Supercomputer modelling unlocks longstanding deep Earth mystery
Published: 9 October 2025
An international research collaboration has harnessed supercomputing power to better understand how massive slabs of ancient ocean floors are shaped as they sink hundreds of kilometres below the Earth's surface. Researchers from UofG led the study, published in the journal Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, explaining how the conditions at a critical point in the mantle & the forces from the plate above the subduction zones determine how these ancient slabs are transported through the Earth.