A long-lost slab of Earth’s crust may be pulling away the bottom of the oldest part of North America, scientists say ...

Seismic mapping of North America has revealed that an ancient slab of crust buried beneath the Midwest is causing the crust ...

Beneath the crust of North America, scientists have found that the deep roots of the continent are slowly dripping away in ...

A fascinating new study reveals that a massive chunk of Earth’s crust, buried deep beneath the Midwest, is slowly pulling ...

"A very broad range is experiencing some thinning," study lead author Junlin ... thanks to a wider project led by Hua to map what lies beneath North America using a high-resolution seismic imaging ...