@WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev A UNLV scientist has discovered the first direct evidence that fluid water pockets may exist as far as 500 miles deep into the Earth’s mantle. Groundbreaking research by UNLV geoscientist Oliver Tschauner and colleagues found diamonds pushed up from the Earth’s interior had traces of unique crystallized water […]
Posts Tagged ‘Earth’s mantle’
WFS News: Earth’s mantle appears to have a driving role in plate tectonics
August 1st, 2016 Riffin
Deep down below us is a tug of war moving at less than the speed of growing fingernails. Keeping your balance is not a concern, but how the movement happens has been debated among geologists. New findings from under the Pacific Northwest Coast by University of Oregon and University of Washington scientists now suggest a […]
Helium leakage from Earth’s mantle ?
June 30th, 2015 Riffin
UC Santa Barbara geologist Jim Boles has found evidence of helium leakage from Earth’s mantle along a 30-mile stretch of the Newport-Inglewood Fault Zone in the Los Angeles Basin. Using samples of casing gas from two dozen oil wells ranging from LA’s Westside to Newport Beach in Orange County, Boles discovered that more than one-third […]