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Diamond collection brings deep Earth to the surface
Analysis of diamonds from the Denver Museum of Nature & Science collection provide a look inside the earth’s mantle. Researchers at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science and University of British Columbia recently analyzed diamonds from the Museum’s collection … Continue reading
Diamond collection brings deep Earth to the surface
It takes incredible heat and pressure to form a diamond. And when diamonds are formed, microscopic minerals are trapped inside. The chemistry of these minerals, or inclusions, provides a rare look at the processes that led to the formation of … Continue reading
Geologists explore minerals below Earth’s surface
A Florida State University geology researcher is going deep below the Earth’s surface to understand how some of the most abundant minerals that comprise the Earth’s crust change under pressure. In a paper published today in Scientific Reports, Assistant Professor … Continue reading
Map of flow within the Earth’s mantle finds the surface moving up and down ‘like a yo-yo’
Researchers have compiled the first global set of observations of the movement of the Earth’s mantle, the 3000-kilometre-thick layer of hot silicate rocks between the crust and the core, and have found that it looks very different to predictions made … Continue reading
Activity on seafloor linked to icy ebb and flow on surface
A UConn marine scientist has found that hydrothermal activity occurring along mid-ocean ridges like the one in this graphic may help explain why ice ages come and go. Credit: adapted from physicalgeography. net The last million years of Earth’s history … Continue reading
The temperature 3,000 kilometers below the surface of the Earth is much more varied than previously thought
The temperature 3,000 kilometres below the surface of the Earth is much more varied than previously thought, scientists have found. The discovery of the regional variations in the lower mantle where it meets the core, which are up to three … Continue reading
New allegations surface in 1978 murder of Aldo Moro
IMG class=hide alt=”New allegations surface in 1978 murder of Aldo Moro” src=”http://www.mineralfossil.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/wpid-d14bf6e99bfff2dd25450484cbf0bbb5.jpg” (ANSA) – Rome, March 24 – Rome’s public prosecutor was asked Monday to look into new allegations in the kidnapping and execution of statesman Aldo Moro in 1978. … Continue reading
Downed Missoni plane brought to surface off Venezuela
(ANSA) – Caracas, November 25 – Venezuelan authorities told ANSA Monday they have removed from the Atlantic Ocean the remains of the aircraft that was carrying the party that included Italian fashion designer Vittorio Missoni when it crashed in January. … Continue reading