{"id":427325,"date":"2022-04-06T11:48:16","date_gmt":"2022-04-06T08:48:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/the-earth-beneath-us-may-be-shifting-not-static\/"},"modified":"2022-04-06T11:48:16","modified_gmt":"2022-04-06T08:48:16","slug":"the-earth-beneath-us-may-be-shifting-not-static","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-earth-beneath-us-may-be-shifting-not-static\/","title":{"rendered":"#The Earth beneath us may be shifting &#8212; not static"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a32567734265\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a32567734265\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-earth-beneath-us-may-be-shifting-not-static\/#%E2%80%9CThe_Earth_beneath_us_may_be_shifting_%E2%80%94_not_static%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;The Earth beneath us may be shifting &#8212; not static&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CThe_Earth_beneath_us_may_be_shifting_%E2%80%94_not_static%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;The Earth beneath us may be shifting &#8212; not static&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-gallery lightGallery\">\n<div data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2022\/the-earth-beneath-us-m.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/hires\/2022\/the-earth-beneath-us-m.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Credit: University of Wollongong\">\n<figure class=\"article-img\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800a\/2022\/the-earth-beneath-us-m.jpg\" alt=\"The Earth beneath us may be shifting -- not static\" title=\"Credit: University of Wollongong\" width=\"800\" height=\"530\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-darken text-low-up text-truncate-js text-truncate mt-3\">\n                Credit: University of Wollongong<br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Ground-breaking research into the hot structures deep in the Earth suggest they could be much more fluid than once supposed.<\/p>\n<section class=\"article-banner first-banner ads-336x280\">\n         <!-- \/4988204\/Phys_Story_InText_Box --><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p>An article published this week by the prestigious journal, <i>Nature<\/i>, shows that the deep structure beneath Africa could be just 60 million years old\u2014a fraction of the age previously supposed.<\/p>\n<p>It was shown about 15 years ago that the largest volcanoes erupted over the last 300 million years coincide with the present-day location of these basal structures.<\/p>\n<p>But the work by researchers at the School of Earth and Environmental Studies at the University of Wollongong (UOW) shows an alternative reality.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur work shows that the history of volcanism is compatible with both fixed and mobile structures at the base of the mantle, so that the hypothesis of stationary structures at the base of the mantle is no longer required,\u201d lead author Dr. Nicolas Flament said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnderstanding how the deeper, solid Earth works is important for understanding how life has evolved in the past, and then forecasting what may h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>en in the future. To some extent, the past is the key to the future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>An Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Early Career Researcher Award fellow, Dr. Flament\u2019s research and teaching focuses on how the dynamics of the interior of the Earth drive sea level change, shape surface landscape and control climate.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"mb-4\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\">\n    <meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"The Earth beneath us may be shifting -- not static\"\/><br \/>\n    <meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/video\/2022\/the-earth-beneath-us-m.mp4\"\/><br \/>\n    <meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Credit: University of Wollongong\"\/><br \/>\n    <meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2022-04-06T04:47:34-04:00\"\/><br \/>\n        <meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/video_tmb\/2022\/the-earth-beneath-us-m.mp4.jpg\"\/><br \/>\n    <meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/video\/2022\/the-earth-beneath-us-m.mp4\"\/><br \/>\n            <video class=\"embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9\" id=\"jwVID68940\" controls=\"\" poster=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/video_tmb\/2022\/the-earth-beneath-us-m.mp4.jpg\"><source src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/video\/2022\/the-earth-beneath-us-m.mp4\" type=\"video\/mp4\"><\/source><\/video><figcaption class=\"text-darken text-low-up mt-4\" itemprop=\"caption\">Credit: University of Wollongong<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>He has worked with resource companies to predict the location of both oil and diamonds more accurately.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur work has set the deep Earth free,\u201d Dr. Flament said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt shows that hot structures deep in the Earth come together in a way that is reminiscent of the formation of supercontinents at the surface.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-gallery lightGallery\">\n<div data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2022\/the-earth-beneath-us-m-1.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/hires\/2022\/the-earth-beneath-us-m-1.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Credit: University of Wollongong\">\n<figure class=\"article-img text-center\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800a\/2022\/the-earth-beneath-us-m-1.jpg\" alt=\"The Earth beneath us may be shifting -- not static\" title=\"Credit: University of Wollongong\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-left text-darken text-truncate text-low-up mt-3\">\n                Credit: University of Wollongong<br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe show that the structure beneath Africa could have assembled in the last 60 million years, which is geologically recent, and in sharp contrast of the view that the African structure had been in place for at least 300 million years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Flament\u2019s research used models to suggest the structures deep in the Earth shift similar to the continents on the surface.<\/p>\n<p>The research reconstructs mantle flow over the past one billion years ago to show that volcanic activity on the planet\u2019s surface is as consistent with deep structures that shift, as well as with the idea that they are fixed.<\/p>\n<p>The models also predict the presence of continental material beneath Africa consistent with existing geo-chemical data.<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<div class=\"article-main__explore my-4 d-print-none\">\n<p>                                            Volcanoes, diamonds, and blobs: A billion-year history of Earth&#8217;s interior shows it&#8217;s more mobile than we\u00a0thought\n                                        <\/p><\/div>\n<hr class=\"mb-4\"\/>\n<div class=\"article-main__more p-4\">\n                                                                                                <strong>More information:<\/strong><br \/>\n                                  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