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Scientists detect molten rock layer hidden under Earth's tectonic plates
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Researchers had previously identified patches of melt at a similar depth. But a new study led by The University of Texas at Austin revealed for the first time the layer's global extent and its part in plate tectonics.
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4.3 magnitude earthquake jolts Afghanistan
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The Earth's crust is especially lively in Afghanistan because it is where the Arabian, Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates meet.
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Giant mantle plume reveals Mars is more active than previously thought
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
On Earth, shifting tectonic plates reshuffle the planet's surface and make for a dynamic interior, so the absence of such processes on Mars led many to think of it as a dead planet, where not much happened in the past 3 billion years.
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Earthquake of magnitude 3.4 hits near Meghalaya's Tura
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
According to the NCS, the movement of tectonic plates under the earth's surface was felt around 3:46 am in 37 kilometres east northeast of Tura. The depth of the earthquake was 5 km below the ground.
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Earthquake of magnitude 3.6 hits near Maharashtra's Nashik
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
According to the NCS, the movement of tectonic plates under the earth's surface was felt around 4 am in 89 kilometres west of Nashik. The depth of the earthquake was 5 km below the ground.
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Earthquake tremors felt in MP, Arunachal Pradesh
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Madhya Pradesh and Arunachal Pradesh have felt earthquake tremors in the morning of Tuesday.
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Seismic study discloses main reason for rise of Patagonia as glaciers melt
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Missouri (Washington) [US], February 28 (ANI): Patagonia, which is the ground beneath ice fields in Chile and Argentina has been shifting and rising as the glaciers in the Andes mountain range have been melting for quite some time. Geologists have recently discovered a link between recent ic
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Tug of Sun, Moon could be driving plate motions on 'imbalanced' Earth: Stu
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
St. Louis (Missouri) [US], January 22 (ANI): A recent study proposed that the imbalanced forces and torques in the Earth-moon-sun system drive the circulation of the whole mantle.
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