Scientists Detect Molten Rock Layer Hidden Under Earth’s Tectonic Plates

 Scientists Detect Molten Rock Layer Hidden Under Earth’s Tectonic Plates | Jackson School of Geosciences | The University of Texas at Austin (utexas.edu)

“This work is important because understanding the properties of the asthenosphere and the origins of why it’s weak is fundamental to understanding plate tectonics,” said coauthor Karen Fischer, a seismologist and professor at Brown University who was Hua’s Ph.D. advisor when he began the research.

The research was funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation. Collaborating institutions included the UT Oden Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences and Cornell University.

For more information, contact: Anton Caputo, Jackson School of Geosciences, 210-602-2085; Constantino Panagopulos, University of Texas Institute for Geophysics, 512-574-7376.