How Oceanic Crusts Replenishes Itself

The molten core of our planet is entirely engulfed in the mantle, the second, thickest layer of magma that supports the crust. The latter is simply the skin of our planet, a layer just a few kilometers thick at its largest point, on which everything we know, continents and oceans included, li... [ read more >> ]

BU experts studied seismic velocities in the Gulf of California to determine that a geological phenomenon known as dynamic upwelling occurs in the Earth's mantle as oceanic crust is formed

Image comment: BU experts studied seismic velocities in the Gulf of California to determine that a geological phenomenon known as dynamic upwelling occurs in the Earth's mantle as oceanic crust is formed
Image credits: Yun Wang / Brown University

BU experts studied seismic velocities in the Gulf of California to determine that a geological phenomenon known as dynamic upwelling occurs in the Earth's mantle as oceanic crust is formed