The Earth has a layered structure made up of the core, the mantle and the crust. Different elements are present in different parts of the Earth’s structure. The crust is made from enormous ...

Other observational techniques including seismology and in-situ sampling have revealed the structure and composition of planetary interiors (primarily for Earth and its Moon, but soon for Mars as well ...

is located deep within the Earth. However, according to recent research, there is an additional structure that was somehow missed and not detected. When scientists analysed the inner core using ...

The differences in composition between these two layers ... "Our research provides important connections between shallow and deep Earth structure and the overall processes driving our planet ...

Seismographic stations record these different waves, and on the basis of these recordings, geophysicists can draw conclusions about the structure and composition of the Earth and examine the ...

The research article, published in ACS Earth and Space Chemistry, also resulted in a journal cover. "Representing the relationship between olivine structure and composition is essential for taking ...