanism
The mantle transition zone (MTZ), which occurs 410–670 kilometers below Earth's surface, may store several oceans' worth of water. This water, which is carried to such depths by subducting tectonic ...