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How plate tectonics works The driving force behind plate tectonics is convection in the mantle. Hot material near Earth's core rises, and colder mantle rock sinks. "It's kind of like a pot boiling ...

Dynamic Earth presents the principles of convection in the earth's mantle in an accessible style. Mantle convection is the process underlying plate tectonics, volcanic hotspots and, hence, most ...

An unexpected find in tiny crystals hints that the Earth's mantle may not quite behave as has been believed for nearly a century.

Additionally, a large region of upper mantle material, known as a "large mantle wedge," developed between the advancing slab ...

evidence suggests it is the plates that drive the convection. Slab pull occurs where older, denser tectonic plates sink into the mantle at subduction zones. As these older sections of plates sink ...

“This study provides a first present-day example of how a cold downwelling from above is breaking up a deep mantle blob,” says Sanne Cottaar, a professor of global seismology at the University ...

New York Yankees star Mickey Mantle, known as 'The Mick' and 'The Commerce Comet,' was born on Oct. 20, 1931. Mantle played in Pinstripes for his entire Major League Baseball career. The ...

A one-of-a-kind item from New York Yankees legend Mickey Mantle is being offered for auction at Leland's, per TMZ Sports. "Offered is a one-of-a-kind item: a display of 99 Mickey Mantle signatures ...

He aims to prove that he carry the mantle of the team's undisputed primary starter for a full season and not just portions of the year. Ersson started two games during the preseason. He notched a ...