The mantle layer

The high temperatures (900°C) and extremely high pressures that occur in the mantle layer of the Earth are enough to...

We can blame plate tectonics for many catastrophes over time – earthquakes, volcanoes, geothermal activity, tsunamis and landslides – while...

Andesite is a type of rock that is thought to form on the edge of tectonic plates in a subduction...

The Earth rumbles and a hiss of steam issues from the top of Mt Ruapehu. Are these two events related?...