The magnetized rocks of Earth's crust and mantle, also known as the upper lithosphere, accounts for generating 6 percent of the planets magnetic field. Data from the European Space Agency's Swarm ...

"The expanding-Earth theory had the merit of explaining with a fixist model the evidence of ancient continental connections," ...

Dive into the world beneath your feet and discover what tectonic plates are, how they move, and why they're responsible for ...

New research reveals that Earth's core is leaking gold. Precious metals are moving from the core to the mantle and crust.

Motivation for the process seems to be mantle plumes—columns of rock superheated by contact with the core-mantle boundary and thrust into the Earth's lithosphere to create volcanic islands such ...

With their flat shapes and steep sides, they are unlike any volcanoes seen on Earth—they look much more ... and also varied the rigidity of the lithosphere. After tinkering with their model ...

EARS is the largest active continental rift system on Earth, ripping through around 2,175 miles (3,500 kilometers) of Africa.

The idea that Earth is hiding treasure deep within has ... forever Scientists studied volcanic rocks from deep below the lithosphere. These rocks surfaced through magma plumes beneath ocean ...

Out of 75 coronae examined, 52 showed signs of these underground forces still at work, hinting that tectonic activity may be more widespread on Venus than previously thought.

Stretching 4,000 miles, the East African Rift System is one of the largest in the world—and scientists just uncovered the hidden force tearing it apart.

destruction and rearrangement of the Earth’s crust and lithosphere. New experiments shed light on the complex interplay between rock deformation and metamorphism. Slab stagnation in Earth’s ...