Science news articles about 'middle crust'

... crust increases sharply due to water-rock interaction (see ref.). This research further ... geochemical experiments that the porosity of crystalline rocks in the middle crust increases sharply due to water ...

... of the teleseismic records from a dense array. A low-velocity zone extending from the middle crust to the Moho is interpreted as a remnant of upper-middle crustal material associated with westward- ...

... to form the ore deposits we mine today, it is also one of the mechanisms that can lead to earthquakes in the middle crust," Dr Hough said. Research leader Dr Florian Fusseis, from the University of ...