Tag: earth structure
How did seismic waves make it possible to understand the internal structure of the Earth?
How to know the internal structure of the Earth? If the seismic method, by generation of artificial waves, today makes it possible to image in finesse the architecture of the…
What is the composition of the continental crust?
Our Planet is made up of different geological envelopes, the best known of which is certainly the one we have under our feet: the continental crust. Often considered as an…
Hot spots that are too cold and a geodynamic model of the Earth’s mantle to be reviewed
A new study questions the deep origin of some hot spots thanks to an analysis of their temperature: they are colder than we thought. You will also be interested [EN…