Earth

Core elements

The most common elements inside the Earth’s core.

Ocean surface areas

Global maps of the Earth schematically highlighting the individual surface areas of the World’s oceans, including the Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian oceans.

Continent surface areas

Global maps of the Earth schematically highlighting the individual surface areas of the World’s continents (i.e., landmasses).

Earth’s elements

The most common elements inside the planet Earth.

Crust elements

The most common elements inside the Earth’s crust.

Surface areas on the Earth

A direct comparison of the relative surface area covered by individual land masses and oceans on the Earth.

Geodynamic model complexity

Different model complexities for the heart (top) and the Earth (bottom).

Seismic mantle tomography maps

Surface projected global horizontal seismic S-wave velocity anomaly maps for different mantle depths revealing the two large low shear-wave velocity provinces (LLSVPs).

S-wave velocity maps

Global horizontal S-wave seismic velocity anomaly maps for different upper-mantle depths.