The Thickest Layer of the Earth
The mantle is a whopping 2,900 km (1,802 miles) thick, and it's by far the thickest layer of the Earth.
Tag: crust
The crust of Mars may be more complicated and “evolved” than we thought
Mars' geology isn't quite as funky as Earth's -- but it's not all that plain either.
Mars’ water didn’t escape; it’s trapped in the red crust
Not being tectonically active has its drawbacks.
Ice ages may be caused by tectonic activity in the tropics, new study proposes
Pixar left this part out of Ice Age.
The Earth had continental crust much earlier than thought — potentially life, too
The Earth's 'young' phase might have been much shorter than we assume.
What is the Wilson Cycle, builder and slayer of supercontinents?
There're two ways you can find out how supercontinents form. Reading this is the one where you don't have to ...
Silica rains helped form Earth’s crust four and a half billion years ago
Talk about hailstone, right?
Scientists discover another layer in the Earth’s mantle
Most people tend to think of the Earth in terms of crust, mantle and core, and while those are indeed ...
Scientists find direct evidence that CO2 heats the Earth’s crust
When we're talking about CO2 emissions and global warming, we generally mean atmospheric CO2 - where the gas is spewed ...
Deep lying bacteria found, reproduce only once in 10.000 years
A surprisingly diverse range of life forms exists deep in the oceanic crust, but they live at an extremely slow ...
Understanding magma in the mantle: rocks melt at greater depth than previously thought
Magma forms much deeper than geologists previously believed, according to a new study conducted by Rice University. Magma and Crust ...