The Earth’s crust is disappearing right beneath our feet – and most people don’t even realise it. Now, if you’re a geologist, ...

The Earth has a layered structure made up of crust, mantle, outer core and inner core. Find out more in this BBC Bitesize guide for students aged 11-14.

Geologists have long debated whether a stony formation in Canada contains the world’s oldest rocks – new measurements make a ...

The crust of Earth, the planet's outer shell, is divided into two rough categories: The older, ... A cross section of Earth showing the various layers that make up the planet.

Known as lithospheric dripping—named for the fragmenting of rocky material that makes up Earth's crust and ... Next, the upper-most solid section of ... The researchers then cross ...

The researchers used seismic waves to examine the types of rock beneath the seafloor and create a digital cross-section of Earth's crust and mantle. The team published its findings Sept. 27 in the ...

The changing of Earth's crust is a topic that is still being studied. Plate tectonics as they are currently known likely occurred during the past billion years, according to a 2021 study .