The deep roots of Earth's oldest continents have long been thought to be unshakable. But a new seismic discovery suggests ...

Lithospheric dripping occurs when the underside of Earth's rocky crust is heated to a certain temperature. As the rock melts, ...

The North American continent is "dripping" rock into the lower layers of the Earth, new research says, and in the process ...

the earliest continents form. The changing face of the planet (3,400-2,500 mya) The lithosphere, the rocky outer shell that covers Earth, is broken into several rigid slabs known as tectonic plates.

Beneath the surface of the United States, the Earth's crust is gradually subsiding, creating a novel geological phenomenon.

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Even the oldest and most stable of lithospheric structures can’t withstand geologic machinations deep within the Earth.

The dripping beneath the continent is active now ... of that important zone between the deep mantle and the shallower lithosphere,” said Becker. “It gives us clues on what’s happening ...