Magma forms far deeper than geologists previously thought, according to new research at Rice University.
Earth Sciences
Jan 9, 2013
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Early in the formation of Earth, an ocean of magma covered the planet's surface and stretched thousands of miles deep into its core. The rate at which that "magma ocean" cooled affected the formation of the distinct layering ...
Earth Sciences
Feb 27, 2023
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Lavas from the Afar Depression in Ethiopia, where three tectonic plates are spreading apart, have given scientists a new insight into how ocean basins form.
Earth Sciences
Jul 8, 2013
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Using the world's most brilliant X-ray source, scientists have for the first time peered into molten magma at conditions of the deep Earth mantle. The analysis at DESY's light source PETRA III revealed that molten basalt ...
Earth Sciences
Nov 6, 2013
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The Earth's Moon had a rough start in life. Formed from a chunk of the Earth that was lopped off during a planetary collision, it spent its early years covered by a roiling global ocean of molten magma before cooling and ...
Earth Sciences
Nov 21, 2017
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A new analysis of the topography of the central Andes shows the uplifting of the Earth's second highest continental plateau was driven in part by a huge zone of melted rock in the crust, known as a magma body.
Earth Sciences
Oct 25, 2016
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Shortly after it formed, the moon was covered in a global ocean of molten rock (magma). As the magma ocean cooled and solidified, dense minerals sank to form the mantle layer, while less-dense minerals floated to form the ...
Space Exploration
Aug 4, 2021
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Two new studies into the "plumbing systems" that lie under volcanoes could bring scientists closer to predicting large eruptions.
Earth Sciences
Mar 30, 2012
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During the earliest stages of the Earth's formation, the planet's mantle may have taken the form of a giant magma ocean, being fully or partially molten all the way down to the core-mantle boundary. Though today mantle material ...
Earth Sciences
Oct 29, 2012
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Cardiff University scientists have revealed the true extent of the internal 'plumbing system' that drives volcanic activity around the world.
Earth Sciences
Aug 8, 2019
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