The Earth has a layered structure, including the core, mantle and crust. The crust and upper mantle are cracked into large pieces called tectonic plates. These plates move slowly, but can cause ...

Earth's mysterious core is yet again generating headlines as scientists learn more about what lies way beneath our feet. Located 3,000 miles below the Earth’s surface, the inner core is anchored ...

Scientists have discovered that deep inside planets like Neptune, Uranus, and even distant exoplanets, extreme conditions can ...

Full Waveform Inversion (FWI) is capable of finely characterizing the velocity structure, anisotropy, viscoelasticity, and attenuation properties of subsurface media, which provides critical ...

The study of seismic waves provides evidence for the internal structure of the Earth, which cannot be observed directly. P waves are detected on the opposite side of the Earth. Refractions between ...