Mission to Study Earth's Gaping 'Open Wound'

Dantheman62 · 01-08-2009, 10:37 PM

A team of scientists will embark on a voyage next week to study an “open wound” on the Atlantic seafloor where the Earth’s deep interior lies exposed without any crust covering.
The lesion is located mid-way between the Cape Verdes Islands and the Caribbean in the Atlantic Ocean [image]. It lies nearly 2 miles beneath the ocean surface and extends over thousands of square kilometers.
“It’s quite a substantial area,” said Chris MacLeod, a marine geologist at Cardiff University in the UK, who will be part of the expedition.

What's Down There

The Earth’s radius is about 4,000 miles (6,400 kilometers). The main layers of its interior are in descending order: crust, mantle and core.
The crust thickness averages about 18 miles (30 kilometers) under the continents, but is only about 3 miles (5 kilometers) under the oceans. It is light and brittle and can break. In fact it's fractured into more than a dozen major plates and several minor ones. It is where most earthquakes originate.
The mantle is more flexible – it flows instead of fractures. It extends down to about 1,800 miles (2,900 kilometers) below the surface.
The core consists of a solid inner core and a fluid outer core. The fluid contains iron, which, as it moves, generates the Earth’s magnetic field. The crust and upper mantle form the lithosphere, which is broken up into several plates that float on top of the hot molten mantle below.

Antonia · 01-08-2009, 10:56 PM

Could be the location for a new pole.... polar opening if hollow earth thoery correct? if the poles are going to shift???

01-08-2009, 11:10 PM

Is this a relatively new occurance? Just curious.

Dantheman62 · 01-08-2009, 11:33 PM

Sorry, it looks like it was a year ago and here's the link....
Environment
Mission to Study Earth's Gaping 'Open Wound'By Ker Than, LiveScience Staff Writer

posted: 01 March 2007 04:25 pm ET

http://www.livescience.com/environme...ed_mantle.html

Dantheman62 · 01-09-2009, 03:45 PM

Do you know anything about this rogue2? Can you add anything?

01-08-2009, 10:37 PM	#1
Dantheman62 Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: So. Cal. U.S. Posts: 4,205	Mission to Study Earth's Gaping 'Open Wound' A team of scientists will embark on a voyage next week to study an “open wound” on the Atlantic seafloor where the Earth’s deep interior lies exposed without any crust covering. The lesion is located mid-way between the Cape Verdes Islands and the Caribbean in the Atlantic Ocean [image]. It lies nearly 2 miles beneath the ocean surface and extends over thousands of square kilometers. “It’s quite a substantial area,” said Chris MacLeod, a marine geologist at Cardiff University in the UK, who will be part of the expedition. What's Down There The Earth’s radius is about 4,000 miles (6,400 kilometers). The main layers of its interior are in descending order: crust, mantle and core. The crust thickness averages about 18 miles (30 kilometers) under the continents, but is only about 3 miles (5 kilometers) under the oceans. It is light and brittle and can break. In fact it's fractured into more than a dozen major plates and several minor ones. It is where most earthquakes originate. The mantle is more flexible – it flows instead of fractures. It extends down to about 1,800 miles (2,900 kilometers) below the surface. The core consists of a solid inner core and a fluid outer core. The fluid contains iron, which, as it moves, generates the Earth’s magnetic field. The crust and upper mantle form the lithosphere, which is broken up into several plates that float on top of the hot molten mantle below.

01-08-2009, 10:56 PM	#2
Antonia Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Dublin , Ireland Posts: 341	Re: Mission to Study Earth's Gaping 'Open Wound' Could be the location for a new pole.... polar opening if hollow earth thoery correct? if the poles are going to shift???

01-08-2009, 11:10 PM	#3
sleepingnomore Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Mission to Study Earth's Gaping 'Open Wound' Is this a relatively new occurance? Just curious.

01-08-2009, 11:33 PM	#4
Dantheman62 Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: So. Cal. U.S. Posts: 4,205	Re: Mission to Study Earth's Gaping 'Open Wound' Sorry, it looks like it was a year ago and here's the link.... Environment Mission to Study Earth's Gaping 'Open Wound'By Ker Than, LiveScience Staff Writer posted: 01 March 2007 04:25 pm ET http://www.livescience.com/environme...ed_mantle.html

01-09-2009, 03:45 PM	#5
Dantheman62 Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: So. Cal. U.S. Posts: 4,205	Re: Mission to Study Earth's Gaping 'Open Wound' Do you know anything about this rogue2? Can you add anything?