Seismology

How Scientists Unraveled Earth’s Deep Water Secrets

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Dr. Sarah Adams

Illustration of silica crystals coming out from the liquid metal of the Earth’s outer core due to a water-induced chemical reaction. Credit: ...

Mystery of Volcanic Tsunami Solved After 373 Years

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Dr. Sarah Adams

Scientists used modern imaging techniques to study the 1650 Kolumbo underwater volcano eruption, revealing that a landslide followed by an eruption caused ...

Strange Blobs in Deep Mantle Are the Remains of an Ancient Planet

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Dr. Sarah Adams

The large low velocity provinces (LLVPs) in the deep Earth mantle may be relics of Theian mantle materials. Credit:  Hongping Deng and ...