Seismic mapping of North America has revealed that an ancient slab of crust buried beneath the Midwest is causing the crust ...

Something strange is happening beneath the heart of North America. The continent’s ancient core, the craton, is changing ...

A map showing seismic speed in Earth’s crust at 125 miles depth across the continental U.S. and portions of Central America and Canada. The North American craton (outlined in black dashes) has a ...

One of these slabs currently straddles the boundary between the mantle ... The discovery was possible thanks to a wider project led by Hua to map what lies beneath North America using a high ...

The slab of rock is applying a downward dragging force on the continent and is "both redirecting the flow of material in the ...

A fascinating new study reveals that a massive chunk of Earth’s crust, buried deep beneath the Midwest, is slowly pulling large parts of North America’s crust into the Earth’s mantle. This process, ...

This computer model utilized seismic data collected by the EarthScope project and revealed fresh details about the geologic processes happening in the crust and mantle underlying North America.

Researchers have discovered that the underside of ... about the geologic processes happening in the crust and mantle underlying North America. "Because of the use of this full-waveform method ...

The slab of rock is applying a downward dragging force on the continent and is "both redirecting the flow of material in the mantle ... part of the North American craton discovery is that the ...

An ancient slab of Earth's crust buried deep beneath the Midwest is sucking huge swatches of present-day's North American crust down into the mantle, researchers say. The slab's pull has created giant ...

A new study details how the North American plate is “dripping” into the mantle due to the continued influence of the Farallon Plate, which has been subducting under the continent for 200 ...

When Maureen Long talks to the public about her work, she likes to ask her audience to close their eyes and think of a ...