News articles tagged with 'lithosphere'
North American continent is a layer cake, scientists discover
— 26 Aug 2010 08:19 | Geology and palaeontologyThe North American continent is not one thick, rigid slab, but a layer cake of ancient, 3 billion-year-old rock on top of much newer material probably less than 1 billion years old,…
Geologists find 'blob' of material beneath the US West Great Basin
— 27 May 2009 10:20 | Geology and palaeontologyThere are very few places in the world where dynamic activity taking place beneath Earth's surface goes undetected…
The Dead Sea: Tectonic concurrence below ten kilometres of sediments
— 30 Jan 2009 19:15 | Geology and palaeontologyThe Dead Sea lies in a basin structure situated below the sea level. This deep subsidence is a result of a tectonic concurrence between processes in the upper lithosphere that led to…
Team led by Purdue professor first to record key event that breaks continents apart
— 10 Dec 2008 11:48 | Geology and palaeontologyResearchers have captured for the first time a geological event considered key in shaping the Earth's landscape. An international research team led by Eric Calais, a Purdue University…
New observations indicate interior of Mars Is colder
— 15 May 2008 18:45 | AstronomyNew observations from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter indicate that the crust and upper mantle of Mars are stiffer and colder than previously thought. The findings suggest any liquid…
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