Changes in Earth’s Outer Core Revealed by Seismic Waves From Earthquakes - SciTechDaily


7/2/2022 12:00:00 AM2 years 10 months ago

Theory underpins our understanding of convection in the Earth's outer core and its function in controlling the planet's magnetic field. Convective flows or how they may be changing have never been directly observed by scientists. Virginia Tech geoscientist Yi…

ByVirginia TechJuly 2, 2022 A one-second discrepancy in the travel time of a set of seismic waves gives us an important and unprecedented glimpse of whats happening deeper in the Earths interior. T… [+6630 chars]

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