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Earth’s crust

Colored map of cratons and framing sedimentary basins
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Cratons Mark the Spot for Mineral Bonanzas

Bas den Hond, Science Writer by Bas den Hond 11 September 20209 November 2021

A new map of the thickness of Earth’s lithosphere contains clues to large deposits of key metals.

Schematic cross section across the Cordillera Blanca massif and conceptual model for structural controls on fluid circulation
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Structural Style Controls Crustal Fluid Circulation in Andes

by W. Behr 26 August 202028 January 2022

Variations in hot spring geochemistry from adjacent mountain ranges with different styles of faulting highlight the influence of crustal-scale structures on circulating fluids in the Peruvian Andes.

Chart showing Vp/Vs profiles of the Pacific lithosphere and asthenosphere compared to a variety of other global reference models
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Unexpected Oceanic Lithosphere-Asthenosphere P-wave Velocities

by K. Rychert 13 August 202010 March 2022

A peak in seismic P-wave – S-wave velocity ratios at the lithosphere-asthenosphere boundary beneath old Pacific lithosphere requires an additional property besides temperature as an explanation.

The M/V Fugro Equator searches the seafloor for MH370
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Search for MH370 Revealed Ocean Crust Waves

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 8 June 202026 September 2023

Efforts to recover the missing airplane produced high-resolution bathymetry of the southern Indian Ocean that raises new ideas about how ocean crust forms.

Charts showing relationship between catchment-averaged erosion rate and landscape steepness index
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Meteoric 10Be Reveals Lithological Control on Erosion Rates

by Mikaël Attal 1 June 202026 January 2023

New meteoric 10Be data quantify fast erosion of slates in the Zhuoshui River catchment in Taiwan and demonstrate the influence of lithology on landscape steepness.

A caribou runs along a hill with Denali in the background
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Cold Cuts: Glaciers Sculpt Steep Peaks

by P. Waldron 20 May 202024 February 2022

In environments raked by glaciers, tall peaks like Denali still survive, held up by surprisingly thin crust.

Researchers hold up petri dish of cultured fungi
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Microbes Discovered Hanging Out in the Ocean’s Crust

Jenessa Duncombe, Staff Writer by Jenessa Duncombe 11 March 202010 November 2021

“The lower ocean crust is one of the last frontiers of the exploration for life on Earth.”

Figuring showing thickness of the crust in the High Arctic and Circum-Arctic regions
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Revealing the Arctic Crust

by Claudio Faccenna 25 July 201924 March 2023

A new model, ArcCRUST, reveals with unprecedent resolution the geometry and the thermal state of the oceanic crust of the High Arctic and Circum-Arctic domain.

An outcrop of pillow lava in the Northern Apennines, Italy.
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Age and Speed Matter in the Formation of New Oceanic Crust

by G. Christeson 27 June 20193 October 2022

A synthesis of data from studies in different ocean basins reveals that the characteristics of oceanic crust are shaped by age and spreading rate.

A 1970 nuclear test at Mururoa atoll, French Polynesia
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Measuring Explosive Events on Earth from the Ionosphere

by C. Y. Huang, J. F. Helmboldt, J. Park, T. R. Pedersen and R. J. Willeman 12 April 201919 October 2021

Natural and manmade explosive events occurring on or below the Earth’s surface can be measured remotely in different ways and different places from the ionosphere.

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