"Developer tooling plays a critical role in enabling scalable decentralized applications," said J. King Kasr, Chief Scientist ...

The discovery by Indian and British scientists that the Earth's strong outer shell -- the 'lithosphere' -- within the central Indian Ocean began to deform and fracture 15.4--13.9 million years ago, ...

It is common knowledge that the Earth's rigid upper layer called lithosphere is composed of moving plates. But just what mechanism first set plate tectonics into motion still remains a mystery.

Beneath the American Midwest, on the continent of North America, the underside of Earth's crust is dripping into the planetary interior. There, blobs of molten rock are coalescing in the upper mantle ...

We wanted to investigate what happens when continental lithosphere is stretched and broken to form a passive margin, which is a topic of considerable debate. Our idea was to fire compressed air 'shots ...

Litho Forum is launching a centralized platform designed to enhance collaboration and communication across the Lithosphere network. The new ...

Boulder, Colo., USA: Too deep to see or reach via drilling, the Moho (crust-mantle transition) remains something of a mystery more than a hundred years after its discovery. This insightful, ...

Professor ZHANG Haijiang from the School of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), in collaboration with academician HOU Zengqian from the Institute of Geology ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Satellites have provided a detailed view of the small but vitally important magnetic signals ...