Scientists Discover Mysterious Structures Deep Beneath Pacific Ocean

A team of geophysicists identified anomalies in the terrestrial mantle that could be remains of submerged tectonic plates.These structures were located with a high-resolution model developed by the Zurich Federal Polytechnic School (ETH) and the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), and their nature remains an enigma for science.One of these remains is located under the Western Pacific, in a place where, according to current knowledge of…

Scientists mystified by massive structures found deep beneath the Pacific Ocean

Miles beneath the Pacific Ocean, in a region of Earth's mantle where conventional wisdom says nothing unusual should exist, scientists have discovered something extraordinary. The post Scientists mystified by massive structures found deep beneath the Pacific Ocean appeared first on Study Finds.

Unexpected And Unexplained Structures Found Deep Below The Pacific Ocean

The formations could be recent or ancient, scientists are not sure.

Possible sunken worlds revealed by high resolution models of Earth

"We don't know exactly what they are or what material is creating the patterns we have uncovered," researcher Thomas Schouten said.

With the help of a new high-resolution model, a team of geophysicists have discovered new areas inside the Earth.They look like traces of submerged plates.

Sunken worlds under the Pacific? High-res models reveal workings of Earth's mantle

Geophysicists at ETH Zurich are using models of the lower mantle to identify areas where earthquake waves behave differently than previously assumed. This indicates the presence of zones of rocks that are colder, or have a different composition, than the surrounding rocks. This finding challenges our current understanding of the Earth's plate tectonics—and presents the researchers with a major mystery.