We Thought We Know the Geology of Our Planet
Scientists detected a partially molten rock layer hidden under Earth's tectonic plates.
Fr Abram Abdelmalek
Feb
2023
Scientists detected a partially molten rock layer hidden under Earth's tectonic plates.
The research was published Feb. 6, 2023, in the journal Nature Geoscience.
The molten layer is located about 100 miles from the surface and is part of the asthenosphere, which sits under the Earth's tectonic plates in the upper mantle. The asthenosphere is important for plate tectonics because it forms a relatively soft boundary that lets tectonic plates move through the mantle.
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This is an important discovery for Creation Geology as this layer would lubricate the tectonic plates and enables them to move at a faster rate than the previously accepted conviction currents theory.