For the first time, ETH scientists have successfully recreated the formation of continental crust in the Archean using a computer simulation. The model helps scientists to better understand processes ...

The thick outer crust of Earth has zillions of wafer-like pieces interlocked and held together like a cork trapping the molten hot mantle. The blizzard-like forces agitating inside the mantle continue ...

The alternative text for this image may have been generated using AI. This study uses three-dimensional continental collision models to investigate the role of crustal heterogeneity in forming the ...

Physicists in the US have proven that wax is an excellent model of the ocean floors. Using a tub of wax, geophysicists at Cornell and Columbia have produced a predictive model of tectonic microplates ...