Mantle convection plays ... mechanism by which the Earth transfers heat from its deep interior to its surface. Once the internally generated heat reaches the surface it is transferred to the ...

When the movement of tectonic plates in the crust creates earthquakes ... Mainly made of hot nickel and iron, convection currents coupled with the Earth's rotation force the liquid metal in ...

THE term “crust” is frequently used in dealing with the constitution of the earth, but is seldom defined. It is a convenient scientific term to apply to the earth's outermost shell ...

A doughnut-shaped structure almost 3,000 kilometers beneath our feet has been discovered by scientists, providing new clues ...

This broad, 8,000-mile-long bulge in the crust of the earth differs in many ways from the rest of the ocean bottom. It may be the result of huge convection currents in the interior By Henry W. Menard ...

Scientists have discovered a vast donut-shaped structure hidden within Earth which could hold the secret to why life was able ...

 Earth has four main layers ... the viscous mantle, with convection currents driving plate tectonics; and the thin, solid ...

New research led by Monash University geologists suggests that electric currents generated within ... as they flow through cracks in the earth’s crust. As these fluids cool or undergo chemical ...

Researchers at Oregon State University have completed a mammoth project to create a 3-D map of electromagnetic energy in the Earth's crust across ... leads to electric currents and magnetic ...

Increased atmospheric moisture may alter critical weather patterns over Africa, making it more difficult for the predecessors of many Atlantic hurricanes to form, according to a new study ...