Deep within the Earth’s mantle, rhythmic pulses of hot lava are emerging on the surface, offering a rare glimpse into the ...

Continental crust rises on average 125 meters above sea level, and some 15 percent of the continental area extends over two kilometers in elevation.

A study reveals that the oldest continental crust on Earth is slowly being broken up by shifting tectonic forces.

"The rocks of the original continental crust could only form under relatively narrowly defined temperature and pressure conditions. In both extremes, these conditions do not exist," explains Rozel.

The Earth’s crust is disappearing right beneath our feet – and most people don’t even realise it.Now, if you’re a geologist, or got a keen interest in how the Earth is put together, then this probably ...

The continental crust is the layer of granitic, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks which form the continents and the areas of shallow seabed close to their shores, known as continental shelves. It ...

The continental crust provides a record of Earth’s evolution. Analysis of the geochemical signature of continental crust formed since the Hadean points to the initiation of plate tectonics about ...

Continental crust — which is made of less dense rock than oceanic crust and therefore rises to higher elevations — came perhaps hundreds of millions of years later.

The scientists computed with unprecedented precision the amount of landmass, or “continental crust,” before and after the collision. “What we found is that half of the mass that was there 60 million ...

Earth's continents have been leaking nutrients into the ocean for at least 3.7 billion years, new research suggests. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...