Southwest Research Institute’s Dr. Simone Marchi collaborated on a new study finding the first geophysically plausible scenario to explain the abundance of certain precious metals — including gold and ...
(a) Tectonic setting background in the Tonga-Lau-Fiji region. (b) Schematic diagram of the upper mantle structure beneath the Tonga-Lau-Fiji region. A landmark study published in Geoscience—a leading ...
Seismic imaging has exposed two massive zones hidden deep in Earth’s mantle. These giant blobs, known as large low-velocity provinces, or LLVPs, stretch beneath Africa and the Pacific. They are so ...
Buried nearly 1,800 miles below Earth’s surface are two vast, continent-sized structures that continue to challenge our understanding of the planet’s formation. Theselarge low shear velocity provinces ...